Police Violated Constitutional Rights Of Ferguson Protesters, Federal Judge Rules

[Chris]

About time!

Police Violated Constitutional Rights Of Ferguson Protesters, Federal Judge Rules (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/06/ferguson-protesters-keep-walking_n_5942482.html)


olice overseeing security at protests in Ferguson, Missouri, in August violated the constitutional rights of demonstrators and journalists by forcing them to stay in constant motion and not stop walking, a federal judge ruled on Monday.

Chief U.S. District Judge Catherine D. Perry held that the "practice of requiring peaceful demonstrators and others to walk, rather than stand still, violates the Constitution." She issued a preliminary injunction banning St. Louis County Police and Missouri State Highway Patrol officers from using the tactic.

"The evidence from plaintiff’s witnesses shows....

[Cigar]

It only took getting to the year 2014 :rollseyes:

[Chris]

From December 15, 1791. First Amendment ratified.

[Cigar]

From December 15, 1791. First Amendment ratified.

Obeying the Law is different than following it ...

[Private Pickle]

Wouldn't the crowd have to have been peaceful in order for this to apply?

[Captain Obvious]

Wouldn't the crowd have to have been peaceful in order for this to apply?

Yeah and shit like this just empowers senseless violence.

It's going to get to the point where police become obsolete because they can't do anything, gangs and thugs will become bolder and more violent and national guard is going to expand and take over jurisdiction and just start killing everyone en masse.

This is how stupid we are as a society, trust me.

[Cigar]

Sooner or later ... The Tax Payers who will be hammed with Municipal Law Suite will start Firing Cops, States Attorney's, Mayors and Governors

The Clock will be progressively moved forward :laugh:

[Chris]

Wouldn't the crowd have to have been peaceful in order for this to apply?

In the incidents before the court I believe they were assemblsd peacefully.

[Private Pickle]

Yeah and shit like this just empowers senseless violence.

It's going to get to the point where police become obsolete because they can't do anything, gangs and thugs will become bolder and more violent and national guard is going to expand and take over jurisdiction and just start killing everyone en masse.

This is how stupid we are as a society, trust me.

Nah. We will create a Federal Police before we let the National Guard in... It will be created under the guise of fighting terrorism or some other bullshit non-existant threat. State and Local law enforcement could quite possibily get rolled under the "Federal Police" and they could be one entity.

Then we're fucked.

[Private Pickle]

In the incidents before the court I believe they were assemblsd peacefully.

That must have been the 15 minutes they were actually peaceful one night...

[Private Pickle]

Sooner or later ... The Tax Payers who will be hammed with Municipal Law Suite will start Firing Cops, States Attorney's, Mayors and Governors

The Clock will be progressively moved forward :laugh:

Progress! Obliterating careers and livelihoods one white guy at a time...

[Chris]

Yeah and shit like this just empowers senseless violence.

It's going to get to the point where police become obsolete because they can't do anything, gangs and thugs will become bolder and more violent and national guard is going to expand and take over jurisdiction and just start killing everyone en masse.

This is how stupid we are as a society, trust me.


While there were incidents of violence and likely properly dealt with by police, that was found not to be the case here. From link:


"The evidence from plaintiff’s witnesses shows that the police, including those from St. Louis County, told many people who were either peacefully assembling or simply standing on their own that they would be arrested if they did not keep moving," wrote Perry, who sits on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. "Some law enforcement officers told people that they could stand still for no more than five seconds. Others gave instructions that people were walking too slowly, or that they could not walk back and forth in a small area. Some law enforcement officers did not make people keep moving, others did. Some officers applied the strategy to reporters, others did not. Many officers told people who were standing in small groups on the sidewalks during the daytime hours that they would be arrested if they did not keep moving."