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In reply to the discussion: Cop Breaks Leg of 10-Year-Old Who Filmed Him [View all]merrily
(45,251 posts)122. No, not holding my breath.
And I fully expect that I will not like it when it does come out.
Thank goodness for 42 USC S43
Every person who, under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage, of any State or Territory or the District of Columbia, subjects, or causes to be subjected, any citizen of the United States or other person within the jurisdiction thereof to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws, shall be liable to the party injured in an action at law, suit in equity, or other proper proceeding for redress, except that in any action brought against a judicial officer for an act or omission taken in such officer's judicial capacity, injunctive relief shall not be granted unless a declaratory decree was violated or declaratory relief was unavailable. For the purposes of this section, any Act of Congress applicable exclusively to the District of Columbia shall be considered to be a statute of the District of Columbia.-
http://codes.lp.findlaw.com/uscode/42/21/I/1983#sthash.M9EOlxRw.dpuf
I'm guessing more than one lawyer has already contacted the mom, offering to take the case on contingency.
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I don't have to look. Here's what I know without looking...these are not well-off white people. nt
msanthrope
Feb 2014
#17
they were guilty of being black, a felony. punishable by police brutality, trumped up charges
Nanjing to Seoul
Feb 2014
#46
extrajudicial punishment is what got the cop in trouble. Breaking legs and public ass whoopings ....
marble falls
Feb 2014
#30
This should be handled by our legal system. Vigilantism won't solve any problems
DisgustipatedinCA
Feb 2014
#59
When faced with prison from resisiting arrest (usually a felony) and offered "disorderly conduct"
msanthrope
Feb 2014
#15
Well, I don't know if she was resisiting arrest, or not. What I do know is that even if she was
msanthrope
Feb 2014
#23
Exactly. Am I the only one bothered that they are armed with lethal weapons?
closeupready
Feb 2014
#21
what do you believe could be missing that would justify the actions of this pig?
frylock
Feb 2014
#54
maybe, just maybe people have had other experiences with law enforcement than you have..
frylock
Feb 2014
#145
Bullshit, these little events have been happening more and more. Few bad apples? Pay attention....
marble falls
Feb 2014
#93
"The police had come to our house before , and he's fascinated by the police; he looks up to them"
Javaman
Feb 2014
#53
the cops do nothing to help their reputation with their "thin blue line" bullshit..
frylock
Feb 2014
#82
SYG against a toddler? I didn't check the link. Is the toddler of obvious African American lineage??
blkmusclmachine
Feb 2014
#84
18 Los Angeles sheriff's officials indicted, accused of abuse, obstruction
marble falls
Feb 2014
#149