Posted on 03/02/2021 5:03:36 PM PST by Libloather
More than 40 people arrested in Los Angeles County for curfew violations during last summer's mass protests have alleged in a new lawsuit that the curfews were an unconstitutional and coordinated tactic by the county, several local cities and their police forces to stifle legitimate political speech against police violence.
The lawsuit alleges a slate of violations of the protesters' constitutional and civil rights, assault and battery, false imprisonment, negligence and the intentional infliction of emotional distress, and calls the curfew a "tool of oppression" used by government actors to suppress the truth and shore up false narratives about American policing.
"Its purpose was to create a lasting chilling effect on the lawful exercise of speech, stopping individuals from participation in peaceful assembly," the plaintiffs claim in the lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court last week. "Under the guise of action to stop looting, mass arrests were made of people committing no crime but speaking truth to power."
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It reiterates claims in other lawsuits, including a class-action case brought by Black Lives Matter - Los Angeles and other prominent groups, that arrestees were subjected to intentionally inhumane treatment as local police forces cleared the streets of protesters at the end of May and in early June.
Thousands of people were arrested in the L.A. area, the majority of them for nonviolent offenses. Of 4,146 people arrested by the Los Angeles Police Department between May 28 and June 8, for instance, nearly 90% were for nonviolent offenses including curfew violations, failure to disperse or disobeying a lawful order.
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Arrested for resisting arrest, and for redressing grievances without a permit.
Too bad the cities that got burned, looted and vandalized didn’t enforce curfews. Protesting doesn’t mean you get to break the law.
No permits, no protest. Out after curfew is against the law during a pandemic
Is it really breaking the law if it happens at night?
In DC didn’t they use a curfew for the same purpose on Jan 6?
Actually, BLM is bringing some cases too, although I don’t see why, since they were treated with kid gloves at all of their “protests.” However, they have a lot of loot, enough to bring lawsuits.
This is one time when it could be beneficial for all protesters, since all of them, left or right, are claiming that these cities used their emergency “Covid” powers to shut down gatherings and arrest citizens for protesting. Which of course is the truth.
So they’re upset that there were no firebombs in Santa Monica.
Ahem - as the communists like to say these days - you have the right to free speech - you do not have a right to be given a forum to be heard.
Go after the ABCCBSCNNNBCNPRNYTWaPo, the NFL, and the NBA while they're at it because they sponsored it to.
Burning and looting after hours is not burning and looting.
Because no one is there to be burned and looted.
I know because I listened to Merrick.
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