One moment this Florida cop is having one of the funniest DUI arrests of his career… then suddenly the arrestee is unconscious on the ground, after having been “dunked” by the officer. This cop went from getting an award from his boss, to being fired and criminally charged as a result of what would happen during this arrest. How did it get to that? Like the old saying goes, the coverup is always worse than the crime…
Internal investigation report:
Cops respond to a silent alarm coming from within their own county courthouse, where they find intruders locked inside the dark, closed building. After taking them into custody, the ‘burglars’ tell the cops they are actually professional hackers, hired by the State Judicial Branch to test the courthouse’s security measures.
Then the local sheriff arrives, apparently embarrassed by the fact that the hired hackers were able to just walk right in an unlocked door in the middle of the night, and angry that he wasn’t informed of the security testing ordered by the state. So instead of releasing them, he orders handcuffs put on them and has them taken to the county jail and charged with burglary.
Then it gets even worse. The bureaucrats at the state judicial branch then get worried about their own jobs, and they attempt to throw the hackers they hired under the bus, initially claiming they did not authorize the “burglary,” even though they did. Eventually the State Supreme Court admits they hired the hackers and apologized for the confusion.
But the county still wanted to prosecute the two innocent hackers, who were caught in the middle of this government power struggle. Even up through the day before trial, the county prosecutor was refusing to drop the charges. He finally had to though, because they were innocent. So then the two hackers filed a civil lawsuit, which took years to litigate. Now, that just settled, with the two hackers receiving $600,000 from the county for their false arrest and malicious prosecution.
This is an absolutely insane story out of Iowa.
The official statement of facts from Justin and Gary’s lawsuit that was presented to the Court, much of which is quoted in the video:
Statement by Justin and Gary’s attorney, Martin Diaz, on the settlement:
The statement issued by Gary and Justin after the settlement:
This is Daniel Waltson. He was arrested for allegedly threatening to shoot police officers while they were at his home the previous night. A judge signed an arrest warrant after cops told him that Daniel “threatened to shoot the police for being on his property.” His house was besieged by police officers aiming guns at his home, where his two young kids were inside. He was arrested at gunpoint and placed in handcuffs. He spent 3 days in jail, lost his job, and was later indicted by a grand jury. Yet the entire time, there was video footage of the alleged threat, that completely exonerated Daniel, proving that he never threatened to shoot police officers. Rather, he threatened to “sue” police officers.
An innocent 19 year old college student, who doesn’t drink, doesn’t do drugs, is studying at the library and he ends up getting arrested by some cops who apparently have something to prove. He did nothing wrong. He complied with everything they asked him to do. He was polite. And most importantly, he was completely sober. Yet that didn’t save him from these cops and local authorities, determined to ruin the kid’s life. Even after his innocence was completely proven, every authority figure in this kid’s life, chose to back the blue over him – the police over the truth.
A little over two weeks ago, I posted a video showing Kentucky State Police Trooper Myron Jackson wrongfully arresting a mom of three who was on her own porch, filming Trooper Jackson’s illegal traffic stop. The bogus criminal charge against the mom was dropped by prosecutors and a lawsuit was filed. Now yet another lawsuit has been filed against Trooper Jackson – this time for the wrongful arrest of an innocent Door Dash driver. I have the exclusive first look at the lawsuit and the bodycam footage. Just like the prior video, prosecutors dropped the bogus criminal charge. But looking a little deeper into the Kentucky State Police, it’s no huge mystery where Jackson learned to make these sorts of unconstitutional arrests.
The lawsuit:
The 6th Circuit opinion from the Phillip Burnett video:
The full Phillip Burnett video:
According to Manheim Township (Pennsylvania) Police, Benny Xavier Pena-Rivera, 24, was charged with aggravated assault, evading arrest or detention on foot, resisting arrest, reckless driving, driving under suspension- DUI related and five counts of summary vehicle code violations after he assaulted the police chief and fled the scene during a traffic stop. The only problem was… video later surfaced contradicting the story alleged by police chief Duane Fisher, who performed the stop, and who is now under investigation.
The full raw footage:
Prosecutor’s statement used in the media:
Full Press Release by Lancaster County District Attorney:
Police Department Press Release:
George Henderson spent 29 years serving in the military with 6 overseas deployments. He retired in 2018 after his head injuries and PTSD began to worsen. He was then diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, which led to him going missing on December 6. The State of Tennessee issued a Silver Alert. Mr. Henderson was located a day later, 10 miles away, in nearby Guthrie, Kentucky. Unfortunately, he was found by Guthrie, Kentucky police officer J. Pritchett…
A pic of the laceration to George’s head:
The drug screen results:
Arrest report:
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?
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.”
