▲ 1049 ▼ California Cop Who Shot 18-Year-Old Had His Bodycam Off, But Surveillance Footage Captured Him Shooting Suspect in the Back as He Fled (wiredposts.com) submitted 2 years ago by MonsiuerPatEBrown@reddthat.com to c/thepoliceproblem@lemmy.world 181 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Gumbyyy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Even for a small town, the yearly budget is likely in the millions of dollars. 60k/year shouldn't be a crippling expense. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] douglasg14b@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago This logic doesn't really track because every expense that makes up their current budget is made up of many smaller expenses just like this. Every expense has to be guarded, that's how budgets work. Each additional expense without a budgetary increase means that those expenses have to be taken out of something else. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] douglasg14b@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago This logic doesn't really track because every expense that makes up their current budget is made up of many smaller expenses just like this. Every expense has to be guarded, that's how budgets work. Each additional expense without a budgetary increase means that those expenses have to be taken out of something else. permalink fedilink source parent