Update to the teen shot at IHOP story: The city pays the parents a $1.1 million settlement.
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UPDATE: Cop shoots, kills teen after he skips out on check at IHOP
I know the ‘award,’ if it can be called that, is small consolation to them. But hopefully, if any others find themselves in that situation, they can consider their actions carefully. Regardless, I do see this as, at least in the tiniest since, a victory for whatever justice is left here.
I was all over those other threads concerning this and I really appreciate you keeping us updated. Thank you.
Oh, and I also think the charity that they’ve instituted is a commendable idea. I wish them well.
Pay taxes and lawyers how much is left. Sad.
Moving thread from IMHO to MPSIMS.
It is well to understand that payment of $ is nothing more than a business decision. Folks who excuse the deceased for his role in his own demise are as clueless as the day is long.
I don’t appreciate thieves, and though the amount was small and certainly the crime didn’t warrant an execution, I agree with you. He was still a thief.
Regardless, I support his parents and understand that their grieving is legitimate as anyone else’s. But I’m not going to cry because they “only” got $1.1 million for the admittedly accidental death of their thieving son.
This makes me wonder about a side question - is money paid out as part of a judgement/settlement taxable as income? That would really seem to go against the idea of the courts being there as a way of “making whole” the plaintiff. Do the type of damages awarded affect it? (whether they are compensatory/punitive/etc.)
Folks who think his theft of $4.40 retail value of foodstuff was worth a stubbed toe, let alone death, are pathetic brutal little empty shells who have no place in a civilised society.
Yeah, because murdering someone over a yuppie food coupon’s worth of bill, that just goes to show us all that it’s not OK to do something stupid in our society, because we approve of cops who do things that are many, many, many time stupider.
I’m surprised you don’t want to go visit the kid’s parents and taunt them over the fact that their son was a thief. That’d show 'em!
Actually, as I’ve gone round and round before, has it ever been proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that he was guilty of theft? That is, not just inside at the table, sans meal, with the others or in belief that someone else had agreed to pay the bill. Having been in both situations in my life (although as far as I know, no one skipped out on the ticket), I’d be glad to know that you couldn’t get your ass shot and killed if you were.
Um, wasn’t this guy who the cop claims tried to run him down with his car? IIRC the cop shot the kid for that, and not for the bill.
Was the internal investigation done? Did they find the cop at fault for being a dumbass for putting himself in that situation in the first place?
Didn’t you dance this dance before, Evil Captor. After all this time, it is probably pretty pointless to state that:
(a) The vehicle was not shot at for the dine-and-dash, but rather for aggressively driving towards an uniformed, off-duty cop doing his duty interceding in a (very) petty robbery.
(b) There was no ‘murder’, nor any offense worthy of indictment.
This is not to say that the officer made the wisest decisions. He was suspended helping to create the situation leading to Brown’s death, which I agree with. That said, if you steal a lollipop from a baby, then a police officer yells stop and you pull a gun on him, when he shoots you, he is not shooting you for stealing a lollipop.
He was a passenger in the car that the cop claimed was being driven straight towards him. IIRC he was in the left rear passenger seat. I don’t know that they ever conclusively proved that the teen driving the car was trying to intentionally hit the cop.
This young man was not driving the vehicle. He was the middle passenger in the backseat.
[Edited to add: Dang it Cowboy! You’re quicker on the draw!!]
No their portion of the settlement is not taxable. I believe the portion of the settlement the attorney receives is reported as his/her income and is taxed.