Brickbat: Eh, He's Close Enough

The Kansas City, Missouri, police department has agreed to pay $900,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by Tyree Bell, who was 15, in 2016 when he was detained for three weeks for a crime he did not commit. Cops had responded to a call claiming three black males were on a corner with guns. When officers arrived, one of the suspects ran. They chased him, but he got away. Shortly after, they saw Bell and stopped him. Even though Bell was taller than the suspect, was dressed differently, and had a different hairstyle, they took him into custody on a 24-hour "investigative hold." But that 24 hours turned into three weeks before he was released without charges.

Comments

[rbike]

I’d spend three weeks in jail for $900,000. Just sayin’

[perlhaqr]

Depends on the jail, I guess.

[Longtobefree]

2 weeks = 2 years (to flatten the curve)
24 hours = 3 weeks (to investigate)
So what’s the problem?
You are acting like there is something wrong with the government doing what it pleases.
You think we got a constitution or something?

[Hank Phillips]

Somebody show Missouri the Second Amendment! And whatever happened to Missouri suing the communist germ war lab for the damage their pet did?

[Brandybuck]

It’s 2022, why the hell is the justice system still claiming “they all look the same to me”?

[The Encogitationer]

Obviously, it’s all right when Gummint does it.

[mad.casual]

20th Century: All black people look the same to me.
21st Century: All house numbers look the same to me.

Progress!

[Fist of Etiquette]

The police department is probably feeling the pinch of the 900k out of its budget.