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I'm glad they took action, and still found work he's less likely to screw up. The courts are backed up everywhere, so the public gets the best possible result.
That is a great perspective.
Wow, that's a helluva take. The best possible result? lol
He was just doing what those in the system are paid to do, inflicting trauma on the poor and minorities. How was he supposed to know it wasn't ok to handcuff an unhoused child and threaten them with imprisonment in a humiliating spectacle in front of their peers/on stream for sleeping?
I hope he is personally sued for emotional distress amongst other things. Big egos need to be shown the door.
The girl’s mother, Latoreya Till, said she may have been tired because they don’t have a permanent address. King told TV stations that he apologized.
Till has filed a lawsuit, seeking more than $75,000 for “inflicting fear and severe emotional distress.”
Seems to be the case according to the article.
AKA it's going to be a big god-damned mess to actually get rid of you, so here's the lowest-level work we have for your job description. Good luck in your own case and with re-election, asshole.
Honestly, the fact that there were any professional consequences at all is a bit of a relief. Anybody with half a brain and an ounce of empathy could tell he pulled an ego-driven schoolyard-bully move and deserves to be punished, but with nothing "officially official" being done to the girl, it was always going to be hard to turn it into a removal from an elected position.
Till has filed a lawsuit, seeking more than $75,000 for “inflicting fear and severe emotional distress.”
I hope they win. I hope they get more. I hope it's the key to them finding permanent housing.
I still can't believe he doubled down instead of apologizing.
I mean, what person who would apologize for that would do it in the first place?
Decent but not good enough.
this post was submitted on 27 Sep 2024
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