Arizona: Federal Court Denies Summary Relief To Innocent Motorist Stranded By Cop
A motorist was left with little recourse after police grabbed his truck and stranded him, alone, on the side of the road in a dangerous Mesa, Arizona neighborhood -- even though he had not done anything wrong. US District Court Judge David G Campbell issued a preliminary ruling last Friday that Ted Mink, 47, had no right to sue the city over his treatment at the hands of the police.
I am glad the federal court finally cleared that up.
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"At worst, the officers intentionally left a man with a serious heel injury on the side of a road in the middle of the day, but near several gas stations where he could presumably call for help, pointed a weapon at him when it appeared he might assault the driver of a tow truck that had been called and refused to give him a ride home," Campbell wrote. "This conduct, even if actionable on other grounds, is not so extreme as to go beyond all bounds of decency and be regarded as atrocious and utterly intolerable." (U.S. District Court Judge David G Campbell)
I would like to see a judge or politician stranded at the side of the road when the police impound their vehicle in a crime ridden neighborhood and have the judge or politician still claim that is an appropriate action on the part of the police
Oops. I forgot. All politicians and federal workers are above the law, and this could never happen to them.
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