US sheriff once said it was 'financially better' to kill than badly injure suspects

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Guardian

Donny Youngblood made comments during 2006 campaign for sheriff of Kern county, which has highest rate of police killings in US

Jon Swaine and Oliver Laughland
Mon 9 Apr 2018 21.21 EDT

The sheriff of a county profiled by the Guardian after it was found to have the highest rate of killings by police in the US once said it is “better financially” for local authorities if officers kill suspects rather than badly injure them.

Sheriff Donny Youngblood of Kern county, California, who is currently running for re-election, made the remarks while addressing rank-and-file officers during his first campaign in 2006. Video of the meeting was recently found by an officers’ union.

“You know what happens when a guy makes a bad shooting on somebody and kills them? Three million bucks and the family goes away after a long back and forth,” Youngblood said.

He went on to say: “Which way do you think is better financially – to cripple them or kill them – for the county?” An unidentified man offscreen said “kill them”, to which Youngblood replied: “Absolutely. Because if they’re crippled we get to take care of them for life. And that cost goes way up.”

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/apr/09/us-police-killings-kern-county-sheriff-donny-youngblood

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Donny Youngblood

[djacq]

1. Governor Brown should demand resignation from Sheriff QuickDraw

[mr_lebowski]

3. Not sure he can 'demand' it but he can certainly speak out and appear in campaign ads

Denouncing this murderous fascist f***stain upon the fabric of humanity ...

[mr_lebowski]

2. What a f***ing despicable fascist ... wonder what political party he affiliates with ... NOT (nt)

[joshcryer]

4. You know when a union throws one of their own under a bus it's bad.

There's probably a lot more to this guys behavior than a quip he made on a video over a decade ago. They've had this for a long time. It was just as reprehensible then as it is now. Surely someone in that room at the time had a conscious and discussed it within their circle for years. Nothing changed to make what he said worse. It's likely this guy has been getting a bubbling resentment for quite some time now. And it makes you wonder how many other crooked cops out there there are, because this guy was covered for this statement for so long. Even the guys with a conscious in that room that day, they said nothing, did nothing, because it would jeopardize their job.

[gopiscrap]

5. all fucking cops are like this

I have heard this sentiment from cops before

[LSFL]

6. This gem from a local cop in regards to suspects and inmates

"We are at war. They are the enemy. I would kill them all if I could. "

My kid was in jail at the time.

[Squaredeal]

7. From attorneys too.

I recall my law professor saying the same thing sarcastically that you ever shot someone make sure you kill him because the cost of a dead person is typically a lot less than that of a injured one.

[joshcryer]

11. The union even endorsed this guy after this interview:

https://www.facebook.com/KCDOA/videos/1714953028581523/

Read the comments, people are rightly upset about it.

Pure cronyism.

[bucolic_frolic]

8. Maybe the Sheriff should leave valuing human life to Actuarial Science

He's overstepping his boundaries

[Maxheader]

9. In ya go fruitcake..

[Vinca]

10. I've heard this before - better a dead body than a live witness.

And I heard it in a very blue location.

[barbtries]

12. that is horrifying.

like, they're not even people. who the fuck are these people.

[heaven05]

13. not surprised

that has been the white man's burden all along. What do I do with all these "red savages"? Killl them all or as many as could be killed. "Damn, now what am I going to do with all these freed n******"? Kill, segregate as many as we can forever. Don't give em a break, just kill, kill, kill!!!!

[IronLionZion]

14. and fewer pesky witnesses

to testify in the family's lawsuit

[kimbutgar]

15. This is the US house rep Kevin McCarthy area of California

Backwards chemical smelling area of the state. No surprise