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dotymed

(5,610 posts)
11. Isn't that convenient?
Thu Nov 15, 2012, 08:24 AM
Nov 2012

Too bad "our" law enforcement doesn't "serve and protect" us, just corporate "people." The officer should have at least written the wal-mart manager a citation for filing a false report.
I have organized as a carpenter an helped other trades during (usually) winter months and even though the police are Union "brothers" they usually side with the corporate interests. I have been jailed for felony intimidation of a police officer after a very nasty strike. The charges were reduced to a misdemeanor, I spent 3 days in jail. The steel company I was helping to organize (on my own time in my small community) closed it's doors again and opened up under a different name again. Replacing the Union "agitators" with people who agreed to not join a Union. The workers were paid minimum wage and no overtime pay. Many business people in our community disliked me after that...greedy bastards.



I wonder if this would be actionable in court Sherman A1 Nov 2012 #1
Not much for frivolous lawsuits.... srichardson Nov 2012 #13
ah isn't it against the law to lie to the cops in such a manner? azurnoir Nov 2012 #2
That was my first thought as well. OnlinePoker Nov 2012 #4
True davidpdx Nov 2012 #5
Isn't that convenient? dotymed Nov 2012 #11
It's called "making a false report" to a police or peace officer depending on the state involved. Tigress DEM Nov 2012 #14
Seems this is a perfect lawsuit. UCmeNdc Nov 2012 #3
You beat me to it! savebigbird Nov 2012 #7
Sounds like the officer then should have cited the manager. /nt Festivito Nov 2012 #6
false imprisonment, false arrest..sue every one of them Swagman Nov 2012 #8
Interesting that the police officer believed Wal-Mart before even talking to Rivera fasttense Nov 2012 #9
That's one side of the story, anyway. nt wtmusic Nov 2012 #23
The top priority for the AFL-CIO should be to unionize Walmart. tclambert Nov 2012 #10
IDK, but I suspect dotymed Nov 2012 #12
The UFCW split with the AFL-CIO over their ambivalence over organizing Wal-Mart Ikonoklast Nov 2012 #18
Sue the store and file a citizens complaint for issueing a false complaint. jerseyjack Nov 2012 #15
Not all cops are bad. This is what their job is like, getting lied to all day or night. Dustlawyer Nov 2012 #16
+1 wtmusic Nov 2012 #24
Making a "false report" and practising "UNION BUSTING" tactics COULD make this a FELONY charge. Tigress DEM Nov 2012 #17
Side note: Employers creating "fake 'union-like' committees" to address previously IGNORED concerns. Tigress DEM Nov 2012 #19
Union Busting is ALL the RAGE in Texas - Go figure Tigress DEM Nov 2012 #20
That is false imprisonment. The Cop should have arrested the manager that lied to him. hootinholler Nov 2012 #21
K and R for the Walmart fans Kingofalldems Nov 2012 #22
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