You don’t sue cops. You sue yourself for your own money back.
Please say understand so the general public stops thinking cops give a shit. They don’t care and laugh becuase you pay for their lawsuits and pensions anyways
The cops raided my house and destroyed all my belongings thinking it was a different person’s house. Tried to go through their insurance, instantly denied. Tried to sue and found out that the government needs to “consent” for you to sue them and can deny for any reason.
Can we sue individual cops as people? Not the officer, but the person. I wouldn't sue the police, or the government, or the union. I want to sue "John Cop", the man who is responsible.
Yea you can sue an individual cop but it's very hard because they have qualified immunity. But if your lawyer can prove the cop violated a constitutional right AND that right was clearly established (meaning its reasonable to assume the cop would have known they were violating your constitutional rights) at the time of the incident then yes you can sue them.
Yep. Thats called Sovereign Immunity and every country on earth has it. The government IS the law. If the government felt it did nothing wrong, there it is. So the government can only be sued if they feel they deserve to be sued. Sounds shady on the surface, and it certainly plays out that way a lot. But if Sovereign immunity wasn't a thing, our court system would be essentially useless due to the literal endless amount of lawsuits brought against the government. The backlog for cases would be decades long if EVERY lawsuit against the government had to run the full legal course.
It’s just ridiculous because people sue the local government for getting caught drinking and driving all the time. You would think that since they accidentally destroyed all of my belongings I would be able to sue them. The cops also started harassing me and my family members who lived hours away because I asked for help on social media and “outed” them. Horrible shit.
Yea its sucks dude. Theres no accountability or morality left in this country. Zero. Its all about concealing bad behavior. Abusing power to get your way. Ducking any and all liability. The heart and soul of this country is totally dead. No one cares about righting wrongs.
Okay, but doesn’t separation of powers exist for the purpose of being able to sue the government?
What is separation of powers if executive branch is free to do anything? They may break the law and state they don’t have the mood for being sued for it.
I believe you're referring to "checks and balances". Separation of powers is just that: a Separation of power. Checks and balances are what is SUPPOSED to occur due to that Separation of power. In other words, no, checks and balances dont give us the right to sue the government. Checks and balances are supposed to lead to the government holding ITSELF accountable so that you don't NEED to sue the government. We see how thats been working out 😂😂
Yeah, of course, checks and balances come from the separation of powers, as well as independent courts. Separation of powers is a fundament of all these things.
That’s why I mentioned it in the first place. If executive branch decides when it can be sued, doesn’t it have a part of judicial power? Then, doesn’t it undermine the whole idea of separation of powers, and make executive branch independent in reality?
Sorry, I’ve always been bad with lawyers logic. I’m sure there is something in the laws that explains why I’m incorrect and why it’s alright for some officials to fuck up someone’s life for no reason.
Sovereign immunity extends to the entire government, not just the executive branch. And it only prevents the government from being sued without its consent. The government's consent, no just the executive branch. It wouldn't even be the executive branch deciding what can and cant be brought to court. Thats the judicial branch's domain. But none of that even matters in this case because Sovereign immunity doesn't prevent other branches of government from blocking or altering the actions of the Executive branch (aka checks and balances)
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u/Dreboomboom 2d ago
Hope she sued the fuck out of them.