9th Circuit ruling favorable for Occupiers to hold police, gov'ts accountable for excessive force

[kpete]

Source: Daily Kos

A three judge panel of the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals filed an unanimous ruling in Nelson v. City of Davis. The student plaintiff, Timothy Nelson was seriously and permanently injured by the excessive use of force by police in a 2004 incident at UC Davis.

The Court found that the police actions violated a basic constitutional right, the Fourth Amendment right to be free of unreasonable seizure and invalidated qualified immunity for the police, meaning that police could be held liable for damages. This ruling should offer considerable support to Occupiers pressing suit against police and governments for their often brutal and excessive use of force against peaceful protesters.

Ruling:
http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2012/07/11/10-16256.pdf

Read more: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/08/01/1115561/-9th-Circuit-ruling-favorable-for-Occupiers-to-hold-police-gov-ts-accountable-for-excessive-force

[marmar]

1. Genial !!!

[Hell Hath No Fury]

2. Great news -

Suits like this will help temper the Police State Tactics we have been witnessing.

[bemildred]

3. Good, bankrupt them. nt

[Vattel]

4. AWESOME!!!!!!!!!

This is why, in spite of everything, the judicial branch is still my favorite branch of government.

[docgee]

5. Excellent! nt.

[SoapBox]

6. Cool!

While there are Law Enforcement that do good work (I guess), I'm so OVER these Local-Yokal-Militias, beat'n the
snot out of American citizens that are tax payers.

I'm sure that the Radical Activist 5 on the Supreme Court would toss this.

[myrna minx]

7. K&R

[freshwest]

8. K & R

[valerief]

9. And then the cops tased the three judges. Only one death resulted from the tasings.

Isn't that the next step in this police state of a country? Good news never stays good news in this dump.

[lunatica]

10. That's good news

It's nice someone in power is still thinking about the Constitution.

[samsingh]

11. good

[kooljerk666]

12. it is time to get rid of "insurance" for police misconduct.............

and take it out of their pension/health plans.

Any cop who was not brain damaged would be looking out for his/her future & retirement, instead of killing & beating people for fun.

[indepat]

13. Wonder if His Honor wonders if one of the 9th Circuit's missiles is heading up his

proverbial asshole.

[libodem]

14. Booya

Effing good!

[Kteachums]

15. In this country???

Brutal force? We hear stuff like this coming out of other countries but, it is never covered in this country. Do we have to listen to foreign news to hear about the Occupy Movement in the US? It is time the stories come out!

[lonestarnot]

16. I LOVE THE 9TH CIRCUIT!

K & R!

[sakabatou]

19. Me too

[Uncle Joe]

17. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, kpete.

[Great Caesars Ghost]

18. Don't put the cart before the horse.

The 9th is the most overturned court in the nation