Category Archives: First Amendment

Officer Magnifico, Who Lost His Temper, Slammed Kid at Sheetz, Has RESIGNED (but not really)

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Officer Rob Magnifico, formerly the chief of the Ellwood City (PA) Police Department, was demoted in June after he slammed a kid on the ground at a Sheetz gas station for using the “F” word while demanding his cell phone be returned, which he had previously accidentally left at the gas station. Apparently Magnifico recently resigned – but unfortunately, not from Ellwood City. Instead, he is challenging his prior discipline, and may actually be making more money, while exercising essentially the same authority as before his demotion.

Cop Slams Kid Asking For His Phone Back | Now Suspended | But More Videos Surface

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At a Sheetz gas station in Ellwood City, PA, Officer Rob Magnifico of the Elwood City PD threw a kid on the ground after the kid asked for his phone to be returned. Even though Magnifico wasn’t wearing a bodycam, another kid filmed the incident. Then Magnifico knocked the phone out of the kid’s hand. Then the kid’s mom posted the video on Facebook, which resulted in Magnifico getting suspended. But was it enough? More videos of Officer Magnifico have surfaced.

Media reports referenced in the video:

Man Secretly Records Cop Lose It & Attack, Taser, Arrest Him for Cursing in Public

Ellwood City officer demoted, suspended without pay after confrontation with man at gas station

Police officer under investigation after confrontation with man at gas station

After video shows Ellwood City officer confronting man, another shares similar encounter

Magnifico to stay on Ellwood police force, but demoted to patrolman

The mom’s Facebook post:

“Anabolic Cop” Gets Fired | New Video Shows Why He Left the Last Department (Probably)

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Elkins Police Department (former) Officer Christian Mayle has now been terminated, following my last video detailing his recent arrest. As promised, here’s new video footage showing the likely reason that he resigned from his last department, the Barbour County Sheriff’s Department, the day prior to being hired by Elkins Police Department. It shows then-Deputy Mayle trespassing onto an innocent homeowner’s property and confronting him during a deer-strike call that occurred in front of the man’s home. When the man asked the deputy to move is police cruiser so that it didn’t block his driveway, Mayle went anabolic…

Last Video: https://youtu.be/QKYN2rZ8-s8?si=znEtDw9HDp5-ZPIc

First Video: https://youtu.be/oLJsKVNH3Nw?si=G5-dM4bAJRtaB051

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:

IannaconeMemorandumOpinionAndOrderDownload

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?

Man Fights for his Right to Call Cops “D**kheads” for Blocking the Drive-Thru

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Josh Smith just wanted to get some fast food from “Humdingers” in Montrose, Colorado, but three police cars were blocking the drive-thru. The cops had just found a sex toy in the car they were searching in the parking lot, and they were goofing off with it. But Josh was hungry. He told them to “move their shit out of the way, dickheads.” He was eventually pulled over about a mile away and ticketed for “an obscene gesture.”

Media Report No. 1

Media Report No. 2

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.

YouTube Video Gets Police Chief FIRED in 12 Days

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Dallas Campbell walked into the police department in Hazard, Kentucky a free man, doing his best to keep a notoriously untrustworthy police agency (at least that’s what I learned watching the “Dukes of Hazard”) honest. Unfortunately, he left in handcuffs, the victim of a false arrest. But he had a small YouTube channel, and 12 days after he posted the video of his arrest, the Hazard Police Chief was fired.

The lawsuit:

Second Amended ComplaintDownload

Media Report here.

LEAKED: Police Chief’s Anti-First Amendment Message to his Officers

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Surprise Police Chief Piña recorded an internal message video for his police officers about a week after the arrest. In it, he defiantly and irrationally claims that there was no First Amendment violation. He also has another officer, who gained valuable experience in First Amendment (and other) violations, while working at the Phoenix Police Department, give the officers advice on how to respond to encounters with so-called First Amendment Auditors.

Here’s the first video I did on this.