Cops Use Drug Test Kit on Innocent Man’s Prescription Pills

Posted on April 28, 2026 by johnbryanlaw

Bryan Getchius is on a road trip, headed back to Florida, where he works. He gets pulled over by the Greenwood County (South Carolina) Sheriff’s Office. It begins as a routine traffic stop. They ask him if he has anything illegal in his car. He knew he had nothing illegal, so he consented to the search. They search his vehicle and they find his perfectly legal IBS medication that is prescribed to him. Despite having all legitimate markings, the officers claimed it was fentanyl – or maybe cocaine (they didn’t know), but they really wanted to arrest and charge him anyway. It would take Brian 1 year, 4 months and 28 days from the date of his arrest, to clear his name. And at no point during that period of time was Brian ever in possession of any illegal controlled substances.

The lawsuit:

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Man Driving His 3 Year Old Daughter Ends Up on Pavement With State Trooper – TRIAL RESULTS

Posted on April 23, 2026 by johnbryanlaw

7 months ago I showed you the video of Kentucky State Trooper Seth Owens arresting Devin Langsdorf during a traffic stop, as Devin’s 3 year old daughter was in the backseat. After beating him, Trooper Owens charged Devin with speeding, reckless driving, failure to produce insurance, failure to maintain insurance, disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, no registration receipt, and endangering the welfare of a minor. Trooper Owens really threw the book at Devin. At the time I covered the incident 7 months ago, the charges were still pending. But now, just a few days ago, these criminal charges went to a jury trial. And rather than hear it from me, I want you to hear from the actual lawyer who tried that case – and he’s a good one.

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Content Creator Arrested Exposing Town’s Sewer Disaster

Posted on April 21, 2026 by johnbryanlaw

This well-known content creator (Michael Bowman) goes deep into the hills of West Virginia, where locals are upset about a small-town sewage disaster (Worthington, WV). They ask him to come document what’s happening. So he does. He drives there and he begins to document what they show him. And it’s terrible. You have raw sewage basically coming into people’s homes and going other places it shouldn’t be. It’s literally forcing people out of homes they’ve lived in forever. This is a failure of their local public officials. So Michael goes to a public meeting seeking more information. But it doesn’t go well. The public officials aren’t interested in discussing this ongoing disaster that is harming their constituents. But he doesn’t give up. The next day he comes back and tries again, and ends up getting arrested.

The “police report” slash charging document:

The dismissal order:

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SWAT Raids Wrong Home Looking For Guy They Already Arrested (3 Months Earlier)

Posted on April 19, 2026 by johnbryanlaw

On June 14, 2023, the United States Marshals Service listed Joshua Smiley on the “15 Most Wanted” list. He was the 26 year-old male suspect in an August 2021 shooting death of a man in Mobile, Alabama. On June 20, 2023, about a week after Joshua Smiley was put on the most wanted list, he was peacefully apprehended in Avon, Indiana – a suburb of Indianapolis. It was no big deal. They found him in just a couple of days, called him out, he came out and was arrested with no issues. It was a success. So why did the US Marshals raid Cathy George’s home in Sandy Springs, Georgia three months later?

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Cop Gets 5 Years in Prison For This Video

Posted on April 15, 2026 by johnbryanlaw

A Kentucky State Trooper (Hayden Kilbourne) was just sentenced to 5 years in prison. His former employer, the Kentucky State Police just released the bodycam footage from the incident that caused him to lose his career and his freedom. What did this trooper do that was so bad, or even different from so many other videos I’ve shown you? Is this a rare example of the system actually working as intended, or is there more to the story here?

The complaint from the lawsuit:

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Cops Arrest Man on His Own Property After Karen Neighbor Hears Gunshots

Posted on April 7, 2026 by johnbryanlaw

Zebulon likes to shoot guns on his property in rural Macon County, Tennessee. His neighbor doesn’t like hearing Zebulon shoot his guns because it “agitates” him. So he calls the cops and tells them he heard gunshots on Zebulon’s property. He admits that he didn’t see shots fired into the air, but “assumes” they were fired into the air. Then the cops go onto Zebulon’s property, where he’s busy mowing his field. They tell him they aren’t there to take his gun. But actually, that’s exactly what they do. Then, while standing on this man’s property, holding his gun that they claimed they weren’t there to take, they demand to see his ID, even though he told them he didn’t fire any shots into the air, or do anything illegal. But he doesn’t want them there and invokes his Fourth Amendment rights, asking them to leave. But these cops brag about the fact that they could care less about the Fourth Amendment.

CVS Employee Arrested Waiting on Bench for Lyft Driver | UPDATE

Posted on April 1, 2026 by johnbryanlaw

On June 3 of last year, I posted the video showing 22 year old Paul Wert sitting on a bench outside the CVS store where he worked. He had just gotten off work. The store had closed about 7 minutes earlier. Then, here comes Edgewater police officer Daniel Rippeon. Officer 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. In the end, 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. It’s now been 9 months and I have all the updates for you, straight from Paul’s lawyer.

Man Goes to Buy a Gun, Gets 14 Days in Jail Instead

Posted on March 29, 2026 by johnbryanlaw

Michael Brewer spent 14 days in jail for a crime that was never even committed. He goes to a local gun store to buy a gun. The store employees run the routine NICS instant criminal background check, as per federal law. But there was apparently a mistake in Michael’s criminal record somewhere, making it look like he’s not allowed to possess, purchase, or even handle, a firearm. Days later he’s driving down the road and gets pulled over. He ends up getting arrested and going to jail. As he’s sitting in jail, his lawyer provides proof that they’ve made a mistake. But they ignore him.

Cops Use AI to Jail Innocent Grandmother for 6 MONTHS

Posted on March 25, 2026 by johnbryanlaw

Imagine there’s a bank heist committed in Fargo, North Dakota. Cops pull a grainy photo of the suspect off a surveillance camera. They run that photo through AI facial recognition software, and it matches with an innocent grandmother down in Tennessee (who has never even been to North Dakota). Imagine they just run with that AI match and issue an arrest warrant, without performing an actual investigation into whether the AI is correct… Angela Lipps was arrested at her home in Tennessee, jailed and extradited to Fargo, North Dakota. She sat in jail for months, with nobody even bothering to check and see if she was the actual suspect they’re looking for (she wasn’t).

37 Days in Jail For Posting a Meme on Facebook

Posted on March 20, 2026 by johnbryanlaw

In America, we don’t jail people for political speech. Yet Larry Bushart spent 37 days behind bars simply for posting a meme in a Facebook group. Perry County, Tennessee Sheriff Nick Weems sent cops to Larry’s home to intimidate him over a Facebook meme he posted. But he wasn’t intimidated. He knew his rights and didn’t back down. So then the sheriff obtained an arrest warrant that he knew was false and had Larry arrested and then put in jail for over a month. Only after national public outrage did county officials drop the charges and set Larry free. But now Larry’s out for justice and he’s being helped by FIRE, a national nonprofit First Amendment advocacy organization, who has now filed a civil rights lawsuit on his behalf. I got a chance to talk with Larry’s lawyer about the case – what actually happened, why it was so egregious, and how you can help.

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