Metropolitan gov't ordered to pay damages over police negligence in murder case

Saturday 08th November, 06:58 AM JST

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MeanRingo at 09:35 AM JST - 8th November

This could cause a landslide of police negligence suits. Hope it does. Perhaps then someone would realize the massive reform that needs to take place. Ridiculous!
timorborder at 11:17 AM JST - 8th November

This ruling won't stick for the simple reason that it could bring the whole deck of cards down. Look for the police to try and get out of this one. Damn justice! The cops will just try and cover their collective axse.
BBLeo at 02:57 PM JST - 8th November

Face this. Cops always wait until murder is committed. They are not trained or interested to prevent it, because it is boring, and without shoot out or action. So what, they will pay out few Yen until the next killing is committed. Case closed.
briantokyo at 03:27 PM JST - 8th November

Why isn't he in the death row? This guy clearly deserves death penalty.
Disillusioned at 04:42 PM JST - 8th November

Eh! Negligence by Japanese police? No way! That is so hard to believe. They are the most diligent bicycle registration checkers on the planet! - If the perp deserves the noose, so do the police who disregarded the victim's parents pleas for help in finding their daughter. Do the police have any further information on who killed that little girl in Togane? Of course not! It's too hard!
elbudamexicano at 05:12 PM JST - 8th November

This scum bag ex-boyfriend should get the death penalty! Why the hell is a stupid idiot newspaer delivery scum not getting the death penalty? It does not make any sense. This dirt bag was already 28 years, old enough to face the death penalty for his terrible crimes.
Betting at 11:55 PM JST - 8th November

With so many quotas to fill and nothing else, what can we expect? The Japanese police are nice and polite when you've lost your way or lost something, but of very little value for something else. From the experience that I've had with people that have been investigated by the police (Japanese, not foreigners) and how some of them act at police stations (not koban) they are truly scary. And from previous articles I've read concerning the police here on JT, there is no way I'd ever want contact with the police for something serious.
Potsu at 02:12 PM JST - 9th November

Why can't the person who made the decision to do nothing get fired or demoted or just mentioned ??
as_the_crow_flies at 03:11 PM JST - 9th November

It won't bring the woman back, but I hope it gives her family a bit of release from their torment that some kind of justice has been done. The only thing that kicks anyone official out of their inertia here is the fear of blame. If doing nothing also starts to carry blame, maybe a few more public officials will start to do something. It's not going to change the police here overnight, but it's a welcome bit of accountability, and hopefully will encourage more of the public to push harder when they meet a police stonewall. Also I applaud the idea of hitting the police and the perpetrators together for damages. Putting them in the same basket makes them by implication accessories to murder. In the case of inaction, I think the idea of collective responsibility is as likely as going for the top guy only to bring about change from the top down. And by the way, what does the fact that the guy delivered newspapers, or formerly did so, have to do with his scum ranking? Did the fact that Lucy Blackman's killer Joji Obara was a businessman make him less scummy?