Pax harassed and screened AFTER flight - video
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Except that the charge would actually be something like *cough* "interfering with the screening process" *cough*, which is so wonderfully ambiguous that the LEO might make the arrest, leading to a prolonged process to work it out.
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Happens every day some place in this country. Cops aren't particularly mindful of lawsuits and settlements as it doesn't come out of their pockets. If it did, much of the harassment and abuse of power would most likely cease.
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It does come out of their pocket in terms of loss of job and wages.
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Sadly cops seem more intent on enforcing "comply with my demands" than knowing the law.
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Not only was Phil arrested and taken to jail, the friend who was traveling with him and who did not get involved was also evicted from the airport.
Mention you have rights, or you know the law and they are wrong, and as they lead you away, they will tell you to save it for the judge.
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Well, not too many months ago, SCOTUS ruled that if a cop pulls you over for something that is not actually illegal, it's OK if he says he acted in good faith and 'thought' it was illegal. (This followed a stop for something to do with tail lights. Pretty chilling - I don't expect a cop to know every line of the traffic code and other laws, but a traffic cop pulling people over for tail light violations that are not violations should sure as heck know better. He should have been taken off active duty and made to retrain as a rookie).
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Well, not too many months ago, SCOTUS ruled that if a cop pulls you over for something that is not actually illegal, it's OK if he says he acted in good faith and 'thought' it was illegal. (This followed a stop for something to do with tail lights. Pretty chilling - I don't expect a cop to know every line of the traffic code and other laws, but a traffic cop pulling people over for tail light violations that are not violations should sure as heck know better. He should have been taken off active duty and made to retrain as a rookie).
Cops need to be held accountable for their acts and assessed any monetary awards that result from their actions.
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Getting released the videos taken by authorities is often like pulling teeth from the uncooperative, whenever the video has evidence of questionable behavior by the authorities.
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There are LEs in my extended family. They agree with the attitudes you read here and elsewhere. They are professionals and they deplore the widespread lack of standards, integrity and professionalism in the wider LE community.
Given it's their chosen career path, I think it's disingenuous to suggest they are 'anti-police'.
They are against abuse of authority.
Given it's their chosen career path, I think it's disingenuous to suggest they are 'anti-police'.
They are against abuse of authority.
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There are LEs in my extended family. They agree with the attitudes you read here and elsewhere. They are professionals and they deplore the widespread lack of standards, integrity and professionalism in the wider LE community.
Given it's their chosen career path, I think it's disingenuous to suggest they are 'anti-police'.
They are against abuse of authority.
Given it's their chosen career path, I think it's disingenuous to suggest they are 'anti-police'.
They are against abuse of authority.
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Where? Don't get by confused between that and those of us in favor of more accountability for those in positions of government employment where accountability is necessary for the protection and service of the public at large. Whether or not such government employees are police.
And I have family and friends who work for law enforcement.
And I have family and friends who work for law enforcement.