Just Following Orders

My problem with the Nuremberg Principle is that it absolves those in leadership. There is such a disparity between those in charge, and those taking orders, that it is not fair to expect this rule to be a catch all

If a leader gives an unlawful or unethical order, they can wiggle out of any responsibility by saying it was implemented incorrectly. Besides, if it was really unethical, the subordinates had a duty not to act.

The gold badge in this video said to keep moving. He can argue that he did not intend for the front line to shove an old man. See, the order was legal, but the subordinates executed it wrong.

If you want cameras to stay on, you fire leadership whenever the cameras mysteriously shut off, or the recordings are somehow erased.

Start firing people and things will start to change. Don't fire people and we all know any "reform" is just lip service.

This guy's family should be able to sue every single soldierpolice officer who pushed him, gave the order to push him, and every single one of them who stepped over his body without stopping to give aid. But they can't -because of qualified immunity.

If each of these jack-booted-thugs had to carry their own liability insurance I imagine insurance companies would be very interested in police training, activity, and the psych profile of every officer they covered.

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