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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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1 posted on 02/22/2014 12:18:11 PM PST by aimhigh
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To: aimhigh

Fire the Jack Booted Thugs and sue the living shit out of them.


3 posted on 02/22/2014 12:20:39 PM PST by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: unixfox

Fire him? how about hang him


4 posted on 02/22/2014 12:21:21 PM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: aimhigh

Rats and rodents? Is there a difference?


5 posted on 02/22/2014 12:24:25 PM PST by ArtDodger
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To: aimhigh

We live in a Robin Hood world, but without Robin Hood. But have plenty of Sheriffs of Nottingham and Guys of Guisborne.


6 posted on 02/22/2014 12:24:38 PM PST by ClearCase_guy
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To: aimhigh

We are rapidly becoming Bolivia.


7 posted on 02/22/2014 12:27:19 PM PST by SpaceBar
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To: null and void

I’m sure you’ll want to tell your friend about this one.


8 posted on 02/22/2014 12:28:00 PM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: aimhigh

Stories like these have made me change my mind about Google Glass. If the Google Glass can record and immediately upload to a safe location it might help deter blatant abuses of power like the one here.

Are these officers still on the job? Oh, right. Unions.


9 posted on 02/22/2014 12:28:14 PM PST by LostInBayport (When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
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To: aimhigh

The attitude by the LEO’s is pregnant with injustice..
The baby may be indeed a little devil..

Could be widespread and malicious.. the little bastard..


10 posted on 02/22/2014 12:31:01 PM PST by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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To: aimhigh

Well, at least the wonderful NYC police officer made it home safely—that’s the important thing.


11 posted on 02/22/2014 12:31:03 PM PST by House Atreides
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To: Alaska Wolf

Smile! You’re on Candid Camera!


12 posted on 02/22/2014 12:31:09 PM PST by null and void (<--- unwilling cattle-car passenger on the bullet train to serfdom)
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To: ArtDodger
"Rats and rodents? Is there a difference?"

Possibly the former have two legs and the latter four and the author just didn't want to insult the rodents.

13 posted on 02/22/2014 12:31:50 PM PST by VR-21 (Next Stop, Willoughby.)
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To: LostInBayport
I can definitely see a new legal system with very quick results. Something happens on Monday, 12 people are brought into a room on Tuesday and are told, "This incident was witnessed by passers-by and filmed through 4 pairs of Google Glass. You will see all 4 films and then render a verdict either against the police or the citizen, or perhaps neither. You will be able to go on your way as soon as you decide."

Who needs lawyers? Just let citizens render justice.

14 posted on 02/22/2014 12:33:14 PM PST by ClearCase_guy
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To: aimhigh

I would love to have seen a few dozen citizens descend upon the unlawful cops, beat them to a pulp and leave them as ventilated quadriplegics. Sadly, the taxpayers would foot the bill to keep their worthless carcasses alive.


15 posted on 02/22/2014 12:34:31 PM PST by Thumper1960 (A modern so-called "Conservative" is a shadow of a wisp of a vertebrate human being.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

“Who needs lawyers?”

Lawyers do.


16 posted on 02/22/2014 12:36:08 PM PST by FAA
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To: aimhigh

Bfl


17 posted on 02/22/2014 12:36:16 PM PST by gaijin
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"Sounds to me like they violated his civil rights. They should be put away for misusing their powers and unlawful imprisonment."

These corrupt cops can enjoy bending over to pick up soap in prison showers.

18 posted on 02/22/2014 12:36:18 PM PST by Carl Vehse
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To: aimhigh
This story was told to me by the man it happened to and he had no reason to lie:
Mike was driving north on old 99 in California right after WWII ended and pulled over to grab a snooze. He was in the back seat sleeping, his U.S. Army jacket hanging in the back window of his car as two CHP officers approached and he could hear them talking. One said, "You want to kill him?" and his partner replied, "No, he's a veteran."
Mike said he stayed under his blanket until their car pulled away and never set foot in that state again.
19 posted on 02/22/2014 12:38:06 PM PST by dainbramaged (Windage and elevation, Mrs. Langdon; windage and elevation.)
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