ESSENCE Debates That's sort of like holding parents responsible if their kids of any age commit a hate crime or tell others to do so. There are almost 3 billion monthly FB users. It would be impossible to monitor each one. They have bots, keyword searches, and even humans scouring content 24/7.

ESSENCE Debates No, because money does not equate to justice unless the money is used to get laws passed. Ex. where is the lobbying to outlaw no-knock warrants nationwide, to end qualified immunity, to change the thresholds for certain crimes, etc.

ESSENCE Debates Maybe for another day but can we debate the harassing voter text and calls? Should this be legal, If I enter or say STOP should it stop all calls and text and not just the current one?

ReGina Crawford♌ ESSENCE Debates Joel Johnson It's the same batch of people making these decisions. Civil jury pools are pulled from the voter rolls. Your municipality either agrees police should be able to show up in the middle of the night & murder a woman on a tip from a suspect or you don't. Make the laws & rules match.

ESSENCE Debates Joel Johnson GooglerInChief I have to disagree because cities and police departments have been paying settlements since forever. It's not their money, it's taxpayer money. They don't care. #LunchtimeDebate

Thanks for the suggestion @avftp1. We can absolutely chat about voter calls on future #lunchtimedebate.

AViewFromTracysPoint ESSENCE Debates Joel Johnson GooglerInChief Either that or insurance

That's our time. We'll circle back on #ProtectBlackWomen and the cost of racism in another chat. Be safe. #WearAMask. Be kind to yourself & others. Have a fab weekend. And come back at 3pmET today for the pitches bit.ly/3cx5NYJ

ESSENCE Debates Yes - they should

@DarthPettyThot ESSENCE Debates Joel Johnson That's what municipalities need to handle. Get mad at these payouts and force a change to how your police rules work. The insurance needs to be held by the cops & unions. The full liability of their actions belongs on them. Once they become uninsurable, they can't work.

ESSENCE Debates Joel Johnson The problem is municipalities ALLOWING police depts to have rules that go against the municipalities civil laws. You're paying the lawsuits. Change the rules. Make them pay the lawsuits. Make them adhere to the laws. It's not for the police to say. It's for the taxpayers to say.

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ESSENCE Debates Insert Jeopardy theme here. How long will the #lunchtimeDebate hiatus last?