Posted on 06/28/2011 1:39:35 PM PDT by Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears
The Rochester woman whose run in with the law with her iPhone and made national headlines, plans to file a lawsuit claiming Rochester police violated her civil rights.
Donald Thompson, attorney for Emily Good, told News 10NBC's Ray Levato Tuesday they may sue the individual police officer involved in her arrest, the Rochester Police Department, "any or all of the above and that's something to be discussed and considered."
Good was arrested in her bare feet and pajamas while standing in her own yard one night in May while taping a traffic stop that happened in front of her 19th Ward home. Good kept recording even after an officer asked her to stop and go inside. She was charged with obstructing government administration.
Monday, the District Attorney's office asked City Court Judge Jack Elliott to dismiss the charges because a review of the evidence showed there was no legal basis to prosecute.
Thompson says, "Her stated reason for video taping in the first place was that three white officers were stopping a young black male. And she's obviously attuned to social issues and concerns. There's nothing wrong with monitoring the course of those proceedings to make sure the correct procedures are being followed."
Thompson says says the lawsuit will claim a violation of Good's civil rights under the guarantees of the First Amendment. He said they will either file it in state or federal court.
"There was no crime that she committed here," says Thompson. "There was no basis to arrest her. There was no reason to forcibly take her from her property. It's a violation of her civil rights."
"It was pretty far over the line," says Thompson. "That's why it went national. "
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LOL! WOW! What a loser. You have NO courage of your convictions. NONE. You are a COWARD, a SNIVELLING LITTLE COPSUCKER WORM! LOL, do you have any idea how much I laugh at you? What a freakin' coward p*ssy can't-man-up!!! LOL
On the thread last night, SD seemed pretty reasonable. For some reason, today he snapped and lost all capacity to reason.
In SD’s mind, the cop is right and the whole world is wrong.
He’s like a cornered animal.
I haven’t seen as fast a meltdown as this since Weinergate!
It’s amazing to read the comments from those here who profess (I guess) to be conservatives. I guess they are okay with liberals tearing apart LEA’s with faux lawsuits. The liberals in this country are taking us all down with them, and some conservatives appear hell bent on helping them.
WHAT?
Where did all that bravado go?
You KNOW you're going to lose, You're just trying to put off the inevitable.
probably shouldn't have cornered him like that. People react differently when cornered in. LOL
After this left-wing loon rant of yours, I’m assuming that the cordial relationship we’ve held is at an end. So be it. Coward? Who is it that’s fearful here, Laz? You’re not willing to let the entire court proceedings play out? You unwilling to consider the possibility that a judge or jury might render a verdict that could be tossed upon appeal? I’m suppose to just accept your ideological position with respect to the court process? KMA.
You just keep digging yourself in deeper.
You bash Emily Good with your left hand because she expresses her dislike for profilng, then you bash yourself with your right hand for doing the same thing! By golly, I think you may actually be proving her point.
What is wrong with you? If you're getting paid to take this "stance" of your's you should be fired too.
Are you suggesting that when a case goes to appeal, and the one appealing wins, that this is a loss? Well, then, let’s just trash the entire system of jurisprudence.
It was telling, wasn’t it? Next would be, “....and if I lose on appeal, we wait until we see what the New York Times opinion is. If they don’t issue an opinion, I WIN. But if they do, and it’s goes against me, next we flip a coin 3 times. If I win 2 tosses, I WIN. But if not, then go go best out if five. Okay, so if I lose THAT one, then we play rock-scissors-paper 9 times. Okay, so if I lose THAT one, then we....” and so on.
It figures you would make that assumption of what my meaning was. When you figure it out, let me know.
I'll take "short sighted knee-jerk reactions" for $500, Alex.
No, nice job of you resorting to hiding behind the strawman of “context” without proving what you define as context. And you tried to bolster this by shifting away from specific points/counterpoints & specific statements made by her and this cop to the “totality” of this situation.
Please prove that when a cop tells you to do something that you must always do it. Please show what comments she made that threatened him. Please show what law she broke...
No, nice job of you resorting to hiding behind the strawman of “context” without proving what you define as context. And you tried to bolster this by shifting away from specific points/counterpoints & specific statements made by her and this cop to the “totality” of this situation.
Please prove that when a cop tells you to do something that you must always do it. Please show what comments she made that threatened him. Please show what law she broke...
>>After this left-wing loon rant of yours,...<<
You are hysterical!!! You had me going there for a while, I thought you were serious.
LOL! See 129 by Laz
A whole lot of us can spot a loser from a mile off.
False bravao has a smell to it.
No, I've fought terribly with many Freepers over the years. We go ALL IN on a given argument, then, like mature adults, we let that particular issue lie where is lies.
I can TOTALLY trash you here, because yeah, I really DO see you as cowardly here, because -- once the heat is on and a bet is being firmed up -- you tossed in a timewaster-out.
You mentioned something about demonstrating maturity. Here's your chance to shine, if you can remain cordial elsewhere.
Talk about strawman fallacies. Wow! Now you want to spin to hypotheticals rather than the actual events in this case. Do you work for PMSNBC???
If I win the bet, I win. If I lose, it's up for negotiation.
Far too many cops are treating ordinary citizens like criminals, today. For this reason, many citizens, including those who believe in law and order, are beginning to distrust cops. It’s a cop like this one, which causes this distrust.
Taser abuse, SWAT abuse, traffic stop abuse, killing innocents, dressing like the military, claiming unreasonable fears as excuse to kill, are all contributing to this distrust.
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