If these mass lawsuits were working as a deterrent I'm not seeing the evidence. MN has a population of 5.6 people. Now everybody in the state has to give the Floyd family $5? Doesn't make a lot of sense. He was 46 years old. There's a life expectancy of 79 at that age. Even if you gave them $150k/year that's about $5 million. With this lawsuit you're holding all citizens of MN responsible.
If you are a logical person, then you realize that there's something you're not getting. Again, research for yourself what you're missing, if you want.
You would see a decline if they were working as intended. Just as the death penalty doesn't deter murder, these lawsuits don't deter cops from making poor decisions. Most people have the "it won't happen to me" mentality.
Again, even if you don't see a decline; how do you know that it wouldn't have been worse without "the lawsuits?"
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 follow the scientific method. It never does in economics.
I agree to some degree. The voters are too stupid to realize payouts are coming out of their pockets and then go demand change at the voting booth so the system isn't working as intended. The payout system needs to be funded by police pension plans and department funding in order to see real reform. This is how you defund the police into real change.
Great. Don't take so long to think logically next time.
This is true in most, if not all, situations.
All debates aren't logical. And all debaters aren't logical.
What theory did I suggest we go on?
Where did I suggest we ignore data? What data are you referring to?
This doesn't work.
