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To: E. Pluribus Unum

We’ll see E. The suit says that Cook was within her right to drive away under the circumstances. “When defendant Harmon–Wright attempted to bully and coerce Mrs. Cook into complying with his commands by raising his voice and threatening to shoot her, she was lawfully entitled to refuse to comply [and] to depart unharmed and unhindered under the circumstances then and there existing.” It adds that, “In Virginia, a police officer has no right to inflict serious bodily harm on a person who is simply fleeing arrest for a misdemeanor, much less a person who has committed no crime and who is simply exercising her right to decline to speak with a police officer.”


15 posted on 05/31/2012 9:54:46 PM PDT by Colorado Cowgirl (God bless America!)
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To: Colorado Cowgirl

I hope he hangs, but cops are seldom held accountable because they all stick together.


21 posted on 06/01/2012 5:44:08 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Government is the religion of the sociopath.)
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