The Sheriff absolutely should face some consequences, at least to his career. The money paid to Bushart ultimately is no skin off the government's back. It's taxpayer money, they will just underfund a good thing, raise taxes, or print debt to pay it if there's a shortfall.

It'd be an interesting thing to see garnishing of wages, deductions from pension funds, or loss of some kind of bonus system to help balance the scales.

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etskinner 29 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

Seems to me that law enforcement officers should be required to carry liability insurance that they personally pay for. Have a lot of settlements / claims? Your insurance rate goes up. That happens enough and now it's not economically feasible to hold the job

	▲	joe_mamba 27 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Not just law enforcement, all civil servants should. I had to spend money to sue the local unemployment office because a bureaucrat there illegally cut off my unemployment payments. They lost and had to pay me back in arrears but that money came from the taxpayers(so me and you) and that asshole who did that is still working there just fine collection golden handcuff paychecks and a gold plated pension when she retires. All civil servants need a form of direct accountability with consequences for their mistakes at work, especially when malicious and repeated. Currently they're untouchable and the taxpayer foots the bill for their mistakes with no repercussion.

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sidewndr46 42 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I highly doubt Tennessee is going to start printing USD.

	▲	kube-system 36 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		States and municipalities can issue bonds, which is what I presume they meant given a charitable interpretation.

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ajross an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

> The money paid to Bushart ultimately is no skin off the government's back.

The suit was filed against Perry County, TN, not the state or federal government. A quick google says that its budget is $33M, so in fact this is a very impactful settlement for the county.

	▲	briffle an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Their insurance rates will go up. Its not like they are cutting a check from their county budget...
	▲	suzzer99 an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		*County taxpayers. The people who actually work for the country won't face any consequences.