OT The Civil Rights Lawyer

[PCmor7]

People like this are why people question allegations when there is no physical evidence (probably most notably rape allegations).

It's better to allow a guilty person to go free than have the justice department ruin an innocent person's life. And I prefer law that errs on that side of caution.

I'm sorry you've had any false allegations against you (I know they were far less than rape allegations, but it's a terrible betrayal all the same).

I hope things are getting better.

Thank you.

Obviously, there's so much wrong with stuff like this. I'm still limited in being able to get a job in my field and even to travel just because of the allegations, most of which were eventually removed completely or substantially downgraded. The initial reports still are out there. The DA's office had all of the evidence, knew there wasn't any reason to charge me with anything, and still went ahead with it. And, of course, they work in the same building with the accusers, as does the judge, and their code of ethics says none of them should have been doing anything with the case.

Then I've been getting harassed at my home or on line by the accusers and their families. There are a lot of things I still have to look into.

The big thing is that you're right. When this kind of thing happens, it casts doubt on when women really are sexually assaulted, stalked or harassed, because you have someone pressing charges for being given a card that says "I'm sorry about your aunt. She was a nice person and your family was lucky to have her in their lives," and, because she works in the courthouse, she can use her position to influence her colleagues and try to ruin someone's life. People hear about that, and then they wonder when someone else makes an accusation if it's real or if it's just someone holding a grudge or just wanting to be mean to someone.

 

[Phatguysrule]

Thank you.

Obviously, there's so much wrong with stuff like this. I'm still limited in being able to get a job in my field and even to travel just because of the allegations, most of which were eventually removed completely or substantially downgraded. The initial reports still are out there. The DA's office had all of the evidence, knew there wasn't any reason to charge me with anything, and still went ahead with it. And, of course, they work in the same building with the accusers, as does the judge, and their code of ethics says none of them should have been doing anything with the case.

Then I've been getting harassed at my home or on line by the accusers and their families. There are a lot of things I still have to look into.

The big thing is that you're right. When this kind of thing happens, it casts doubt on when women really are sexually assaulted, stalked or harassed, because you have someone pressing charges for being given a card that says "I'm sorry about your aunt. She was a nice person and your family was lucky to have her in their lives," and, because she works in the courthouse, she can use her position to influence her colleagues and try to ruin someone's life. People hear about that, and then they wonder when someone else makes an accusation if it's real or if it's just someone holding a grudge or just wanting to be mean to someone.

Thanks for the update. I'm very sorry it's still causing you problems. Hang in there. I'm sure things will improve soon.

 

[PCmor7]

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Cop Yanks Autistic Kid Out of His Home, Onto the Ground, Arresting Him
Posted on May 30, 2025

In Milton, Florida, Deputy Zachary MacPherson observed 20 year old Aleczander “Zander” Cash, who is autistic, walking across his residential street and into his home. Becoming angry that he couldn’t hear him (due to his wearing headphones), MacPherson banged on the front door, and when Cash answered, yanked Cash out of the front door of his home and onto the ground, handcuffing and arresting him. Not only was no crime committed by Cash, but Deputy MacPherson admittedly did not have a warrant.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

CVS Employee Arrested Waiting on Bench for Lyft Driver (7 MINUTES after closing the store)

Posted on June 3, 2025

22 year-old Paul was sitting outside the CVS store where he works in Edgewater, FL, sitting on a bench waiting for a ride using the Lyft app. Edgewater Police Department Officer Daniel Rippeon observed Paul and concluded that he looked suspicious. No crime had been committed. No crime had been alleged by anyone to have been committed. Yet Paul was almost immediately seized and threatened with being tased and bitten by a police K9. He was taken to jail, despite the fact that Officer Rippeon was fully aware that Paul was a store employee waiting for a Lyft driver.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

CVS Employee Arrested Waiting on Bench for Lyft Driver (7 MINUTES after closing the store)

Posted on June 3, 2025

22 year-old Paul was sitting outside the CVS store where he works in Edgewater, FL, sitting on a bench waiting for a ride using the Lyft app. Edgewater Police Department Officer Daniel Rippeon observed Paul and concluded that he looked suspicious. No crime had been committed. No crime had been alleged by anyone to have been committed. Yet Paul was almost immediately seized and threatened with being tased and bitten by a police K9. He was taken to jail, despite the fact that Officer Rippeon was fully aware that Paul was a store employee waiting for a Lyft driver.

CVS Employee Arrested Waiting on Bench | Charges Dropped & Officer FIRED | UPDATES

 

[PCmor7]

This is insane.
The police detain a woman for walking on the wrong side of the road. When she asks for a supervisor, he twists her words to humiliate her further and has her taken to the hospital for mental evaluation. She was just walking from her hotel to Burger King for a hamburger.

 

[Phatguysrule]

This is insane.
The police detain a woman for walking on the wrong side of the road. When she asks for a supervisor, he twists her words to humiliate her further and has her taken to the hospital for mental evaluation. She was just walking from her hotel to Burger King for a hamburger.

Literally lying and making up bullshit to justify her being cuffed and in custody. After saying she committed no crimes.

Every officer involved there should be fired.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Holy shit, this is a must watch.

 

[PCmor7]

Holy shit, this is a must watch.

Unfortunately, my experience with the police and legal system hasn't been good. I've seen how little accountability they have and how easy it is for them to abuse their positions. They need better vetting and training and harsher consequences if they screw up.

 

[PCmor7]

"I don't trust any governmental official or anybody anymore. I raised five children to respect the law and now I feel stupid for doing that."

Preach sister. I feel ya.

 

[PCmor7]

 

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[Natebishop3]

I watch this guy all the time. His videos are enlightening, sad, and scary.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

I watch this guy all the time. His videos are enlightening, sad, and scary.

The Civil Rights attorney or the Instittue for Justice videos? Both are great.

 

[Natebishop3]

The Civil Rights attorney or the Instittue for Justice videos? Both are great.

Civil Rights.

It's staggering how many cops either don't know the law or just don't care.

 

[PCmor7]

Civil Rights.

It's staggering how many cops either don't know the law or just don't care.

It's not nearly as surprising when you find out how little you actually have to do to become a cop, and, once you do, how hard it is to lose your job.

 

[PCmor7]

Police have qualified immunity.

You can't sue judges or district attorneys.

DA's seldom will prosecute filing a false police report, perjury or conspiracy unless they really, really hate someone.

There's nothing to stop a district attorney from deliberately overcharging someone just so they can get them to cop a plea to a much lesser charge, even though their code of ethics says they aren't supposed to do that.

Cops, attorneys and judges are largely a fraternity. Many attorneys have been both DAs and defense attorneys. Almost all judges were attorneys first. The same attorneys are trying cases in front of the same judges all the time. They know each other. And law firms will tell you to get a lawyer familiar with the judges in your court. That, though, can cut both ways.

In my case, the people who accused me of a crime for leaving a sympathy card worked in the judicial department. Rules of ethical conduct are that no judge is to preside in a case that involves someone they're close to or a case in which the outcome can affect them in a fiduciary sense. All four judges worked with my accusers multiple days per week. Two of the judges knew one of the accusers before they worked in the judicial department. The DA was engaging the accuser's swimsuit photos on social media while the case was in progress. The president judge didn't recuse himself and, if we made a motion for him to do so, he would have made the ruling on it (how is that fair?). A couple of weeks after I accepted a small plea offer, the judge announced he had just concluded contract negotiations for the department in which the accusers worked. He also announced he was retiring at the end of the year. The two candidates to replace him? The DA that brought charges against me and the attorney that defended me.

 

[Natebishop3]

Police have qualified immunity.

You can't sue judges or district attorneys.

DA's seldom will prosecute filing a false police report, perjury or conspiracy unless they really, really hate someone.

There's nothing to stop a district attorney from deliberately overcharging someone just so they can get them to cop a plea to a much lesser charge, even though their code of ethics says they aren't supposed to do that.

Cops, attorneys and judges are largely a fraternity. Many attorneys have been both DAs and defense attorneys. Almost all judges were attorneys first. The same attorneys are trying cases in front of the same judges all the time. They know each other. And law firms will tell you to get a lawyer familiar with the judges in your court. That, though, can cut both ways.

In my case, the people who accused me of a crime for leaving a sympathy card worked in the judicial department. Rules of ethical conduct are that no judge is to preside in a case that involves someone they're close to or a case in which the outcome can affect them in a fiduciary sense. All four judges worked with my accusers multiple days per week. Two of the judges knew one of the accusers before they worked in the judicial department. The DA was engaging the accuser's swimsuit photos on social media while the case was in progress. The president judge didn't recuse himself and, if we made a motion for him to do so, he would have made the ruling on it (how is that fair?). A couple of weeks after I accepted a small plea offer, the judge announced he had just concluded contract negotiations for the department in which the accusers worked. He also announced he was retiring at the end of the year. The two candidates to replace him? The DA that brought charges against me and the attorney that defended me.

It's a rigged game. We were completely lied to when we were told "innocent until proven guilty."

 

[PCmor7]

It's a rigged game. We were completely lied to when we were told "innocent until proven guilty."

It's a fraternity. It's awfully hard to get them to live up to their actual code of ethics because they know they might be working for or with each other in a few months or trying numerous future cases in front of the judge they probably should report for misconduct.

Literally, my attorney could, by the end of the year, be the supervisor of the very two people he was trying to beat in court the last year.

People don't understand how easy it is to be crooked ... or, maybe better said, how hard it is to not be crooked in this line of work.

I think of Serpico. He reported corrupt cops and the cops hated him for it. They see themselves as a brotherhood. There might only be a few really bad ones. The problem is the good ones, who are among the few people that really can correct this issue, don't want to call out their co-workers.

 

[PCmor7]

A couple of other things to mention:

-- A case can take years. If you appeal a wrongful verdict, you might spend a couple of years fighting it while in prison, even if the case is really clear. If you're taking action against a corrupt cop or official, that can take years, too. And you might not even get reimbursed for your court costs, even though you're supposed to.

-- Money matters. Justice is different if you are rich than if you are poor. You could be investing tens of thousands of dollars to fight a wrongful arrest and might not have any way to really reconstitute your finances or reputation even if you win. The state that filed charges against you has very deep pockets. Look at what Donald Trump does? He sues frivolously or threatens to. He knows you'll lose a bigger percentage of your financial reserves even if you win than he will if he loses. It's a war of attrition. That's why the law firms, colleges and television networks settled with him. They had the law on their side, but it cost less to pay him to go away than it did to pay legal fees for years of nonsense motions.

 

[Phatguysrule]

It's a fraternity. It's awfully hard to get them to live up to their actual code of ethics because they know they might be working for or with each other in a few months or trying numerous future cases in front of the judge they probably should report for misconduct.

Literally, my attorney could, by the end of the year, be the supervisor of the very two people he was trying to beat in court the last year.

People don't understand how easy it is to be crooked ... or, maybe better said, how hard it is to not be crooked in this line of work.

I think of Serpico. He reported corrupt cops and the cops hated him for it. They see themselves as a brotherhood. There might only be a few really bad ones. The problem is the good ones, who are among the few people that really can correct this issue, don't want to call out their co-workers.

Bingo. This is the problem.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Jeffery Gray goes from town to town in the south and holds up a simple cardboard sign that says, God Bless the Homeless Vets. He is not asking for money. He is not harassing people. All he does is hold up a sign. The response by law enforcement in these different towns and cities is always interesting.

This is interesting. You can watch what happened and the officer's subsequent disposition.

 

[Phatguysrule]

Jeffery Gray goes from town to town in the south and holds up a simple cardboard sign that says, God Bless the Homeless Vets. He is not asking for money. He is not harassing people. All he does is hold up a sign. The response by law enforcement in these different towns and cities is always interesting.

This is interesting. You can watch what happened and the officer's subsequent disposition.

That's how the mafia, mob, gangs, etc are able avoid justice as well.

This officer is on record as saying he doesn't recall his oath. He should be sent back to academy and start again at the lowest pay scale. If he violates anybody's rights again he should be put in jail.

 

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Trooper INDICTED by Feds | Massive Scandal Implicates Head of Kentucky State Police
Posted on July 5, 2025
Kentucky State Police Trooper James Cameron Wright has finally been indicted by the feds for multiple civil rights violations, which were not only known by his chain of command, but some of which were personally reviewed and approved by the literal head of the Kentucky State Police. This includes beatings, perjury, and more. Kentucky civil rights attorney Chris Wiest gives us the scandalous details, including exclusive new bodycam footage of one of the incidents.

https://thecivilrightslawyer.com/20...dal-implicates-head-of-kentucky-state-police/

 

[PCmor7]

Trooper INDICTED by Feds | Massive Scandal Implicates Head of Kentucky State Police
Posted on July 5, 2025
Kentucky State Police Trooper James Cameron Wright has finally been indicted by the feds for multiple civil rights violations, which were not only known by his chain of command, but some of which were personally reviewed and approved by the literal head of the Kentucky State Police. This includes beatings, perjury, and more. Kentucky civil rights attorney Chris Wiest gives us the scandalous details, including exclusive new bodycam footage of one of the incidents.

https://thecivilrightslawyer.com/20...dal-implicates-head-of-kentucky-state-police/

Again, shows you how easy it is to be crooked in law enforcement and the judicial sector in our country.

I knew in my case things weren't above board. It wasn't until the end that I found out that the two people that filed the complaint against me actually are employed by the judicial office. Four of their superiors presided over the four aspects of my case -- affidavit of probable cause, prearraignment, preliminary hearing and trial. Our state advises that a judge should recuse themselves from any case in which they have a personal involvment with one of the parties that would make it LOOK like there MIGHT be a conflict of interest in the case, and they should recuse themselves if there is a fiduciary benefit at stake to someone with ties to the judge based on the disposition of the case.

The judges office was actively negotiating contracts for the probation office and for additional positions to be added to the probation office during my case. There's your fiduciary benefit to go on top of the personal conflict of interest.

The judge should recuse without a motion in a case like mine. However, when they don't, a motion would have to be made ... to the judge you're asking to recuse themselves.

If they turn that down, they are overseeing a case involving two members of their staff where the defense tried to get them taken off the case. If the defense loses, they have a strong case for appeal -- but they're appealing it from prison.

Then coincidentally, the DA that brought the case and my attorney are running against each other to replace the president judge that assigned his own judges to the case and was negotiating contracts for the probation office during the case.

Finally, I just found out today that the president judge was accused of doing the same thing in another recent case. I don't believe a complaint was filed in that instance.

Anyway, it's similar to what happened here. The guy providing the oversight was part of the network of the guys he was overseeing. No chance of a conflict of interest there. Nah.

 

[PCmor7]