ABC News: Delaware man who police blocked from warning of speed trap wins $50K judgment
ABC News: Delaware man who police blocked from warning of speed trap wins $50K judgment
Delaware State Police have agreed to pay $50,000 to resolve a federal lawsuit filed by a man who said troopers violated his constitutional rights by preventing him from warning motorists about a speed trap
That title hides the worst part.
The cops arrested him and then said social services was coming to take his son who was with him at the time. Then the cop was told the charges wouldn't stick and still did it.
Fucking disgusting to terrify a child like this.
Let me guess, a month of paid vacation for the cop?
If the reason to have speed traps is to get people to reduce their speed then that guy was literally getting people to reduce their speed.
The police need reformed because they try to get people to do bad as a way of making money.
That makes society literally worse instead of better.
I mean if the police wanted to enjoy their job they each would get a day to park a cruiser up the street ... and then change into civilian clothes and sit in a lawn chair up the street drinking a beer smoking a cigar holding a sign saying "speed trap ahead" and then calling in anyone that ignores it with it being tracked by the squad car's camera.
that would be how you police if you want to have fun.
(this is my most brilliant idea ever. and i yield it freely to law enforcement)
Pretty telling that they're not really about safety when officers will speed after someone at 100+ cause they got their feefees hurt in the exact same area the speed trap is.
People hate it, but as someone who leans towards fuck-cars, well sign-posted automated traffic cameras remove this problem. Stop cops from chasing people in cars like some dumb movie, and endanger both parties by parking on the freeway - just mail them a ticket.
Lol. Let me introduce you to Lindale, OH.
Improper use of hand signal charge for the middle finger made me chuckle. Two first amendment infringements in one encounter though? This officer needs to learn what the first amendment is and how it works.
The cop knew it was bull shit. He wanted to inconvenience the guy.
"Douglas is heard saying that even if the charge would be dropped, it at least “inconvenienced” Guessford."
They should get charged for inconveniencing the court
Yeah, that’s actually genuinely funny. The rest of it is fucked.
Power tripping assholes.
“You can’t do that,” Popp tells Box. “That will be dropped.”
“Yeah, it’s gonna get dropped,” Box replies. “I told (Douglas) it’s definitely going to get thrown out. … I said, ‘Ah, that’s not really going to fly, buddy.’”
Douglas is heard saying that even if the charge would be dropped, it at least “inconvenienced” Guessford.
"You can beat the rap but you can't beat the ride", in other words.
I don't understand why he didn't go after Box himself. The recording demonstrated that he was violating his civil rights, and knew it wouldn't be upheld. That should have gotten rid of his qualified immunity.
Fuck pigs
Saying all the quiet parts out loud
edit: to be clear i am referencing the police talking to each other idk what else people thought i meant but ok
Big win for vehicular manslaughter fans
It can be hard to support the first amendment when you disagree with what's being said, but that's why it's so important.
This isn't speaking truth to power, though. More cars driving faster and more dangerously is the establishment. You fail to see that free speech is for protecting the voices already in power, and this is just another example.