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Re: Texas woman arrested for Facebook post about town water quality

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Post by queenkjuul »

p1esk wrote: post #42
thot_experiment wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You're so close! Instead of patching the issue maybe let's solve the root problem of spiky power distribution among humans. We don't need to make sure cops have immunity to prosecute powerful people. We need to not have powerful people. (though realistically speaking yes there's probably some level of procedural immunity that probably makes sense, similarly with business bankruptcies not ruining the people who start…

We need to not have powerful people What does this even mean?

Make currently powerful people less powerful and currently powerless people more powerful.

C'mon, HN users forgot how to think? Forgot to ask Claude?

Re: Texas woman arrested for Facebook post about town water quality

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Post by beAbU »

mvdtnz wrote: post #47

How does a town in the richest nation in the history of the planet not have the resources to get clear drinking water flowing through their taps?

Presumably because they are spending their money prosecuting people complaining about bad water.

Money does not grow on trees, you know!

Re: Texas woman arrested for Facebook post about town water quality

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Post by snazypaparazzi »

vjvjvjvjghv wrote: post #8

I assume she will get a settlement, the city (the taxpayer) will pay for it and nothing else changes. There will be even less money for infrastructure repair and people will keep voting for the same people.

I think everything is consistent with the perspective Texas represents toward the united states. It's fine if Texas doesn't implement reforms and fails. (There are 49 other states and may the ones that invent or adopt the best practices survive.)

Re: Texas woman arrested for Facebook post about town water quality

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Post by umvi »

mvdtnz wrote: post #47

How does a town in the richest nation in the history of the planet not have the resources to get clear drinking water flowing through their taps?

Water is handled at the city level, not the federal level. If you have incompetent local leadership, this can happen. Incompetent local leaders can (and have!) bankrupted their cities.

Re: Texas woman arrested for Facebook post about town water quality

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Post by jghn »

Bilal_io wrote: post #17
SilverElfin wrote: post #10

The craziest part is the police defending this action as a “cut and dry” case. Meanwhile the lawsuit this woman just filed will hurt taxpayers and not the corrupt city officials and police that caused this. We need to ban all forms of immunity - none for cops, politicians, or judges. They need to be personally liable for their actions.

I hear you, but there has to be some balance between full immunity and no immunity at all. The one thing that comes to mind is rich and powerful people, because they have unlimited resources to sue and ruin the lives of cops, judges and politicians, which would lead to these officials avoiding to hold rich and powerful individuals accountable even when they have committed crimes.

These lawsuits need to be charged against the police pension funds, not the city coffers

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stouset wrote: post #35
userbinator wrote: post #16

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Re: Texas woman arrested for Facebook post about town water quality

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Post by azinman2 »

umvi wrote: post #54
mvdtnz wrote: post #47

How does a town in the richest nation in the history of the planet not have the resources to get clear drinking water flowing through their taps?

Water is handled at the city level, not the federal level. If you have incompetent local leadership, this can happen. Incompetent local leaders can (and have!) bankrupted their cities.

Texas also is all about no/low taxes.

Re: Texas woman arrested for Facebook post about town water quality

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Post by Bilal_io »

jghn wrote: post #56
Bilal_io wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I hear you, but there has to be some balance between full immunity and no immunity at all. The one thing that comes to mind is rich and powerful people, because they have unlimited resources to sue and ruin the lives of cops, judges and politicians, which would lead to these officials avoiding to hold rich and powerful individuals accountable even when they have committed crimes.

These lawsuits need to be charged against the police pension funds, not the city coffers

I agree with you

Re: Texas woman arrested for Facebook post about town water quality

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Post by smt88 »

snazypaparazzi wrote: post #53
vjvjvjvjghv wrote: post #8

I assume she will get a settlement, the city (the taxpayer) will pay for it and nothing else changes. There will be even less money for infrastructure repair and people will keep voting for the same people.

I think everything is consistent with the perspective Texas represents toward the united states. It's fine if Texas doesn't implement reforms and fails. (There are 49 other states and may the ones that invent or adopt the best practices survive.)

What do you think “fails” means exactly? How does Texas fail in a way that doesn’t harm innocent people in both Texas and the rest of the country/world?

Texas is larger (in both population and economy) than most countries in the world.

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