Tag Archives: Alabama

MAYOR: Our Officer Got the Law Wrong… Sorry!

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Video surfaced from Andalusia, Alabama, showing a police officer entering a woman’s home to arrest her, while her 18 year old son filmed the incident. The footage was subsequently released by the woman’s attorneys, who accused the officer of race-related retaliation. The footage then went viral, prompting the mayor of the town to make a public statement. He apologized, stating that the officer was disciplined for not knowing the law.

Subject to only two exceptions, police officers cannot enter your home and arrest you without a warrant. The exceptions are consent and exigent circumstances. But where an arrest is initiated outside the home, can the officer then follow the person inside the home to complete the arrest?

Media report here.

Full video of the mayor’s statement here.

Cop Uses Taser to Torture Handcuffed Man | “Do You Want it Again?”

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An Alabama police officer is now on leave while authorities investigate a viral video showing her tasing a handcuffed man. She tells him to lay down on the front of the vehicle. She puts her taser on his back and tases him, as he screams. She then asks him, “Do you want it again?”

Media Report here.

Mechanic Arrested For Failure to ID | Makes Case Law!

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This is footage of a 2019 arrest for failure to produce ID to a police officer. A car broke down; a mechanic was called, and showed up; some idiot thought it looked suspicious and called the cops; then the cops showed up and demanded ID. But the guy was busy and obviously annoyed that the cops are harassing him while he’s trying to help somebody. This interaction resulted in a civil rights lawsuit for false arrest. Originally, the officers were granted qualified immunity. But just last week, the 11th Circuit issued an opinion in the plaintiff’s appeal. Who was right? Was the mechanic illegally arrested?

Here’s the 11th Circuit opinion.

Here’s the original raw footage, cited in the opinion.

Video: Cop’s “Exhibition Driving” Incident Under Investigation

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This footage comes to us from Birmingham, Alabama, where we see a police cruiser physically ramming a vehicle involved in a so-called exhibition driving event, which I take it means just doing donuts mostly, while people film. This officer is now under investigation by the Birmingham Police Department. Is that legal? Can a police officer ram a vehicle doing donuts, or whatever else “exhibition” driving consists of? What constitutional rights are at play?

Link to media report and raw footage.