Comments on: $1.7 Million = One Wrongful Death http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2011/02/04/17_million_one/ All that flavorful brownness in one savory packet Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:11:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Enayet Karim http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2011/02/04/17_million_one/comment-page-1/#comment-281402 Enayet Karim Mon, 07 Feb 2011 17:17:43 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6415#comment-281402 <p>Really a nice blog for everything. If you don't visit this blog you'll miss something. Hello Everyone, You can earn $5 to $500 daily or $more from freelancing or outsourcing without investing $0. But the questions are where and how. But I have made it easy for you. You can learn full details and start earning today. So, why wait. Join 2 millions community. Feel free to get the earning freedom at http://bit.ly/gWnjvr</p> Really a nice blog for everything. If you don’t visit this blog you’ll miss something. Hello Everyone, You can earn $5 to $500 daily or $more from freelancing or outsourcing without investing $0. But the questions are where and how. But I have made it easy for you. You can learn full details and start earning today. So, why wait. Join 2 millions community. Feel free to get the earning freedom at http://bit.ly/gWnjvr

]]> By: Chandru http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2011/02/04/17_million_one/comment-page-1/#comment-281397 Chandru Sun, 06 Feb 2011 20:13:20 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6415#comment-281397 <p>A rare case of police misconduct actually being punished. As one who lives in NYC, there has been plenty of violence (including one brutal non-sexual rape) of, mostly, non-whites. And mostly not punished as juries seem to be totally tilted towards the pov of the police.</p> <blockquote> <p>by arguing that Chaudhry had had a frayed relationship with his parents that lessened their suffering</p> </blockquote> <p>...which shows the fundamental disconnect between our vaunted legal system and reality. When the predominant recourse is a monetary verdict, not surprising that it can be subject to this type of analysis. The basis should be severity of the crime, not the "pain and suffering" involved.</p> A rare case of police misconduct actually being punished. As one who lives in NYC, there has been plenty of violence (including one brutal non-sexual rape) of, mostly, non-whites. And mostly not punished as juries seem to be totally tilted towards the pov of the police.

by arguing that Chaudhry had had a frayed relationship with his parents that lessened their suffering

…which shows the fundamental disconnect between our vaunted legal system and reality. When the predominant recourse is a monetary verdict, not surprising that it can be subject to this type of analysis. The basis should be severity of the crime, not the “pain and suffering” involved.

]]> By: Nandalal Nagalingam Rasia http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2011/02/04/17_million_one/comment-page-1/#comment-281388 Nandalal Nagalingam Rasia Sat, 05 Feb 2011 18:57:21 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6415#comment-281388 <p>Regarding the dollar worth of a life, $1M is what most insurance companies will reserve (that is set aside for both indemnity and possible punitive damages) where they are likely to be at fault and there is a fatality. If the victim had been a high-earner, or was a parent, the reward would've likely been much higher. If this is not covered by the county's insurer, it will come directly out of the pockets of the taxpayers--while officers like Cruz, with their standard operating procedure of "use maximum force anytime I might conceivably break a fingernail" will continue to do things like this with relative impunity.</p> Regarding the dollar worth of a life, $1M is what most insurance companies will reserve (that is set aside for both indemnity and possible punitive damages) where they are likely to be at fault and there is a fatality. If the victim had been a high-earner, or was a parent, the reward would’ve likely been much higher. If this is not covered by the county’s insurer, it will come directly out of the pockets of the taxpayers–while officers like Cruz, with their standard operating procedure of “use maximum force anytime I might conceivably break a fingernail” will continue to do things like this with relative impunity.

]]> By: swamy http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2011/02/04/17_million_one/comment-page-1/#comment-281385 swamy Sat, 05 Feb 2011 02:04:41 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6415#comment-281385 <p>wtf!why wasn't that douche prosecuted for murder?!</p> wtf!why wasn’t that douche prosecuted for murder?!

]]> By: Pavani http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2011/02/04/17_million_one/comment-page-1/#comment-281377 Pavani Fri, 04 Feb 2011 21:17:08 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6415#comment-281377 <p>I didn't know of this story until this update post, and while trying to catch up on the background through the previous SM post and related comments/articles I saw this lovingly made set of images about the life of Usman: http://www.flickr.com/photos/25740730@N08/sets/72157606224428145/ RIP Usman Chaudhry</p> I didn’t know of this story until this update post, and while trying to catch up on the background through the previous SM post and related comments/articles I saw this lovingly made set of images about the life of Usman: http://www.flickr.com/photos/25740730@N08/sets/72157606224428145/ RIP Usman Chaudhry

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