USA - Hawaii Cops Let Off Easy For Acting Like Nazi's.

[Woodman]

This amounts to a slap on the wrist.

If the courts were serious about changing police behavior, they would award judments punitive enough to actually have an impact on the City's budget. Do THAT, and you will see real change because money is something (perhaps the only thing) that they understand VERY intimately.

...but this! Huh!
This is just bullshit.

http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/ap...WS06/710080341

Honolulu settled police lawsuits for $1.1M


By Peter Boylan
Advertiser Staff Writer

In the past five years, the city paid about $1 million to private citizens to settle a variety of lawsuits stemming from actions by police officers who have raided the wrong home, assaulted suspects, made false arrests and deprived citizens of their civil rights.

Between January 2002 and May 2007, the city paid out 30 settlements totaling $1.1 million, according to a review of city records. The records also show legal costs for fighting the lawsuits amounted to $837,599.92.

Honolulu is well behind many Mainland cities in the amount paid out for settlements. For example, the city of Portland paid $9.2 million to settle lawsuits against police officers and another $7,127,648.90 in legal fees over the same five-year period...

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