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Lawsuit: Cops Hit Man’s Car, Check To Make Sure They Aren’t On Camera, Arrest Him To Cover It Up
The Libertarian Republic ^ | 02/21/2014 | Austin Petersen

Posted on 02/22/2014 12:18:11 PM PST by aimhigh

Two police officers are being accused of hitting Robert Jackson‘s car and then arresting him to cover it up. Surveillance footage shows police cars driving the wrong way down a street and sideswiping the SUV. Officers then exited their vehicles and appeared to search for cameras before arresting Jackson for destruction of city property. . . .

The charges were eventually dropped against Jackson but he had to spend the night in a “filthy, overpopulated, rat- and rodent-infested cell,” his suit says. “The officer who arrested me said if I took care of the expense on my vehicle, they would take care of their vehicle and I wouldn’t have gotten arrested,” Jackson remembered. “He knew he was wrong.” The lawsuit is seeking unspecified monetary damages.

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To: aimhigh

Cue the FR holster-sniffers in 3, 2, 1...


21 posted on 02/22/2014 12:41:32 PM PST by NVDave
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To: F15Eagle; aimhigh; null and void; Slings and Arrows; ClearCase_guy

may soon come a day prison is the safest place to be


23 posted on 02/22/2014 12:47:54 PM PST by bigheadfred
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To: ClearCase_guy

We used to be a nation of Robin Hoods.


24 posted on 02/22/2014 12:48:19 PM PST by freedomfiter2 (Brutal acts of commission and yawning acts of omission both strengthen the hand of the devil.)
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To: aimhigh
ooppsss! ..we've been had seen!
they're pining for the old days, of no recorders.

26 posted on 02/22/2014 12:50:01 PM PST by skinkinthegrass (The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun..0'Caligula / 0'Reid / 0'Pelosi)
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To: F15Eagle
Felony assault with a firearm, battery, and kidnapping.

Amazing how LEO's think they are above the law-- because they are-- notice there are no criminal charges. You have to file a civil case.

27 posted on 02/22/2014 12:51:01 PM PST by pierrem15 (Claudius: "Let all the poisons that lurk in the mud hatch out.")
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To: aimhigh

In addition to the abuse of power, what about the incompetence they showed in hitting the guy’s car?


28 posted on 02/22/2014 12:51:18 PM PST by TwelveOfTwenty (See my home page for some of my answers to the left's talking points.)
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To: aimhigh
he had to spend the night in a “filthy, overpopulated, rat- and rodent-infested cell,”

It's bad enough they threw him in jail. It's unconscionable that they threw him in a cell filled with democrats. That's just too much.

29 posted on 02/22/2014 12:51:43 PM PST by Entrepreneur (We're past the tipping point - the only variable is the rate of decline)
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To: FAA

Despots love lawyers.


30 posted on 02/22/2014 12:53:02 PM PST by freedomfiter2 (Brutal acts of commission and yawning acts of omission both strengthen the hand of the devil.)
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To: LostInBayport

No need for google glass which is a liberal obama ass kissing outfit. I have a pen in my car which not only records video but record the conversation, plus a couple of spy cameras too.


31 posted on 02/22/2014 12:55:03 PM PST by max americana (fired liberals in our company last election, and I laughed while they cried (true story))
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To: F15Eagle

The police if today are not the type officers I used to work with


32 posted on 02/22/2014 12:56:12 PM PST by jsanders2001
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To: F15Eagle

They are already a protected species.


33 posted on 02/22/2014 12:56:17 PM PST by bigheadfred
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To: dainbramaged

If he was under his blanket how did he know they were cops?


34 posted on 02/22/2014 12:56:47 PM PST by null and void (<--- unwilling cattle-car passenger on the bullet train to serfdom)
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To: F15Eagle

That means that they’ll get a month’s paid vacation.


36 posted on 02/22/2014 12:58:46 PM PST by Politicalkiddo (Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it. -M. Twain)
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To: F15Eagle

No they go straight to PC.


38 posted on 02/22/2014 1:01:34 PM PST by bigheadfred
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To: F15Eagle

Protected Custody.


39 posted on 02/22/2014 1:03:14 PM PST by bigheadfred
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