> The region's GDP is 100 billion dollars, so these are tiny amounts, although they may seem large to some.

It's a fair point and easy to handwave away "it's only $100 per resident." But it's a lot of money still. And yet that city is shutting down schools and selling off school properties to make budget this year. I bet they'd love to have those wasted millions.

> You think they can safely 10x that?

I have no idea the reason for this question. The OP said cities learn after a couple million dollar suits. I'm showing that no, they do not. If anything suits are increasing.

I haven't lived there in years, nor do I have exact numbers, but they make national news enough for the same problem nearly every year. I'll drop you some links if you care.

1 - 38 million between 2017 and 2022.

2 - 29 million in 2023.

3 - 12 million in settlements in 2025.

Dare I keep going?

[1]https://www.wdrb.com/in-depth/louisville-payouts-for-police-...

[2]https://www.aol.com/louisville-paid-least-29m-settle-1030450...

[3]https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2026/02/04/...

> After a couple million dollar lawsuits the city or state will learn to be more careful with their methods

You'd think, but watching how many millions my local police department and city paid out every single year leads me to believe they just don't care.

And yet this article itself has all the hallmarks of AI slop. Fitting.

Whatever points this author was trying to make were completely obliterated by the LLM it was run through or used to generate it.

A shame because it seems to have interesting points, but was too wordy and LLMified to keep attention. Stop telling me what it's not every other sentence, and just say what you mean. I wish folks would just use their own words.