Posted on 04/19/2023 10:39:22 AM PDT by CFW
Cheyenne police entered a man’s home unlawfully to arrest him, the Wyoming Supreme Court has ruled in overturning his conviction.
The high court in its Monday order reversed Myron Martize Woods’ 2021 Cheyenne Circuit Court conviction of interference with a peace officer for fighting officers who entered his home unlawfully to arrest him.
The conviction stemmed from Feb. 13, 2020, when police investigated a dispute between Woods and his ex-girlfriend over the care of their son.
Woods’ ex-girlfriend said he had grabbed her neck, but a jury later acquitted Woods on that domestic battery charge.
Cheyenne Police Department officers went to Woods’ home and confronted him across the threshold of his front door that evening, trying to get him to come out.
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I always am delighted when courts rule correctly and recognize with cops are acting unlawfully. Even when investigating a crime, cops have to adhere to the Constitution and recognize the rights of the people.
Woods is suing the city of Cheyenne, the Cheyenne Police Department and the three arresting officers in federal court.He is accusing all the civil defendants of negligence for the actions surrounding and leading to his arrest. He also is accusing them of retaliating against him, alleging that the officers entered his home, fought and arrested him because he asked them what they were doing at his house.
I'm surprised he's not suing for civil rights violations. The defendants should also be prosecuted for unlawful entry, assault, battery, and kidnapping.
I’m not too sue the officers were WHOLLY unreasonable. BUT!! It takes about ten minutes to get a judge to issue a telephonic search warrant. They should have done that. It’s in the Constitution. Duh! Could have been done on the way to the scene.
And the professional police officers didn’t even try to get a warrant.
It’s possible that they just thought they could get away with becoming criminals.
It’s also possible that they knew a judge would NOT grant them a warrant.
I hold professional armed agents of the State to a very high standard. If they can’t meet high standards, they need to find another line of work.
Wow, both extremes. In this case the coppers entered and tried to bully everyone in sight. In Uvalde many coppers were outright cowards and ran off.
Coppers can be bad, really bad. This is why you need to arm yourself since you cannot count on them to protect your life.
Civil rights violations that’s probably the federal lawsuit, that usually covers it.
This just shows the tip of the iceberg. The larger problem is cops being the muscle in the domestic violence racquet. Millions of women make a false DV charge because it gets them what they want. In an flash, the man is jailed for a day. The woman can drain the bank account, get a restraining order on him to keep him away from his home and if she’s of the mindset to move out, take everything of value.
The presumption of innocence does not exist for men when a woman cries to a cop.
Its rare. Needs to be less rare.
And it only takes years and thousands in legal fees to reach that verdict.
I've recently seen a lot of videos like this recently. The main problem seems to be that once the cops think someone is guilty, they want to make an arrest, no matter if there is a complete lack of evidence, and they care little about the law at that point.
In this ruling, the Wyoming SCOTUS seems to be warning Wyoming law enforcement that if they act unlawfully, they may be resisted.
Its because in gynosociety women can get a man arrested on pure hearsay. No one cares about the mans side or the other half of the story. And women, master manipulators and criers, lie a great deal so false charges and accusations occur all the time. If not for many guys recording and videoing false incidents as they occurred, they would have been jailed.
And some people wonder why the younger generations of men in the USA are not very interested in getting married.
Well, we witnessed this kind of scenario happening to our fathers, uncles, brothers, co-workers, etc, over and over again.
It may be I just mis-read the article but did they go to his home the night he was acquitted on the domestic violence charge? If so, why?
I generally agree. But, there is more to this story, I’m sure. Domestic violence calls are close to the top of the list of “cop killers.” I’d be especially weary in this situation. I wonder if the woman at the door is the same one who had called the cops a little bit earlier? If so, the cops probably expected her to let them in.
When she doesn’t, and the guy is standing behind her only partially seen, the cops aren’t sure whether she has the freedom to talk openly. He might have a weapon or a realistic threat against her to be exercised when they leave.
Nonetheless, if I were the DA, I would have dismissed the charge before hearing. “Reaching across the threshold” is a bright line.
The article answers some of your questions and uncertainties.
I agree. I think the article is unclear about the timing.
I read thoroughly, and still have questions. Do you think they went to the house on the night of the acquittal? Is so, WOW!
The article is pretty clear to me that she is a different person.
Agree that "reaching across the threshold" is a bright line.
This incident supports the idea of "never talk to the police". Certainly opening the door for them enables several kinds of problems.
The dude’s girlfriend said he grabbed her neck. And his wife answered the door when the cops came.
SMH.
>>>And some people wonder why the younger generations of men in the USA are not very interested in getting married.<<<
Outside of religion, I can’t think of a single reason to get married. Can you?
Well, you might get some nice gifts out of it I guess. Could stop your parents nagging too.
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