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“Gotta Cover our A**” CT Activist Settled for $50,000 from Police
AmmoLand ^ | 31 August, 2021 | Dean Weingarten

Posted on 09/07/2021 4:37:46 AM PDT by marktwain

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There were clear violations of Picard's Constitutional rights, under color of law. $50,000 seems to be a low settlement.
1 posted on 09/07/2021 4:37:46 AM PDT by marktwain
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To: marktwain

The are sending out messages and testing the waters


2 posted on 09/07/2021 4:39:01 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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George Floyd’s parade and statue cost a lot more than that.


3 posted on 09/07/2021 4:41:44 AM PDT by Track9 (Liberalism is a far worse virus. )
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I wonder if this is the same guy.

https://www.courthousenews.com/new-york-law-banning-courthouse-picketing-ruled-unconstitutional/


4 posted on 09/07/2021 5:07:20 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit)
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While the officers involved may have been concerned about the lawsuit, they were cleared by internal affairs, in spite of the evidence against them. They suffered little personal loss. After five years of litigation, one can only wonder how much of the $50,000 went to Picard’s lawyer fees and court costs.

This is part of the problem. The police really screw up, but suffer no financial consequence themselves. The taxpayers pickup the tab for their screw-up.


5 posted on 09/07/2021 5:08:47 AM PDT by Flick Lives (We may or may not have reached herd immunity, but we've definitely achieved herd stupidity.)
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“The police really screw up, but suffer no financial consequence themselves. The taxpayers pickup the tab for their screw-up.”

They are Government workers of course we are going to pay for their F ups, and until the people fight to change it, it is what it is.


6 posted on 09/07/2021 5:16:28 AM PDT by the_individual2014
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To: marktwain

Law enforcement is an arm of the government. It has guns, mace, clubs, handcuffs and the ability to deprive you of property, liberty, and life. This ability must be used responsibly. When it isn’t, because of the violation of trust, the perps must be treated harshly. Loss of job and pension, to start.


7 posted on 09/07/2021 5:22:52 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Trump: Make America Great Again. biden: Make Taliban Great Again. (Click on my user name))
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Deprivation of rights under color of law.

The police are not your friend.

They’re the standing army the Founders warned us about.


8 posted on 09/07/2021 5:30:07 AM PDT by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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To: wastedyears; null and void

Worthy of a ping?


9 posted on 09/07/2021 5:30:27 AM PDT by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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10 posted on 09/07/2021 5:31:02 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
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Loss of job and pension, to start.

After murdering Daniel Shaver, and being acquitted, Philip Brailsford was rehired so he could collect his pension.

They're the standing army the Founders warned us about.

11 posted on 09/07/2021 5:34:09 AM PDT by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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To: marktwain

I highly recommend a YouTube channel called audit the audit. It covers dozens and dozens of cases similar to this and is very fair and how it treats the person being stopped by police and the police themselves and sometimes the police are the right party and the person being stopped is the wrong party.


12 posted on 09/07/2021 5:46:25 AM PDT by cuban leaf (We killed our economy and damaged our culture. In 2021 we will pine for the salad days of 2020.)
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To: I want the USA back

In this era with a rigged system, I no longer have faith in that level of justice.


13 posted on 09/07/2021 5:46:38 AM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: Track9

Ben Crump and Co. seem to be in a suicide by cop drought good thing these refugees are coming in to backfil the fake victims.


14 posted on 09/07/2021 6:13:00 AM PDT by cnsmom
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Defund and disband all law enforcement agencies whose leader is not directly elected by the people. They are become an insult to liberty and a mockery of justice.


15 posted on 09/07/2021 7:58:19 AM PDT by MercyFlush (The final variant is called Communism. )
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To: Pontiac
I wonder if this is the same guy.

Yes, the same guy is in the New York First Amendment case. I sent him an email, and he promptly replied.

New York has appealed the District Court ruling to the Second Circuit.

There should be a ruling in the Second Circuit no later than June of next year.

16 posted on 09/07/2021 8:30:58 AM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries. )
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