I find it extremely hard to believe that the National guard and cops would “target her because of her right wing views” or “make an example of her for other right wingers”. I live on Long Island and know a lot of a cops and friends in the military and not one of them are leftist. Something don’t jibe with this story.
MY analysis is;
She's a weatherman underground type and was taking pictures for SOME nefarious purpose when arrested on suspicion of being a terrorist
A very slick lawyer developed the 'right wing' scenerio and bingo ... a cool mil
Believe it. I also live on Long Island not 15 minutes from this woman. I also am familiar with cops, fire fighters and ambulance workers who think they’re demi-gods and sadly, like so any Long Islanders, they hate that citizens have the right to own weapons. This cop was a jerk and this arrest was ridiculous.
I remember when this story broke out years ago there was a bit of divided opinion here on this case with some supporting the woman and others like yourself claiming there was more to the story and that no cop would arrest a woman for an illegitimate reason.
Well a New York jury has spoken. I’m glad that this lady prevailed. As high taxes are a fact of life here its doubtful anyone will notice the penny increase to pay the award, although there might be plenty who object due to politics. I have a daughter to raise but she’s almost grown and hopefully we’ll be out of here one day.