509rifas
Regular Member
I had an "incident" last week that involved me getting arrest for filming. I've had a lot of encouragement, even from LEOs, and no discouragement, in filing a suit.
The city seems to be jerking me around at this point, not responding to my RCW 42.56 PRA requests (really bad idea) and whatnot. I even heard from a little bird that the officer changed his story after he (and the other officers) learned that recording is in fact not illegal in WA state. I haven't gone to court yet but I am facing obstruction charges for recording.
I'm not being vindictive about this; I want to make sure that the Sunnyside PD don't grossly infringe on the 1st Amendment again though. Their response (silence) to me has been less than discouraging, and hearing that they are changing the narrative (despite the fact that it was on about five cameras... real bad idea) has nearly made up my mind.
The incident is posted in the WA forum here. I don't wish to turn this into another thread just about the incident.
http://forum.opencarry.org/forums/showthread.php?116541-I-was-arrested-for-filming-police-tonight
Also here.
http://photographyisnotacrime.com/2...ding-swat-team-from-public-sidewalk/#comments
So my question is for those of you who have engaged in suits against LEAs for violations of the Constitution, be it 1st, 2nd, 4th, etc. What is the process like? What could I expect should I decide to follow through with it? What were your responses from LEAs when you filed, etc.
The city seems to be jerking me around at this point, not responding to my RCW 42.56 PRA requests (really bad idea) and whatnot. I even heard from a little bird that the officer changed his story after he (and the other officers) learned that recording is in fact not illegal in WA state. I haven't gone to court yet but I am facing obstruction charges for recording.
I'm not being vindictive about this; I want to make sure that the Sunnyside PD don't grossly infringe on the 1st Amendment again though. Their response (silence) to me has been less than discouraging, and hearing that they are changing the narrative (despite the fact that it was on about five cameras... real bad idea) has nearly made up my mind.
The incident is posted in the WA forum here. I don't wish to turn this into another thread just about the incident.
http://forum.opencarry.org/forums/showthread.php?116541-I-was-arrested-for-filming-police-tonight
Also here.
http://photographyisnotacrime.com/2...ding-swat-team-from-public-sidewalk/#comments
So my question is for those of you who have engaged in suits against LEAs for violations of the Constitution, be it 1st, 2nd, 4th, etc. What is the process like? What could I expect should I decide to follow through with it? What were your responses from LEAs when you filed, etc.
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