Wrongly arrested Black man sues a Georgia city and police officers for excessive force and injury

[Sunsettommy]

CNN

Wrongly arrested Black man sues a Georgia city and police officers for excessive force and injury
By Tina Burnside, Pierre Meilhan and Hollie Silverman, CNN

June 25, 2020

Excerpt:
Famous people who've had COVID-19
A Black man who was slammed to the ground as he was wrongly arrested is suing the Georgia city of Valdosta and numerous Valdosta Police Department officers for excessive force and for violating his civil rights, according to court documents.

In a lawsuit filed Friday in federal court, Antonio Arnelo Smith, a Valdosta resident, also accused the police department of illegal arrest, false detention, assault as well as battery and is seeking $700,000 in a settlement.

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Not looking good for the Police, but the article is lacking solid linked sources, there is a body camera, not posted.

 

[fncceo]

You realize that police don't pay the man ... the city does.

 

[Moonglow]

You realize that police don't pay the man ... the city does.

They should have to pay out their own pockets..

 

[Moonglow]

CNN

Wrongly arrested Black man sues a Georgia city and police officers for excessive force and injury
By Tina Burnside, Pierre Meilhan and Hollie Silverman, CNN

June 25, 2020

Excerpt:
Famous people who've had COVID-19
A Black man who was slammed to the ground as he was wrongly arrested is suing the Georgia city of Valdosta and numerous Valdosta Police Department officers for excessive force and for violating his civil rights, according to court documents.

In a lawsuit filed Friday in federal court, Antonio Arnelo Smith, a Valdosta resident, also accused the police department of illegal arrest, false detention, assault as well as battery and is seeking $700,000 in a settlement.

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Not looking good for the Police, but the article is lacking solid linked sources, there is a body camera, not posted.

The link doesn't go to the story..

 

[fncceo]

You realize that police don't pay the man ... the city does.

They should have to pay out their own pockets..

It doesn't work that way with civil litigation.

People will always sue the deepest pockets they can. It's all about $$$.

 

[Moonglow]

You realize that police don't pay the man ... the city does.

They should have to pay out their own pockets..

It doesn't work that way with civil litigation.

I am well aware of that. Yet in a more perfect world they would pay out of their own pockets.

 

[Grumblenuts]

The police unions would never agree to that.

/kidding

In reality "the deepest pockets" are always the biggest local business owners, including say private prisons, for example. If they were really taxed proportionate to the burden they place on the entire community there would no longer be rogue cops.

 

[pknopp]

You realize that police don't pay the man ... the city does.

We are trying to change that.

 

[pknopp]

You realize that police don't pay the man ... the city does.

They should have to pay out their own pockets..

It doesn't work that way with civil litigation.

People will always sue the deepest pockets they can. It's all about $$$.

You can sue more than one entity when you've been wronged.

 

[toobfreak]

CNN

Wrongly arrested Black man sues a Georgia city and police officers for excessive force and injury
By Tina Burnside, Pierre Meilhan and Hollie Silverman, CNN

June 25, 2020

Excerpt:
Famous people who've had COVID-19
A Black man who was slammed to the ground as he was wrongly arrested is suing the Georgia city of Valdosta and numerous Valdosta Police Department officers for excessive force and for violating his civil rights, according to court documents.

In a lawsuit filed Friday in federal court, Antonio Arnelo Smith, a Valdosta resident, also accused the police department of illegal arrest, false detention, assault as well as battery and is seeking $700,000 in a settlement.

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Not looking good for the Police, but the article is lacking solid linked sources, there is a body camera, not posted.

Not looking good for the taxpayer, who ultimately has to fund the police.

 

[007]

You realize that police don't pay the man ... the city does.

They should have to pay out their own pockets..

It doesn't work that way with civil litigation.

I am well aware of that. Yet in a more perfect world they would pay out of their own pockets.

Well, it's the "qualified immunity" that protects cops, and yes, even bad cops, and I think it should be easier to sue them.

But if we're so bent on taking away immunity, why not take it away from congress first? Because they have FULL immunity from being sued, not just "qualified." Sneaky freakin' bastards. That's what you get when you let the people that make laws make laws for themselves. They give themselves all a perpetual GET OF JAIL FREE card. So I find it a little ironic and hypocritical that congress is trying to take qualified immunity away from cops when they enjoy FULL immunity.

 

[fncceo]

Well, it's the "qualified immunity" that protects cops, and yes, even bad cops, and I think it should be easier to sue them.

If a doctor can't get malpractice insurance, they won't practice medicine. If a cop is put at risk for doing his job, he just won't do it.

Why arrest a crook when you're at risk for doing so?

 

[007]

Well, it's the "qualified immunity" that protects cops, and yes, even bad cops, and I think it should be easier to sue them.

If a doctor can't get malpractice insurance, they won't practice medicine. If a cop is put at risk for doing his job, he just won't do it.

Why arrest a crook when you're at risk for doing so?

Well that's one argument for not taking it away, but there was cops around for many, many decades before they got this immunity, and somehow they did their job, and funny how there didn't seem to be as many people beat to shit or killed by cops.

 

[fncceo]

Well, it's the "qualified immunity" that protects cops, and yes, even bad cops, and I think it should be easier to sue them.

If a doctor can't get malpractice insurance, they won't practice medicine. If a cop is put at risk for doing his job, he just won't do it.

Why arrest a crook when you're at risk for doing so?

Well that's one argument for not taking it away, but there was cops around for many, many decades before they got this immunity, and somehow they did their job, and funny how there didn't seem to be as many people beat to shit or killed by cops.

That was before cops were at risk for politically motivated nuisance lawsuits. In the current climate, a cop could be sued for showing up to work.

 

[harmonica]

CNN

Wrongly arrested Black man sues a Georgia city and police officers for excessive force and injury
By Tina Burnside, Pierre Meilhan and Hollie Silverman, CNN

June 25, 2020

Excerpt:
Famous people who've had COVID-19
A Black man who was slammed to the ground as he was wrongly arrested is suing the Georgia city of Valdosta and numerous Valdosta Police Department officers for excessive force and for violating his civil rights, according to court documents.

In a lawsuit filed Friday in federal court, Antonio Arnelo Smith, a Valdosta resident, also accused the police department of illegal arrest, false detention, assault as well as battery and is seeking $700,000 in a settlement.

LINK

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Not looking good for the Police, but the article is lacking solid linked sources, there is a body camera, not posted.

wrongly arrested blackman = wrong
..99% of the time they are legally arrested--and they resist arrest

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Well, it's the "qualified immunity" that protects cops, and yes, even bad cops, and I think it should be easier to sue them.

If a doctor can't get malpractice insurance, they won't practice medicine. If a cop is put at risk for doing his job, he just won't do it.

Why arrest a crook when you're at risk for doing so?

Well that's one argument for not taking it away, but there was cops around for many, many decades before they got this immunity, and somehow they did their job, and funny how there didn't seem to be as many people beat to shit or killed by cops.

There were. You just didn't know about it.

 

[harmonica]

You realize that police don't pay the man ... the city does.

They should have to pay out their own pockets..

99% of the time they are legally arrested---so let's wait and see

 

[Polishprince]

You realize that police don't pay the man ... the city does.

They should have to pay out their own pockets..

That would cut down on the number of cases, that's for sure for two reasons.

One, few police officers have a sufficient amount of money to make it worthwhile to sue them, so attorneys wouldn't bother taking the cases.

Two, police officers would avoid potentially ugly confrontations with African Americans so they could avoid possible future litigation costs.

 

[Moonglow]

You realize that police don't pay the man ... the city does.

They should have to pay out their own pockets..

That would cut down on the number of cases, that's for sure for two reasons.

One, few police officers have a sufficient amount of money to make it worthwhile to sue them, so attorneys wouldn't bother taking the cases.

Two, police officers would avoid potentially ugly confrontations with African Americans so they could avoid possible future litigation costs.

I was in security and bouncing at bars for over thirty years and was able to subdue and restrain drunk people without killing them or breaking any bones.

 

[Polishprince]

You realize that police don't pay the man ... the city does.

They should have to pay out their own pockets..

That would cut down on the number of cases, that's for sure for two reasons.

One, few police officers have a sufficient amount of money to make it worthwhile to sue them, so attorneys wouldn't bother taking the cases.

Two, police officers would avoid potentially ugly confrontations with African Americans so they could avoid possible future litigation costs.

I was in security and bouncing at bars for over thirty years and was able to subdue and restrain drunk people without killing them or breaking any bones.

Good for you, but I'd say you had a little bit of luck on your side. If someone acted out in the joint and it called for some to be dumpsterized, injuries can occur, like when security expelled Matush from a Newark nightclub.