Posted on 07/01/2014 7:29:53 AM PDT by circlecity
From a news release:
Indianapolis - The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana filed a lawsuit Friday on behalf of a woman who was pulled over and interrogated after her bumper sticker caught the attention of Indianapolis police officers, violating her First Amendment and Fourth Amendment rights.
On June 17, Pamela Konchinsky of Indianapolis was turning into the Merchants Garage on South Meridian Street in her silver Toyota minivan when two Indianapolis Metropolitan Police officers entered the garage immediately behind her. One of the officers told Konchinsky that she was being detained because of a bumper sticker taped to the rear window of her minivan, which read: "Unmarked Police Car." The officer told Konchinsky that people would think she was impersonating a police officer and that someone might shoot her. After reviewing her license and registration, Konchinsky was ordered to get out of her car and remove the bumper sticker.
IMPD officers' subjecting Konchinsky to detention, questioning, intimidation and harassment over the message on her bumper sticker violates two constitutional amendments: the First Amendment protecting free expression and the Fourth Amendment prohibiting unreasonable and suspicionless seizures.
"We contend that the police officers who detained and interrogated our client without legal grounds to do so violated her constitutional rights, said ACLU of Indiana Staff Attorney Kelly Eskew. "The promise of our Constitution is that these lines cannot be crossed."
The lawsuit, Pamela Konchinsky v. Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Officers John Doe I and John Doe II, Cause No. 1:14-cv-1078,was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, Indianapolis Division, on June 27, 2014.
yelling fire in a crowded theater has always been the standard of tyrants bent on restricting expression... the screaming of fire in any place, has its expectation that those listening will behave irrationally, but that is not the case, as intelligent beings will note no presence of heat, smoke or danger...
just an idiot screaming tyrannically.
teeman8r
Add to that a tax(advertising, entertainment, amusement, etc ). Maybe harassment charges also. Public service. Jail time.
Heck, let’s take it to an inquisition level. Hang ‘em, high!
:^}
Am I turning into a Liberal Left Wing Nut Case?
“Does anyone know WHY she likes driving around with a bumper sticker that says Unmarked police car?”
It doesn’t matter. 1st Amendment. It’s obviously a joke that even the dimmest can understand. A moron wouldn’t be confused by it.
“Id like to hear her explanation.”
Really? 4th Amendment says: “That’s nice. She doesn’t have to say a thing to you.”
Welcome to America.
Or that you would intentionally run over brunettes, redheads and bluehairs.
>> Americans not understanding the concept of irony
Who is irony? Is she that Caribbean chick that sang with Stevie Wonder on that Ebony song? Oh no, wait... American Idol ‘13, right? Or was it Dancing with the Stars in ‘11?
;-)
So we all have to alter our speech to accommodate “the IQ of the average dimoKKKRAT voter.”
No thanks. I’ll live in a free country.
“An equipment violation for unlawful emergency vehicle markings.”
Because I’ve seen emergency vehicles marked “unmarked police car.” Not.
To be cited for something, you actually have to DO the thing cited.
But I don’t believe that fits the definition thereof.
The humor police are outside your door. Hide your dog.
That's up to the judge.
A bumper sticker that sez “unmarked police car” is oxymoronic. The sticker proves the sticker is false.
>> Hide your dog.
I don’t have a dog anymore. He got shot.
here in suburbia - I can see all the wifi networks nearby - one smartass has named his site “Police Van #2” - I wonder if this will earn him a no knock raid, or in the least a visit from deputy dog killer
You have the right to remain silent..
Maybe but I doubt it.
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