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U.S. cop wrongly fired for masturbation video (Liberal judges run amok)
Yahoo! News - Reuters ^
| 1.30.04
Posted on 01/30/2004 7:34:29 PM PST by mhking
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A San Diego policeman who sold videos of himself masturbating after removing a police uniform was wrongly dismissed from the force, a U.S. appeals court has ruled.
An officer named in court documents only as John Roe sold the videos on the Internet vendor eBay, where his hobby was discovered by his supervisor. Roe never identified himself as a San Diego police officer in his sales pitch and gave a fictitious address in northern California.
The San Francisco-based 9th Circuit Court of Appeals agreed on Thursday with Roe that his dismissal by the San Diego Police Department in 2001 was unjust because his off-duty actions were protected by First Amendment rights to free speech.
"We hold that when the employee's speech is not about his government employer or employment, is directed to a segment of the general public and occurs outside the workplace, that speech satisfies the public concern test," the court found.
Judge Kim Wardlaw, dissenting from the three-judge panel, called the decision absurd, saying his actions were not free speech but conduct violations related to his job.
TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: California
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posted on
01/30/2004 7:34:29 PM PST
by
mhking
To: Howlin; Ed_NYC; MonroeDNA; widgysoft; Springman; Timesink; dubyaismypresident; Grani; coug97; ...
Just damn.If you want on the list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...
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posted on
01/30/2004 7:34:53 PM PST
by
mhking
To: mhking
The quality of our police forces rises to .......
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posted on
01/30/2004 7:37:29 PM PST
by
B4Ranch
( Dear Mr. President, Sir, Are you listening to the voters?)
To: mhking
OK, who are these people who are paying to watch a man masturbate?
Yech.
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posted on
01/30/2004 7:39:41 PM PST
by
saquin
To: mhking
I don't have a problem with this.
Who knows? Maybe this prevented him from having an itchy trigger finger . . .
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posted on
01/30/2004 7:40:05 PM PST
by
BraveMan
Comment #6 Removed by Moderator
To: mhking
Exactly how did they identify the guy in the film?
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posted on
01/30/2004 7:42:53 PM PST
by
gitmo
(Who is John Galt?)
To: saquin
OK, who are these people who are paying to watch a man masturbate? Wrong forum. Over here . . .
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posted on
01/30/2004 7:43:41 PM PST
by
BraveMan
To: mhking
They have every right to fire him. He was in uniform and that means he was representing the city where he works... and community standards apply too... plus employers can make the rules.
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posted on
01/30/2004 7:44:18 PM PST
by
GeronL
(www.ArmorforCongress.com ............... Support a FReeper for Congress)
To: mhking
So... its San Fransisco... whats new?
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posted on
01/30/2004 7:44:42 PM PST
by
GeronL
(www.ArmorforCongress.com ............... Support a FReeper for Congress)
To: mhking
He could say he was just polishin' his pistol!
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posted on
01/30/2004 7:44:42 PM PST
by
NYC GOP Chick
(AAAAAAAAAAAAAAACCCHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!)
To: mhking
Does this mean he can go back on the beat?
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posted on
01/30/2004 7:45:09 PM PST
by
Rebelbase
( <a href="http://www.michaelmoore.com" target="_blank">miserable failure put it in your tagline too!)
To: mhking
Cop + Masturbating = COPulating?
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posted on
01/30/2004 7:45:19 PM PST
by
Enterprise
("You sit down. You had your say. Now I'm going to have my say.")
To: GeronL
A San Diego policeman who sold videos of himself masturbating after removing a police uniform . . . Oh, but see? There is his out! According to the article, he wasn't in uniform . . .
That makes it OK . .
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posted on
01/30/2004 7:49:50 PM PST
by
BraveMan
To: The Arctic Desert
LMAO!! Do you join up just to respond to this thread? Not that I passing judgement or anything.
Ya never know what you'll stumble across here (or on EBay for that matter).
To: All
Not to be rude, and only asking what's been asked many times before....
Pics????
:-)
To: NYC GOP Chick
Thanks to this new right found clearly in the Constitution by the geniuses at the 9th Circuit, this fine officer can now proudly stand erect, holding his head up, and just go back to pounding the beat.
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posted on
01/30/2004 7:52:42 PM PST
by
FormerACLUmember
(Man rises to greatness if greatness is expected of him)
To: BraveMan
He takes off the uniform ON VIDEO??
You know... these kinds of threads just make me want to check the top of my Coca-Cola can for... never mind
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posted on
01/30/2004 7:53:25 PM PST
by
GeronL
(www.ArmorforCongress.com ............... Support a FReeper for Congress)
To: Eschoir
...OK, who are these people who are paying to watch a man masturbate?...Bump.
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posted on
01/30/2004 7:53:31 PM PST
by
Byron_the_Aussie
(http://www.theinterviewwithgod.com/popup2.html)
To: The Arctic Desert
Welcome to FreeRepublic. Absurdities on display for all to see. Ain't it grand?
Holy wah . . .
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posted on
01/30/2004 7:53:33 PM PST
by
BraveMan
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