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You're under the belief that private actors can't influence state actors to use violence on their behalf, completely isolating them from responsibility? If a private business calls the police on a suspected trespasser and the police shoot that person, is the business held liable? Ever? Seems like they have the better end of the bargain than the state.
>and the police shoot that person, is the business held liable? Ever? Seems like they have the better end of the bargain than the state. Are you insane? When if ever are the agents of the state held responsible. If anything the civil suit against the business is more likely to go somewhere. The fact that the state may "pay out" does not mean it has any serious incentive not to shoot the person dead so long as such pa…
Re: ICE and Palantir: US agents using health data to hunt illegal immigrants
#281I deal regularly with landlords that owe government agencies hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars for years or even decades. None of them are in jail or even at risk of it.