Police Misconduct Legal Questions

The focus here should be on the fact that your son is in a juvenile detention center and not on some comment by a Detective. If you raise your son and supervise him properly, so he is not hanging around criminals or enaging in criminal activity, then there is nothing to worry about regarding such a comment. Otherwise, if your son IS a criminal or hanging around with a criminal element, again there is no issue with the statement as your son, not the detective, will be "messin his life all up" and the law enforcement officer will be doing exactly what he is there to do, arrest and help convict your son, as he would deserve. Other than that, your remedy is to file a conplaint with internal affairs, at least to document  the statement should something improper happen in the future, but don't expect anything beyond that with the facts presented. ... Read More

Oh puuuuullleeeaaaasseeeee..........If you are too dense to realize that trying to take a controlled narcotic when pulled over for a criminal drug stop was at a mimimum a stupid idea, especially behind the wheel of  a car,  and at worst an effort to destroy evidence of your narcotic possession, you need more than lawyers to address what are some serious life issues. Given the magnitude of the foolish decision, I am going to simply assume that you were holding some illicit pain pills and were able to swallow them BEFORE they could stop you and the evidence is gone, so you should not make things worse by now trying to grief the cops over thier attempt to stop you. IF by some possiblity you were just foolish and decided that was a good time to take controlled substance, without advising the cops of your actions in advance since it would be lawful conduct on your  part, in the future, you should simply wait until the issue has passed or advice the LEO of your need to take medication, show them the 'scrip, and you won't have any controversy to worry about. ... Read More

This is more of a political issue aka "Walking Tall" than a legal issue as framed, though its not clear how "serious" you bid to be Sheriff was taken if you are emotionally or physicially frail due to health issues. Unless the SAO agrees that the charges were totally unfounded, which doesn't to be the case as a dismissal after a lengthy prosecution is NOT an aquital, its simply not clear what your question is or you are trying to accomplish. ... Read More

Oh please. First, if you are doing things that cause you ot be arrested, be happy that the worst criminal treatment in this country is a country club day in 3/4 of the jails in the rest of the world Second, absent you having some substantial injury such that you went to the hospital and needed surgery or the like, or there is some clear video showing some violent intentional act by the officer at issue, there is simply not going to be much sympathy or concern about nominal bumps and bruises while incarcerated and inmate credibility about such things is equally poor as starting point. Again, if the pictures are compelling, suggesting some shocking or signfiicant injury that consistent with an abuse of force or failure to provide adequate medical care, this analysis would change. Other than that you need to focus on doing things to stay out of jail and that will eliminate any such concerns in the future. ... Read More

Hate to tell you - but its not even close to police misconduct. You and your mom are in fact loitering. You shop at a store and leave. You don't stay there for protracted periods of time to "shop" and "use the restroom". While you may be homeless - the front of the Winn Dixie is not your home nor a residence. You will need to find another location to wait for the shuttle bus or your next "home" will be county lock up for "trespassing" whcih certainly wont help your situation. ... Read More

That prospect makes zero sense and is one of the reasons you don't listen to cops as lawyers any more than a recpetionist at the doctors office about your medical care. There are a variety of reasons for an officer to search your car starting with officer safety and on up to probable cause/warrant based searches. ... Read More

What you describe is not inherently police misconduct. How about we focus on WHY a woman who is pregnant is being arrested and presumably charged with criminal activity?That should be of even greater concern as future parent of the unborn child at issue rather handcuffs too tight is why is she in a situation where there are handcuffs at all?... Read More

Its unlikely thecop shot the dog "for no reason" and you would have to show that to be true conclusively. If they served a warrant on the wrong house, they may have liability for the dogs value (they are considered property) with our without a reason, but depending on the circumstances additional claims for emotional harm may not be viable or subject to various immunities.... Read More

UM...yeah. No. You don't get to sue the police because you get arrested because YOU decided to have room mates and allowed people to move in with you. YOu can call legal aid or hire a lawyer to file a lawsuit to remove them from the house but this has to be done the right way since you allowed this to occur. ... Read More

There are several ways to handle injustices by the cops or other government employees. You might consider filing an internal complaint with the Police Department. The idea is that the Department would then investigate what happened. This has the advantage of being free. You could file a civil rights lawsuit. These lawsuits are possible, but difficult. For state law claims related to injuries, there are short timelines and limits on what you can file. There may also be federal claims under Section 1983. These claims hold government officials accountable for unconstitutional behavior. They take careful analysis and are also difficult to move forward, because the law favors the government. However, most of the successful cases against cops are this type of case. They are usually contingency cases, meaning that you don't pay attorney fees up front, and the attorney doesn't get anything unless you win. But there are also significant costs to running the case, and the client may need to pay those. Basically, a civil rights lawyer would gather and analyze the information you have and help you decide if there is a case, and also if it's a case the lawyer is willing to take (which is not always the same thing).... Read More

This will all depend on the facts and evidence addressing your interaction with the officer and hopefully some video recording or other objective information. As you umay well imagine, people arrested or detained by police officers ROUTINELY instigate or escalate the issues and then blame the officers when they react. One need only watch an episode of COPS to see this. It will also be helpful if IA finds some misconduct on the part of the officer. YOu will need to retain a lawyer to address this immediately. ... Read More

Seriously? So your husband has a warrant for his arrest and you say he ran and sat on the porch to "wait for them?" really?.....why didnt he just stay where he was and get arrested?.....OH thats right, because people with arrest warrants out on them don't do that, the run away and try to barricade themselves in the house. Lets stop being silly shall we?....if your husband runs from the police when he has a warrant for his arrest, and gets a broken toe, that is perpetrator misconduct NOT police misconduct. ... Read More