That is one of the many reasons I don't want kids.

valium..."because flying sucks"

And we deeply regret that we are going to send you back to Zimbabwe, one way

They awarded the lady that spilled McDonalds coffee on her lap almost $3 in punitive damages. WTF do you expect, guy chocked the dude to death on camera.

Its not like citizens are trained with people yelling and pointing guns at them. Maybe dude had no idea what they were yelling at him to do because he didn't speak the language. He was probably nervous as hell to boot.

Edit: You are saying the officers should not be punished for their overreaction because he took his hat off? I mean if you saying that and the officers should not be punished?

So your saying we can't train cops to deal with potentially deadly situations? So what happens when the act incorrectly in these situations, nothing!?

I think it is a pretty much a slam dunk case if the city tried to settle. Hopefully they will win enough to make up for the lack of indictment. Not like it can really do that completely, but there might be a few pink slips involved if they get as much as they are asking for.

IANAL but I think that number is based on a punitive basis. So its not so much based on how much money he would have made, it is supposed to be a severe enough penalty to maybe get the cop fired or make the city give out a few pink slips to make amends.