Delaware police tore up a man’s sign, now they’re paying him $50k

[Captain Fear Not]

What the heck?

Link:

 

[traveller]

Taxpayers are paying him. This won't stop until the cost of malfeasance goes out of cops pensions.

 

[eruby]

Taxpayers are paying him. This won't stop until the cost of malfeasance goes out of cops pensions.

Or qualified immunity is kiboshed

 

[KJackson]

The police settled the lawsuit by agreeing to give the guy $50K, which I am sure came with absolutely no admission of any wrong doing.

 

[Doco Overboard]

Wonder where this was. Who the heck is straight Arrow news?
Looks like on the co op system somewhere, becuase of the utility construction on that pole line back there.

 

[RFBfromDE]

Who are the po-po coming after next?

Waze?

 

[Harrys]

Just proves bullies will be bullies. Thank goodness there are more good officers than the bad.

 

[JohnnyE]

And yet we get nothing when legislators tear up the second amendment. SMH.

 

[jc1240]

Or qualified immunity is kiboshed

Especially in this case when they are recorded on the radio saying they knew they couldn't do what they did.

 

[Michigander08]

As a tax payer, I want to dock the pay of those po-po!

 

[Michigander08]

 

[adit]

Wonder where this was. Who the heck is straight Arrow news?
Looks like on the co op system somewhere, becuase of the utility construction on that pole line back there.

This was settled back in September 2023. The original story was posted here on MDS.

Delaware man who police blocked from warning drivers of speed trap wins $50,000 judgment

Jonathan Guessford had stood on a roadside holding a sign reading "Radar Ahead!" He was also stopped and cited for making an obscene hand gesture at troopers.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[mpollan1]

Or qualified immunity is kiboshed

This! And not just for coppers but all that hide behind and abuse this protection.

 

[Doco Overboard]

This was settled back in September 2023. The original story was posted here on MDS.

Delaware man who police blocked from warning drivers of speed trap wins $50,000 judgment

Jonathan Guessford had stood on a roadside holding a sign reading "Radar Ahead!" He was also stopped and cited for making an obscene hand gesture at troopers.

www.cbsnews.com

Yes thanks for posting. I read the article and what a going on!
I must admit I did get a laugh when the author wrote about issuing for a hand gesture.
The pursuit thing did however make me re think the actions of the cops. When your a hammer everything becomes a nail though I guess.
They should work off some of that pent up frustration writing tickets for the speeders on 13 instead of doing it themselves and causing a 180 mph combined collision with some person just using the roadway.

 

[Captain Fear Not]

Frankly, it's more than a little concerning that they were conspiring against this man because they got their feelings hurt by him holding the sign about their speed trap.

 

[spoon059]

Or qualified immunity is kiboshed

Qualified immunity is only applicable for "good acts" or acts without bad intent. In other words, an honest mistake. If you shoot someone that you reasonably believe was pointing a gun at you, you are covered by qualified immunity.

Qualified immunity was never meant for an intentional bad act, such as the beating death of Tyre Nichols.

We can agree to disagree on qualified immunity, but I'll agree that it seems that it needs reform, especially if intentional bad acts are being protected by QI.

 

[RFBfromDE]

We can agree to disagree on qualified immunity, but I'll agree that it seems that it needs reform, especially if intentional bad acts are being protected by QI.

It is precisely that incremental if not overt abuse of that immunity, or any power, that makes keeping that power away from them the best policy.

The Founding Fathers were geniuses.

 

[JPG]

I went down the Youtube rabbit hole for these types of things the other day. There are all kinds of videos of people filming in pubic and the police harassing them asking for ID for no reason other than "their safety". Police saying if they don't they will arrest while also acknowledging that it will be thrown out in court. Or asking passengers in car for IDs and when the passenger says no since they weren't part of the crime and ID not needed the police say that because they won't give the ID they will ticket the driver instead of giving a warning.

Maryland Trooper did start off on the wrong then went in to the DMV and told everyone that the guy could video the public areas as it isn't against the law.

 

[Kman]

Don't touch shit that's not yours.
Reference parenting 101.
Delawarians...get angry at how expensive it is to educate your public servants.
Replace them with adults that understand the basics of life known to todlers.

 

[Michigander08]

Don't touch shit that's not yours.
Reference parenting 101.
Delawarians...get angry at how expensive it is to educate your public servants.
Replace them with adults that understand the basics of life known to todlers.

We hired too many people via affirmative action. What are we going to do? Create a janitorial division and move them there?