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I have seen the footage of that stop alongside body cam footage from the officers on YouTube, but I hadn’t seen the version released by galanakis. Even without

I have seen the footage of that stop alongside body cam footage from the officers on YouTube, but I hadn’t seen the version released by galanakis. Even without commentary, it looked like a bad arrest to me. The officers refuse to use a breathalyzer at first, choosing a field sobriety test (which is known to have many problems) first. At one point the officers said something to the affect of “he’s a smartass” as part of their decision to arrest.

nerdix 3y ago
IIRC Galanakis uploaded the publicly available body cam footage and that's what he was sued for. Which makes it even more egregious.
- hk1337 3y ago
  Well, he uploaded the video plus his commentary on the video.
- tsimionescu 3y ago
  But in the USA, anyone can be sued for anything. This is how the system is designed. I could sue you for posting this comment and claim that it's defamatory to the Pope, and I would get my (hopefully extremely brief) day in court.
  - callalex 3y ago
    But you can’t sue the cops, they have immunity.
    - kyleee 3y ago
      Well you can certainly sue them but you are right in the sense that QI is rarely stripped
    - tsimionescu 3y ago
      You absolutely can. It will probably be thrown out, just like most counts in this case.
freedomben 3y ago
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- alex_lav 3y ago
  > but pro-tip for people in the future: cops are humans and if you stoop to personal insults Yes, protip, abandon your rights so man children don’t get upset. This is clearly the best decision. This comment is sick.
  - freedomben 3y ago
    > Yes, protip, abandon your rights so man children don’t get upset. This is clearly the best decision. > This comment is sick. Please enlighten me, what rights do you think I was suggesting people should abandon?
    - renewiltord 3y ago
      1A, reaffirmed in City of Houston v Hill (1987)
      - freedomben 3y ago
        How am I suggesting abandoning 1A? I'm assuming you are talking about the "speech" part of that rather than religion, press, or assembly. Firstly, I'm specifically saying there should NOT be consequences to him from what he said to the cop. That's bogus, unprofessional, and terrible. But that said you also have responsibility for your speech that goes along with the freedom. Do you think people should just say every single thing that comes to their minds to their peers at work? If not, then are you (as you suggest about me) saying people should abandon their 1A rights at work? Or would you (much more sensibly IMHO) say that if you go around being a dick to people then it's going to affect the way they treat you and the boss you keep insulting isn't going to feel full of love toward you and want to promote you. Telling somebody to use their free speech responsibly (which is what I am doing) is not in any way the same thing as telling them to abandon their right to free speech.

nerdix 3y ago

IIRC Galanakis uploaded the publicly available body cam footage and that's what he was sued for. Which makes it even more egregious.

hk1337 3y ago
Well, he uploaded the video plus his commentary on the video.
tsimionescu 3y ago
But in the USA, anyone can be sued for anything. This is how the system is designed. I could sue you for posting this comment and claim that it's defamatory to the Pope, and I would get my (hopefully extremely brief) day in court.
- callalex 3y ago
  But you can’t sue the cops, they have immunity.
  - kyleee 3y ago
    Well you can certainly sue them but you are right in the sense that QI is rarely stripped
  - tsimionescu 3y ago
    You absolutely can. It will probably be thrown out, just like most counts in this case.

freedomben 3y ago

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alex_lav 3y ago
> but pro-tip for people in the future: cops are humans and if you stoop to personal insults Yes, protip, abandon your rights so man children don’t get upset. This is clearly the best decision. This comment is sick.
- freedomben 3y ago
  > Yes, protip, abandon your rights so man children don’t get upset. This is clearly the best decision. > This comment is sick. Please enlighten me, what rights do you think I was suggesting people should abandon?
  - renewiltord 3y ago
    1A, reaffirmed in City of Houston v Hill (1987)
    - freedomben 3y ago
      How am I suggesting abandoning 1A? I'm assuming you are talking about the "speech" part of that rather than religion, press, or assembly. Firstly, I'm specifically saying there should NOT be consequences to him from what he said to the cop. That's bogus, unprofessional, and terrible. But that said you also have responsibility for your speech that goes along with the freedom. Do you think people should just say every single thing that comes to their minds to their peers at work? If not, then are you (as you suggest about me) saying people should abandon their 1A rights at work? Or would you (much more sensibly IMHO) say that if you go around being a dick to people then it's going to affect the way they treat you and the boss you keep insulting isn't going to feel full of love toward you and want to promote you. Telling somebody to use their free speech responsibly (which is what I am doing) is not in any way the same thing as telling them to abandon their right to free speech.