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Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012 | 2 a.m.
Changes needed to get the coroner’s inquest system up and running appear so simple to some but so very difficult to others. County commissioners changed the system this year, hoping to make it fairer to the families of people shot and killed by police. They created an ombudsman position to represent families during an inquest. They also eliminated the announcement of a “verdict” at the end of the inquest, making it a strictly fact-finding process. But the new system has never been tried because of lawsuits filed by the police union. One of those lawsuits was resolved when the state ...
I liked it the old way were a policemans badge gave him the right to kill,kind of like 007, James Bond.
Helps with prison over crowding also.
"County commissioners changed the system this year, hoping to make it fairer to the families of people shot and killed by police."
One glaring ignored factor is the inherent conflict of interest in the county conducting the inquest when it has such a big stake in the outcome -- if the shooting is declared unjustified in any way, the county is directly liable. The only way it could be in anyway clean is if 1) a jury decides the facts, and 2) Metro itself and the executing officers are directly accountable. Maybe that would give them incentive to cull instead of coddle the thugs!
"Commissioner Steve Sisolak, on the other hand, said UMC has hired formidable lobbyists, so he isn't as pessimistic as Collins."
UMC is struggling financially yet it somehow finds "formidable lobbyists" for what must be assumed to be "formidable" fees? More proof We the people have allowed more insiders to suck on a drying public teat. UMC's budget should be chopped accordingly!
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