Category Archives: Constitutional Law

Off Duty Cop Mistakes Cigarette for Drugs | Cops Tear Apart His Truck, Find Nothing

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In Marysville, Michigan, Jake Kidder was washing his truck at a self serve car wash. An off duty police officer claims to have seen a black man in a Cadillac hand a suspicious bag to Mr. Kidder. Assuming he handed him drugs, he called his on-duty buddies, who responded within minutes. They confronted Mr. Kidder, who responded that the black man was his coworker, who handed him a cigarette. This occurred in St. Clair County, Michigan.

Here’s the link to Jake Kidder’s raw YouTube videos with the full footage.

Arrested For Laughing | Lawsuit UPDATE | Officer Gets Qualified Immunity?

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You’ve probably seen the “arrest for laughing” case that has gone repeatedly viral over the past few years. I’m actually the attorney on that case. Just yesterday the Court ruled on the officer’s motion to dismiss and request for qualified immunity. The officer claimed that flashing headlights to warn oncoming motorists was not protected free speech, and that he was justified in handcuffing, frisking and detaining the driver after he laughed at him. What did the Court rule?

Here’s the full opinion:

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Cop Resigns (Again) After Barging In Woman’s Home | Lawsuit Results | Final Update

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Remember the video from about 8 months ago where the cop in Frankfort, Kentucky, barged into a woman’s home without a warrant and illegally arrested her while she was wearing only a towel? She correctly tells (former) Officer Larry “Gus” Curtis that he can’t do that – that what he was doing was illegal, due to the fact that he was acting without a warrant. Curtis tells her, “if it’s illegal, then file a civil lawsuit.” Well, she did file a civil lawsuit and it just settled. Was it enough?

Here’s my first video on the incident.

Here’s a media report about the settlement.

Here’s the complaint from the civil lawsuit filed against Curtis and the City of Frankfort:

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You sent me this viral Facebook Post about what cops did to this elderly veteran, so I showed up

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Many of my viewers from around the country sent me this viral Facebook post by the wife of an elderly, disabled military veteran (with severe type 2 diabetes) about three police officers abusing him in front of their home in St. Mary’s West Virginia. After she reached out to me, yesterday I drove 3 and a half hours up to the location of the incident to investigate the scene myself. Frankly, I’m shocked by what’s happening up there, and they can’t be allowed to get away with it.

Here’s the original viral Facebook Post:

Here’s the criminal complaint with the full report:

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UPDATE 3/20/25:

Lying Cops Troll Monkey YouTuber Across Rural Georgia (but their plan backfires)

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Why would two separate police officers from two separate counties in rural Georgia both happen to end up harassing this super nice guy, driving this super nice vehicle, who incidentally is transporting his super adorable monkey that he has a YouTube channel with? And what were the chances that both officers would pull the vehicle over for “following too closely” to a tractor trailer, where coincidentally, both of the officers’ dash cameras would show the claims to be completely bogus?

He Runs Away and Survives (but then encounters a police officer)

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16 year old Konoa Wilson ran for his life after being suddenly shot at by another teenager at the Sante Fe Train Depot in San Diego, California. Police officers were nearby – on the other side of the building – when the shots rang out. The teenager narrowly survived being shot by the other teenager, but as he fled through a corridor, he had no idea that in moments, he would encounter a police officer who would end his life.

Raw clip of the shooting (GRAPHIC):

My Client Gave Cops The Middle Finger

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My client was driving in Martinsburg, West Virginia. He saw a police car belonging to the Martinsburg Police Department. Desiring to express some protected First Amendment speech, he flipped them the bird – the middle finger. They immediately pulled him over. A federal civil rights lawsuit is currently pending.

Lazy Cops Make a YouTube Video About Wrongfully Arresting a Janitor

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Two police officers in Asheville, North Carolina, violently arrested a beloved local 63 year-old janitor after receiving a false report from the local Subaru dealership that one of their cars was being used without authorization. Louis Searles, the janitor, sees the officers looking at a car outside the building where he works. He had observed the woman who was driving the vehicle, so he walked up to the officers and told then where the woman was (in a local business called “Thrive,” which is in the building where he works as a janitor. Instead of going and locating that woman, they decided to violently arrest the janitor.

Here’s the video the cops made.

Here’s the 4th Circuit case discussed in the video, Milla v. Brown:

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Sheriff Busts In Home (NO Warrant) Arrests Mom and Son For “Revving Engines”

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In Sharp County, Arkansas, Sheriff Shane Russell showed up at a family’s front door, following allegations from a neighbor that they had been revving their engines earlier (on their own property). Sheriff Russell, flanked by other police officers, did not have a warrant. But he didn’t let that stop him. 

The original video here.

Cops Bust in a Home, Force the Family Outside and Handcuff the Dad (who I interview)

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Cops with the Idaho Falls, Idaho Police Department busted in an innocent family’s home, breaking their front door, looking for a third party fugitive. Though the homeowner knew his constitutional rights and demanded a warrant, the cops claimed they didn’t need a warrant because they believe a dangerous fugitive (the girlfriend’s brother) was inside. They did come inside and forced the family outside into the cold for about 30 minutes.

During this time period they handcuffed the dad, even though he was suspected of no crime and there was no search warrant for the home. The problem is, according the U.S. Supreme Court in the 1981 opinion in Steagald v. United States (1981), exigent circumstances to enter a home do not exist merely because the police know the location of a fugitive, even if they possess an arrest warrant for that person. They must also have a search warrant for the residence.