I do and I don't. It's a mixed bag.

It's a shame that these suits have a price tag to them because they can only be addressed through civil suit. When you win, the money you're awarded is paid via tax dollars. Which means less money and more financial stress for what those monies were slotted for. They have to do more with less, in other words. It also means a subsequent raise in taxes for the community. Some of the community really can't afford it.

Now there's less money to run rape kits too. Even more will sit on a shelf somewhere or conveniently go missing. Inevitably, more victims and less consequences for rapists.

It's even more a shame that police accountability is so laughable that these civil suits are the only way communities have a chance to redress problems in policing. They have internal reviews and such, but they're judging their own and it's well known and we'll established to be a boy's club.

A neutral third party would be if benefit here. To go over cases, looking to eliminate bias, make sure things aren't being neglected, reallocating funds if need be, make sure victims like Ms Franklin are taken care of if the police have failed them, etc. She should be compensated for any medical or mental treatment or therapies she might need to recover, her time and work spent doing the job they didn't do, and whatever she needs to help her bounce back after the further pain and suffering the denial of justice caused her due to police inaction, lack of compassion, and negligence. But it shouldn't be a pay day.

All that just goes to show why these problems will never be solved and inequities in policing resolved until we stop this crazy merry-go-round and start doing things differently.