Gun Rights Lawsuit Dumptrunk is Backing Up to Madison Police & Chief(WI)

ammoland.com ^ | 24 September, 2010 | icarry.org

[Secret Agent Man]

Yes there is.

Good luck finding a good lawyer that will not bail on you because of what this would do to his/her career.

ALso the thousands and thousands of dollars you will spend on the case - the municipality has endless pockets compared to you.

Further the judge could rule in your favor but only give a small restitution award to you. You’re not guaranteed to get what you sue for. Judge could say, yes they were wrong, but you only get $50 bucks. That would result in the police not changing their policies. They’d just say take us to court. Spend thousands and waste years to get a verdict in your favor and $50 bucks. Meanwhile the practice of arresting on disorderly will continue.

[Petruchio]

That is what they say, but at the same time, the article describe these as intentional gatherings.

Ummm, not to pic nits or anything, but if 5 unrelated males get together for lunch in a restaurant . . . it is intentional. Women have been known to do the same thing. The only difference is while there men don't all go to the bathroom in a group.

[OneWingedShark]

>Section 1983 action for official oppression - pretty open-and-shut, seems to me...

They could also pull this into the federal arena:
US CODE, TITLE 18, PART I, CHAPTER 13, § 241 — Conspiracy against rights

If two or more persons conspire to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate any person in any State, Territory, Commonwealth, Possession, or District in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or because of his having so exercised the same; or

If two or more persons go in disguise on the highway, or on the premises of another, with intent to prevent or hinder his free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege so secured—

They shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and if death results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse or an attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill, they shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for any term of years or for life, or both, or may be sentenced to death.

[Still Thinking]

If the city attorney has any sense, he will drop this like a first date with hiv.

That's the beauty of the civil rights lawsuit. The tyrants can't "drop" it unilaterally. They may be able settle, but only on terms agreeable to those on the other side (revised policiing procedures acceptable to the arrestees, etc.).

[PIF]

Madison Police Chief Noble determined that they were creating a disturbance on his premise that: since it was a public restaurant children might be present. This is a reinterpretation of the state law.