A federal appeals court has ruled that sheriff’s deputies in Virginia violated the constitutional rights of a Black man when they arrested him for refusing to identify himself
This is another way of how police get away with being brutal!
”The judges ruled that the deputies are at least partially immune from being sued because they were operating under a good-faith belief that the statute gave them the right to demand identification.”
Aren’t stop and identify laws, one of the more basic laws? How can a police officer not now that?
Theres is legal precedent the a police officer can not use ignorance of the law as an excuse to “arrest” some one.
Here’s the post on it:
This is another way of how police get away with being brutal!
”The judges ruled that the deputies are at least partially immune from being sued because they were operating under a good-faith belief that the statute gave them the right to demand identification.”