This poor guy was arrested on suspicion of public intoxication and then had his head slammed into concrete while handcuffed. One of his family members sent me the raw bodycam footage that was just recently released. His mother has now filed a wrongful death lawsuit. In the video, you can see that the man, Anthony Silva, tries to tell the officers that he’s paralyzed. But they tell him he’s fine, and mock him. Apparently he spent nearly a year in the hospital, ultimately dying as a result of this.
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Former Sheriff NOT Arrested After “Thorough Investigation”
The former sheriff of St. Johns County was not issued a ticket or arrested after he was pulled over with 8 grams of marijuana in his vehicle. David Shoar, who served as sheriff from 2004 to 2021, was pulled over at Pope Road and A1A Beach Boulevard about 9 p.m. after failing to stop at a red light before making a turn, an incident report from the St. Augustine Beach Police Department states. Was he given special treatment?
This is the statement released by the St. Augustine Beach Police Department:
On Dec. 15, 2023, at approximately 9 p.m. officers from the St Augustine Beach Police Department conducted a traffic stop on a motor vehicle for a minor traffic infraction near the intersection of Pope Rd and A1A Beach Blvd. The driver of the vehicle was identified as David B. Shoar. Officers detected the odor of burnt marijuana emitting from the vehicle.
Upon approaching the vehicle, officers saw what they believed to be marijuana visible inside the vehicle. A roadside investigation and interview were conducted by officers. No driver impairment was detected during the interview/investigation. After a search of the vehicle, three marijuana cigarettes were seized for destruction. SABPD officers conducted a thorough investigation adhering to agency policy and standard operating procedures. The driver of the vehicle David Shoar was subsequently released.
Watch the bodycam footage and see for yourself this “thorough investigation.”
Doorbell Arrest Video | NO Warrant | COPS RESPOND on Youtube!
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Ring doorbell video surfaced showing the arrest of a man at his own front door, after he refused to provide identification to police officers in Clayton County, Georgia. The footage showed officers arresting the man without a warrant. After the footage went viral, the police department then made their own Youtube video responding to the footage, as well as the allegations. But the issue remains: can cops constitutionally arrest a homeowner at his own front door without a warrant?
The Fourth Amendment guarantees the “right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures.” The constitutional protection of people in their houses extends to the “curtilage” of the home, which is “the area ‘immediately surrounding and associated with the home.'” Collins v. Virginia, 138 S. Ct. 1663, 1670 (2018) (quoting Florida v. Jardines, 569 U.S. 1, 6 (2013)).
Subject to a few exceptions, the Fourth Amendment prohibits law enforcement from entering a home or its curtilage to conduct a search without a warrant. United States v. Walker, 799 F.3d 1361, 1363 (11th Cir. 2015). United States v. Stephen, No. 19-12172 (11th Cir. Aug 06, 2020)
The original video used by the “We The People” Youtube channel here.
Arrested For Knocking on Cop’s Window | OUTRAGEOUS Bodycam
I literally received hundreds of requests for my take on this outrageous bodycam footage that was originally uploaded by Lackluster, showing a lady being arrested in Kentucky, after she attempted to criticize a police officer for his poor driving skills. Well, you were right that I would be interested in this incident. Here’s my take on it.
Here’s Lackluster’s original video. It’s fantastic, by the way.
Here’s the police report narrative:
Here are the relevant Kentucky statutes (I mistakenly used disorderly conduct in the first degree in the video, but the operative portions are identical):
Here’s her GoFundMe link.
Sensitive Trooper Retaliates | LAWSUIT Filed
Gregory Bombard was driving through his hometown of St. Albans, Vermont, enjoying a coffee and a cigarette. He committed no crime — not even a minor traffic violation. Twenty minutes later, he was sitting in a jail cell. Bombard’s alleged crime? Cursing at a cop and giving him the finger during a traffic stop — conduct that is squarely protected by the First Amendment. A federal civil rights lawsuit has been filed, and the dash cam footage has been released.
One Tiny Problem With This Million Dollar Coke Bust
The Indiana State Police performed a traffic stop on a tractor trailer. Inside the truck they found around two million dollars in cocaine. Here’s the bodycam footage. But will this seizure hold up in court?
Press Release from Indiana State Police:
Thursday, May 26, 2022, at approximately 4:00 p.m., an Indiana State Trooper stopped a tractor-trailer at the thirty-seven mile marker eastbound on Interstate 70 for a routine compliance inspection. The driver of the tractor-trailer was identified as Leonardo Hernandez, age 38, of Miami, Florida, with one passenger in the vehicle. During the conversation with the driver and passenger, criminal indicators were observed, and a consent search revealed approximately forty-four pounds of suspected cocaine. Leonardo Hernandez and Rolando Bermudez Acevedo were taken into custody and transported to the Putnam County Jail.
The tractor-trailer was enroute from Phoenix, Arizona, to Indianapolis, Indiana.
The estimated street value of the cocaine is one million dollars.
Original Video From Cop Cam here.
Door Dasher CAUGHT in Fishing Expedition
Cops in Wisconsin successfully nabbed some teenagers engaged in Door-Dashing. Originally a speeding stop, the officer quickly pivoted to a drug investigation, and basically went on a fishing expedition in an effort to find any reason at all to arrest them.
Officer Violates Kid For “Disrespect” | Charges Dropped | Cop Investigated by IA
This footage was submitted by the parents of this kid, who was arrested by police in Doral, Florida, while merely walking outside his family’s apartment. The criminal charges were dropped, thanks to the bodycam footage. The family filed a complaint with internal affairs. The result was predictable. Were the kid’s constitutional rights violated?
Officer’s narrative:
Internal Affairs Report:
Cop’s Crazy Rampage | Coverup Caught on Video | Lawsuit Filed
Recently we filed a lawsuit against several police officers, as well as the City of Bluefield, West Virginia, after an off-duty Bluefield police officer essentially went on a rampage in my client’s bar. He got into a shootout; he physically attacked multiple civilians, including police officers, and more. It was all observed by multiple eyewitnesses and was captured on video from multiple cameras. But did he face any consequences?
Original full video:
Cops Just Couldn’t Arrest This Guy | So He Tased the Police Dog
On Sunday, August 29, 2021, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation was requested by the Homerville Police Department to investigate an officer involved shooting. Preliminary information indicates that at approximately 10:06 a.m., the Homerville Police Department and Clinch County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to a 911 call of suspicious persons in a vehicle at 40 Thelma Hwy, Homerville, Georgia. What happened next… you’ll just have to see for yourself.