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You're pointing to snowstorms here and there on a planet that has a surface area of almost 200 million square miles and I'm the one with a sub-75 IQ?

Are you honestly trying to argue that random weather events discredit climate change? If you are then whoever gave you a high school diploma should be sued.

You're conveniently ignoring what leads to racism and discrimination. Much of it has to do with the outsized criminal behavior of the demographic which we've established has to do with poverty/lack of opportunity. So it's circular. Finding more ways to give black people more opportunity/get out...

Criminal justice reform won't solve the problems. In fact, it's relatively minor in terms of the obstacles black people face. They need to address the poverty issues or black people will continue to face substantial prejudice. Poverty/lack of opportunity of a group leads to more criminal...

I said that Walmart might not fight the lawsuit for PR reasons, but a smaller company (where $27 million means a lot more to them) might. It is a punitive amount. Now we have a case where a 20 year old was shot dead in the same state. What is his family going to get? $40 million? This one was...

I know there's situations where cops are on their own, but hard to believe the carelessness in how they treated a known drug trafficker in that first video. Apparently Homeland Security didn't report that to the officer. He probably would have been a lot more careful had they done that.

I'm pretty confident about this, but if you want me to be semantically correct as if I'm writing a dissertation, sure. I don't proofread everything I write and I'm not immune to all logical/semantical errors. There's always room to re-think something, especially when dealing with incomplete...

Just like corporations, these lawsuits do nothing to the state. Cost of doing business. Cops need to be held criminally liable for excessive force.

MN took it, because of politics. Would every state? I'm not sure. The blue ones probably would. When companies settle lawsuits it's about the bottom line. How much of a PR hit there will be continuing is a major factor. However, what you're asking for obviously doesn't exist. You want me to find...

I find it more interesting that she's a self-described Marxist.

This was the most obvious case in my lifetime: https://www.industryweek.com/archive/article/21956898/supreme-court-strikes-down-290-million-verdict-against-ford They tried to go after Ford with $290M in punitive damages.

Here's an interesting scenario. Imagine it wasn't MN police that killed Floyd. It was Walmart security alleging he stole an item, asking him for his receipt. If Walmart security had their knee on him for 9 minutes, waiting for the police to arrive, I wonder what the settlement would be. $27...

Quantifying feelings in terms of monetary settlements is tough. I personally believe that feelings are best meant to be settled in criminal court. You obviously can't say how much somebody would have made or not made. You have to look at averages like they do for improper incarceration...

What if the driver intentionally ran somebody over with his truck? Now it becomes criminal, the insurance company and Walmart would both fight any civil suits.

Here's the difference between the private companies and the state. The state makes the laws. The state sets the standards. The judge doesn't get to make up standards for the state. They interpret the laws as written. Punitive fines against the state make no sense as the taxpayers don't vote...

I admit I haven't studied law, but shouldn't it depend on the situation? Walmart is going to insure the vehicle. I would expect them to be sued in that case. However, what if the employee ran somebody over with his own vehicle being late for work? They would have a hard time suing Walmart in...

Yeah, I'm not even thinking about getting MAGA on board. First of all, they think Chauvin was following standard police procedures and Floyd died, because he's a drug addict. Obviously all you have to do is squeeze your neck for 10 seconds to know that's complete bullshit, but nevertheless...

I believe you're going on the theory that punitive lawsuits work. The evidence of punitive punishment just doesn't hold muster. The most studied example on this is capital punishment. It's exceptionally hard for me to believe that voters will change who they vote for or demand change based on...

It's not a bad idea. The payouts still shouldn't be so high, but it would make cops more accountable for their actions. From what we've seen, it's clear Chauvin shouldn't have been a cop in the first place.

I get your logic. There's no way to isolate the situations. Like many situations in politics, there's no definite conclusion. Hence political debate is logical. However, it's as if you're suggesting we need to go solely on theory. I don't think we should ignore all data, because it doesn't...