Sorry, Bloomberg Law has the world’s finest paywall, and I’ve found no way around it, so we get only a tiny peek at the article, but that’s enough.

    The Eighth Circuit said Friday that two St. Louis County police officers weren’t entitled to qualified immunity after they allegedly bumped into a suspect’s car on purpose during a pursuit, then failed to render aid when he crashed into a tree and died.

  • brianorca@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    That’s not unique. LAPD (city) is the third largest police force in the nation. LASD (county) is fourth.

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      1 year ago

      It’s not just our police that are split, everything is split. The “city” of st Louis as most understand it is actually over a hundred legally separate cities that are all close to the each other and a whole bunch of unincorporated areas that don’t participate in anything