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Wed Aug 1, 2012, 10:55 AM

kpete (38,900 posts)

9th Circuit ruling favorable for Occupiers to hold police, gov'ts accountable for excessive force

Source: Daily Kos

A three judge panel of the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals filed an unanimous ruling in Nelson v. City of Davis. The student plaintiff, Timothy Nelson was seriously and permanently injured by the excessive use of force by police in a 2004 incident at UC Davis.

The Court found that the police actions violated a basic constitutional right, the Fourth Amendment right to be free of unreasonable seizure and invalidated qualified immunity for the police, meaning that police could be held liable for damages. This ruling should offer considerable support to Occupiers pressing suit against police and governments for their often brutal and excessive use of force against peaceful protesters.

Ruling:
http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2012/07/11/10-16256.pdf

Read more: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/08/01/1115561/-9th-Circuit-ruling-favorable-for-Occupiers-to-hold-police-gov-ts-accountable-for-excessive-force

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19 replies	Author	Time	Post
9th Circuit ruling favorable for Occupiers to hold police, gov'ts accountable for excessive force (Original post)	kpete	Aug 2012	OP
Genial !!!	marmar	Aug 2012	#1
Great news -	Hell Hath No Fury	Aug 2012	#2
Good, bankrupt them. nt	bemildred	Aug 2012	#3
AWESOME!!!!!!!!!	Vattel	Aug 2012	#4
Excellent! nt.	docgee	Aug 2012	#5
Cool!	SoapBox	Aug 2012	#6
K&R	myrna minx	Aug 2012	#7
K & R	freshwest	Aug 2012	#8
And then the cops tased the three judges. Only one death resulted from the tasings.	valerief	Aug 2012	#9
That's good news	lunatica	Aug 2012	#10
good	samsingh	Aug 2012	#11
it is time to get rid of "insurance" for police misconduct.............	kooljerk666	Aug 2012	#12
Wonder if His Honor wonders if one of the 9th Circuit's missiles is heading up his	indepat	Aug 2012	#13
Booya	libodem	Aug 2012	#14
In this country???	Kteachums	Aug 2012	#15
I LOVE THE 9TH CIRCUIT!	lonestarnot	Aug 2012	#16
Me too	sakabatou	Aug 2012	#19
Kicked and recommended.	Uncle Joe	Aug 2012	#17
Don't put the cart before the horse.	Great Caesars Ghost	Aug 2012	#18

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Wed Aug 1, 2012, 11:04 AM

marmar (60,937 posts)

1. Genial !!!

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Wed Aug 1, 2012, 11:17 AM

Hell Hath No Fury (14,276 posts)

2. Great news -

Suits like this will help temper the Police State Tactics we have been witnessing.

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Wed Aug 1, 2012, 11:28 AM

bemildred (67,518 posts)

3. Good, bankrupt them. nt

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Wed Aug 1, 2012, 11:30 AM

Vattel (3,287 posts)

4. AWESOME!!!!!!!!!

This is why, in spite of everything, the judicial branch is still my favorite branch of government.

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Wed Aug 1, 2012, 11:32 AM

docgee (161 posts)

5. Excellent! nt.

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Wed Aug 1, 2012, 11:33 AM

SoapBox (5,828 posts)

6. Cool!

While there are Law Enforcement that do good work (I guess), I'm so OVER these Local-Yokal-Militias, beat'n the
snot out of American citizens that are tax payers.

I'm sure that the Radical Activist 5 on the Supreme Court would toss this.

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Wed Aug 1, 2012, 11:55 AM

myrna minx (20,537 posts)

7. K&R

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Wed Aug 1, 2012, 12:43 PM

freshwest (31,556 posts)

8. K & R

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Wed Aug 1, 2012, 12:49 PM

valerief (35,681 posts)

9. And then the cops tased the three judges. Only one death resulted from the tasings.

Isn't that the next step in this police state of a country? Good news never stays good news in this dump.

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Wed Aug 1, 2012, 12:57 PM

lunatica (28,859 posts)

10. That's good news

It's nice someone in power is still thinking about the Constitution.

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Wed Aug 1, 2012, 12:57 PM

samsingh (10,352 posts)

11. good

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Wed Aug 1, 2012, 03:40 PM

kooljerk666 (776 posts)

12. it is time to get rid of "insurance" for police misconduct.............

and take it out of their pension/health plans.

Any cop who was not brain damaged would be looking out for his/her future & retirement, instead of killing & beating people for fun.

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Wed Aug 1, 2012, 06:19 PM

indepat (18,918 posts)

13. Wonder if His Honor wonders if one of the 9th Circuit's missiles is heading up his

proverbial asshole.

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Wed Aug 1, 2012, 08:45 PM

libodem (11,863 posts)

14. Booya

Effing good!

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Thu Aug 2, 2012, 12:49 AM

Kteachums (331 posts)

15. In this country???

Brutal force? We hear stuff like this coming out of other countries but, it is never covered in this country. Do we have to listen to foreign news to hear about the Occupy Movement in the US? It is time the stories come out!

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Thu Aug 2, 2012, 12:55 AM

lonestarnot (71,135 posts)

16. I LOVE THE 9TH CIRCUIT!

K & R!

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Thu Aug 2, 2012, 03:51 AM

sakabatou (29,105 posts)

19. Me too

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Thu Aug 2, 2012, 01:28 AM

Uncle Joe (24,997 posts)

17. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, kpete.

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Thu Aug 2, 2012, 03:48 AM

Great Caesars Ghost (532 posts)

18. Don't put the cart before the horse.

The 9th is the most overturned court in the nation

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