You missed my point. PERA is not return of the employees money. About 8% of it is, the rest is taxpayer money. (just like SS but even worse).
BTW, they weren't terminated, they quit. big difference.
And the blue wall of silence clearly lives. We aren't chicago (yet, not sure about Denver), but without the resident's video, these guys would have had nothing. They TALKED ABOUT IT a week before in their daily briefing. Where were the other police officers (and their commanding officer) saying "hey, wait, stop, even joking about that stuff isn't funny" Nothing, big wall of silence.