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Originally Posted by molson
I said this in the other thread but doctors screw up and kill thousands of people a year, and there's never criminal charges.
When an officer screws up, it's front page news - even when the issue is just attitude. When it's a mistake that takes someone's life, it's burn-down-the-city-time.
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Huge difference in a doctor making a human error during a surgery and an officer going out of his way to hurt someone for his own pleasure. If a doctor is criminally negligent, they are charged. They are also open to massive civil lawsuits for their mistakes.
Doctors and hospitals make the front page all the time too. I can remember a recent case of a lady dying in a waiting room that made national headlines.
Woman dies in hospital waiting room - 7/02/08 - New York News and Tri-State News - 7online.com