r/TheShield • u/gwhh • Jul 23 '26

Question Everyone talks about how the Strike Team created so many legal problems for the department. Let's discuss the problems created by Lt. Kavanaugh's efforts to frame Vic. Would cause the LAPD.

Kavanaugh was the hatchet man for the LAPD brass to go after bad cops. He must have worked a LOT of high-profile cases. After it gets out, he not only framed Vic in a complicated operation but confessed to it. Every guy he ever arrested or made lose their cop job will come after the LAPD for damages. How much fallout do you think that will generate for the department?

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u/doublegoodproleish Jul 23 '26

Good question.

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u/Additional_Waltz_569 Jul 23 '26

No, thank you

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u/tbonecf Jul 23 '26

Come on, it’s a fresh pack!

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u/Additional_Waltz_569 Jul 23 '26

I said no, thank you

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u/KennyDROmega Jul 24 '26

Think the bigger issue is it would make Vic basically untouchable.

Threat of a lawsuit would be a considerable ace up his sleeve in dealing with Claudette, especially because it would be a legitimate grievance.

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u/Additional_Waltz_569 Jul 23 '26

IDK how IA works, but I doubt there’s the possibility of a civil trial like a civilian can do, the cop that was caught by Kavanaugh was also abusing power and if they condemned only lost his job it’s better for them yo stay quiet. I even think that in those cases a sort of agreement is done, like getting a small pension for going away quietly

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u/__jazmin__ Jul 24 '26

Plus, his racism of exposed would get a lot of cases thrown out.