District of Columbia v Wesby

[cajunrevenge]

The Supreme court is currently hearing a case dubbed the "war on cops" case by some. The general basis is that cops were personally held liable for false arrest by lower courts. This is a groundbreaking case because what is at stake is a cops ability to immunity for arresting people without legal justification. One of their favorite tactics is to use "disorderly conduct" as a catch all to arrest anyone they want. Once they are in jail the DA declines to prosecute because they have no case. Problem is the person arrested has suffered a lot of harm. They were handcuffed which isnt pleasant, spent up to 24 hours in jail, etc. The cop suffers no punishment for arresting someone without sufficient cause. If these were a small percentage of arrests I could understand but it is at an epidemic level. One issue raised is that cops do nothing to track lawful and unlawful arrests. If 98% of the people one cop brings in never face any charges there is nothing tracking that to hold him accountable.

Some people claim cops cant do their jobs if they can only arrest people when there is sufficient evidence to charge them with a crime.

https://ballotpedia.org/District_of_Columbia_v._Wesby

Here is background on the case, audio of oral arguments, and the brief.

I dont think this particular case is the best one to make this argument but the liberal judges seem to favor Wesby. The main sticking point is how responsible a party goer is to make sure they are legally entitled to be there. If someone invites you in you dont have to see their name on the deed to enter.

 

[cajunrevenge]

I want to show you why this case is important. Watch this video.

[video]https://youtu.be/6-jh6jLgWjI[/video]

Now skipping over the fact that cops initiated violence and should be in prison. I want to focus on the conversation where the supervisor conspires with the officer to arrest the man for disorderly conduct, specifically so they won't be sued. If Wesby wins this case then these officers can be held financially liable for making false arrests like this.

Right now as it stands there is literally nothing you can do to prevent an officer from arresting you if he wants to. You can be in perfect compliance with every law and he can just arrest you and drop the charges after your in jail. That's not how freedom works. What cops are worried about is being sued for arresting people for contempt of cop.

 

[cajunrevenge]

Here is one where the law actually worked. This guy asked the cop to stop blocking his driveway. The cop says he will move when he is done. The victim tells him to **** off which is perfectly legal. So this cop tazed and arrested him. The DA sent the case to the FBI and now justice has been served. This is how it's supposed to work.