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Fourth Amendment Law | Reasonable Suspicion Law | First Amendment Retaliation Video to submit? https://forms.gle/HmwnDQKvwvYPxe967 Twitter: https://twitter.com/johnbryanesq Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JohnBryanLaw FAIR USE NOTICE This video may contain copyrighted material; the use of which has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available for the purposes of criticism, comment, review and news reporting which constitute the fair use of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work for purposes such as criticism, comment, review and news reporting is not an infringement of copyright. NOTE: We don't condone threats or violence of any kind. If you are upset or outraged by acts of government misconduct featured in this video, we encourage you to utilize lawful means of expression, including becoming involved in the political process, as well as seeking accountability through the judicial system.

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There’s a dispute between a store and a customer. The store calls the police, reporting something that’s not a crime. The police show up to investigate the said non-crime. They demand ID. Now like many states, West Virginia does not have a “stop and ID” law. However, if they have reasonable suspicion a crime was committed, and that a particular individual committed that crime, they can perform an investigative detention which can involve forcibly obtaining an ID from a suspect. So what is the crime? Can the alleged crime of “trespassing” be used to detain and ID a shopper who has not been asked to leave the store, and who has not been given the opportunity, or even allowed, to leave the store by the responding police officer? Update coming soon about what I will be doing in response to this.... Details, documents and more video: https://thecivilrightslawyer.com/2022/10/27/client-educates-cops-on-the-fourth-amendment-they-dont-listen-he-wins-in-court/ Video to submit? https://forms.gle/HmwnDQKvwvYPxe967 Twitter: https://twitter.com/johnbryanesq Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JohnBryanLaw FAIR USE NOTICE This video may contain copyrighted material; the use of which has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available for the purposes of criticism, comment, review and news reporting which constitute the fair use of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work for purposes such as criticism, comment, review and news reporting is not an infringement of copyright. NOTE: We don't condone threats or violence of any kind. If you are upset or outraged by acts of government misconduct featured in this video, we encourage you to utilize lawful means of expression, including becoming involved in the political process, as well as seeking accountability through the judicial system.

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This is a case where plain-clothed police officers snuck into my client’s house through a window, searched his house without a warrant or other legal justification, found nothing and left. But they got caught on hidden surveillance cameras. Details: https://thecivilrightslawyer.com/2022/10/25/update-court-rules-on-video-depositions-and-youtube/ Video to submit? https://forms.gle/HmwnDQKvwvYPxe967 Twitter: https://twitter.com/johnbryanesq Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JohnBryanLaw FAIR USE NOTICE This video may contain copyrighted material; the use of which has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available for the purposes of criticism, comment, review and news reporting which constitute the fair use of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work for purposes such as criticism, comment, review and news reporting is not an infringement of copyright. NOTE: We don't condone threats or violence of any kind. If you are upset or outraged by acts of government misconduct featured in this video, we encourage you to utilize lawful means of expression, including becoming involved in the political process, as well as seeking accountability through the judicial system.

This happened in Fort Worth, TX. https://thecivilrightslawyer.com/2022/10/22/pregnant-teacher-stopped-and-arrested-officer-disciplined/ https://thecivilrightslawyer.com/ Details: https://fortworthreport.org/2022/07/17/lax-oversight-or-undue-influence-at-fort-worth-police-department/ Facebook version (slightly longer and less censored thanks to YT): https://fb.watch/gjP_vXl575/ Video to submit? https://forms.gle/HmwnDQKvwvYPxe967 Twitter: https://twitter.com/johnbryanesq Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JohnBryanLaw FAIR USE NOTICE This video may contain copyrighted material; the use of which has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available for the purposes of criticism, comment, review and news reporting which constitute the fair use of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work for purposes such as criticism, comment, review and news reporting is not an infringement of copyright. NOTE: We don't condone threats or violence of any kind. If you are upset or outraged by acts of government misconduct featured in this video, we encourage you to utilize lawful means of expression, including becoming involved in the political process, as well as seeking accountability through the judicial system.

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Imagine you’re sitting in family court and the judge looks at you and says, what’s your address? I’ll meet you there in 10 minutes, and I’m going to search your house with your ex-wife and my bailiff - a police officer who will arrest you if you don't let me in. March 4, 2020, that’s what happened to my client. Here’s an update on the current status. Details, links and docs: https://thecivilrightslawyer.com/2022/10/19/family-court-judge-search-case-now-at-the-fourth-circuit/ Video to submit? https://forms.gle/HmwnDQKvwvYPxe967 Twitter: https://twitter.com/johnbryanesq Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JohnBryanLaw FAIR USE NOTICE This video may contain copyrighted material; the use of which has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available for the purposes of criticism, comment, review and news reporting which constitute the fair use of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work for purposes such as criticism, comment, review and news reporting is not an infringement of copyright. NOTE: We don't condone threats or violence of any kind. If you are upset or outraged by acts of government misconduct featured in this video, we encourage you to utilize lawful means of expression, including becoming involved in the political process, as well as seeking accountability through the judicial system.

Details: https://thecivilrightslawyer.com/2022/10/17/cops-hogtie-innocent-man-can-the-police-hogtie-arrestees/ Video to submit? https://forms.gle/HmwnDQKvwvYPxe967 Twitter: https://twitter.com/johnbryanesq Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JohnBryanLaw FAIR USE NOTICE This video may contain copyrighted material; the use of which has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available for the purposes of criticism, comment, review and news reporting which constitute the fair use of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work for purposes such as criticism, comment, review and news reporting is not an infringement of copyright. NOTE: We don't condone threats or violence of any kind. If you are upset or outraged by acts of government misconduct featured in this video, we encourage you to utilize lawful means of expression, including becoming involved in the political process, as well as seeking accountability through the judicial system.

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Can the police enter your backyard and start snooping around for missing AirPods without a search warrant? Details/Cites at link: https://thecivilrightslawyer.com/2022/10/13/cops-caught-snooping-in-backyard-looking-for-airpods-is-that-legal/ #KnockAndTalk #HotPursuitDoctrine #ExigentCircumstances Video to submit? https://forms.gle/HmwnDQKvwvYPxe967 Twitter: https://twitter.com/johnbryanesq Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JohnBryanLaw FAIR USE NOTICE This video may contain copyrighted material; the use of which has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available for the purposes of criticism, comment, review and news reporting which constitute the fair use of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work for purposes such as criticism, comment, review and news reporting is not an infringement of copyright. NOTE: We don't condone threats or violence of any kind. If you are upset or outraged by acts of government misconduct featured in this video, we encourage you to utilize lawful means of expression, including becoming involved in the political process, as well as seeking accountability through the judicial system.

Everything posted at link: https://thecivilrightslawyer.com/2022/10/11/officer-meltdown-during-open-carry-i-d-refusal-in-wv-what-happened-in-court/ Video to submit? https://forms.gle/HmwnDQKvwvYPxe967 Twitter: https://twitter.com/johnbryanesq Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JohnBryanLaw FAIR USE NOTICE This video may contain copyrighted material; the use of which has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available for the purposes of criticism, comment, review and news reporting which constitute the fair use of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work for purposes such as criticism, comment, review and news reporting is not an infringement of copyright. NOTE: We don't condone threats or violence of any kind. If you are upset or outraged by acts of government misconduct featured in this video, we encourage you to utilize lawful means of expression, including becoming involved in the political process, as well as seeking accountability through the judicial system.

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I came across some recent footage of police officers covering, concealing, or otherwise redirecting, a home’s surveillance cameras. When this hit the interwebs, it of course immediately sparked discussion. Police officers defended the footage, claiming officer safety reasons to do this, with some claiming that they always do this as a matter of policy. Is this legal? Is this a Fourth Amendment violation? Is it a First Amendment violation? Is this a crime? More on this: https://thecivilrightslawyer.com/2022/10/09/cops-caught-covering-or-disabling-surveillance-cameras-is-that-legal/ Video to submit? https://forms.gle/HmwnDQKvwvYPxe967 Twitter: https://twitter.com/johnbryanesq Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JohnBryanLaw FAIR USE NOTICE This video may contain copyrighted material; the use of which has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available for the purposes of criticism, comment, review and news reporting which constitute the fair use of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work for purposes such as criticism, comment, review and news reporting is not an infringement of copyright. NOTE: We don't condone threats or violence of any kind. If you are upset or outraged by acts of government misconduct featured in this video, we encourage you to utilize lawful means of expression, including becoming involved in the political process, as well as seeking accountability through the judicial system.

Documents, etc. posted at link: https://thecivilrightslawyer.com/2022/10/05/stopped-for-flashing-handcuffed-for-laughing-unreal-wv-traffic-stop/ Video to submit? https://forms.gle/HmwnDQKvwvYPxe967 Twitter: https://twitter.com/johnbryanesq Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JohnBryanLaw FAIR USE NOTICE This video may contain copyrighted material; the use of which has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available for the purposes of criticism, comment, review and news reporting which constitute the fair use of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work for purposes such as criticism, comment, review and news reporting is not an infringement of copyright. NOTE: We don't condone threats or violence of any kind. If you are upset or outraged by acts of government misconduct featured in this video, we encourage you to utilize lawful means of expression, including becoming involved in the political process, as well as seeking accountability through the judicial system.

Documents posted at link: https://thecivilrightslawyer.com/2022/10/05/breaking-wv-parole-officer-abuse-and-coverup-exposed-lawsuit-indictment/ Video to submit? https://forms.gle/HmwnDQKvwvYPxe967 Twitter: https://twitter.com/johnbryanesq Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JohnBryanLaw FAIR USE NOTICE This video may contain copyrighted material; the use of which has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available for the purposes of criticism, comment, review and news reporting which constitute the fair use of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work for purposes such as criticism, comment, review and news reporting is not an infringement of copyright. NOTE: We don't condone threats or violence of any kind. If you are upset or outraged by acts of government misconduct featured in this video, we encourage you to utilize lawful means of expression, including becoming involved in the political process, as well as seeking accountability through the judicial system.

Creepy Cops Search Footage: https://youtu.be/xkb7qXFh4qA Day 1 Depositions: https://youtu.be/G1YZsyDuA14 Video about them flexing on my YT channel: https://youtu.be/4DoUCL-LIEg Video to submit? https://forms.gle/HmwnDQKvwvYPxe967 Twitter: https://twitter.com/johnbryanesq Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JohnBryanLaw FAIR USE NOTICE This video may contain copyrighted material; the use of which has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available for the purposes of criticism, comment, review and news reporting which constitute the fair use of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work for purposes such as criticism, comment, review and news reporting is not an infringement of copyright. NOTE: We don't condone threats or violence of any kind. If you are upset or outraged by acts of government misconduct featured in this video, we encourage you to utilize lawful means of expression, including becoming involved in the political process, as well as seeking accountability through the judicial system.

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By now we’ve all seen the footage of the train in Colorado hitting the police car stopped on the tracks, severely injuring a woman in police custody who was placed handcuffed in the rear of the police cruiser. My immediate thought was qualified immunity. There can be no doubt that the police officer was directly at fault in causing the severe injuries to the woman in his custody. No doubt about it. But unlike a doctor who negligently injures someone, a police officer get to assert qualified immunity. Qualified immunity is unfair and needs to be abolished. A lawyer representing this woman, if a lawsuit is filed, is going to have the legal requirement to point to some past clearly established case law describing the officer’s conduct as a civil rights violation. Well, how many cases have there been in any particular jurisdiction where police officers let people in their custody get hit by trains? Moreover, as I’ve explained before, to establish section 1983 liability, you have to allege intentional conduct – not negligence or incompetence. Some intentional or purposeful conduct. For this reason, when one police officer accidentally shoots their partner, there’s generally no liability. I did a video on that one already. I took a quick look at the case law in the jurisdiction where this train incident happened, which is Colorado, which is in the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. So that’s where you want to look first for federal civil rights case law. I have a theory of liability here. First, take a look at some of the new footage released, from another angle. https://thecivilrightslawyer.com/2022/10/03/abandoned-on-train-tracks-by-police-qualified-immunity-state-created-danger-theory/ Video to submit? https://forms.gle/HmwnDQKvwvYPxe967 Twitter: https://twitter.com/johnbryanesq Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JohnBryanLaw FAIR USE NOTICE This video may contain copyrighted material; the use of which has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available for the purposes of criticism, comment, review and news reporting which constitute the fair use of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work for purposes such as criticism, comment, review and news reporting is not an infringement of copyright. NOTE: We don't condone threats or violence of any kind. If you are upset or outraged by acts of government misconduct featured in this video, we encourage you to utilize lawful means of expression, including becoming involved in the political process, as well as seeking accountability through the judicial system.

Jeff Gray, the “Godfather” of First Amendment auditors on Youtube, this week stopped in a couple different small towns here in West Virginia, publishing two videos of his encounters. Jeff went to Mount Hope, West Virginia. When Jeff told me he was coming through West Virginia, asking where he should go, I told him about Mount Hope, where I exposed the fact that they had this police officer who was essentially terrorizing motorists on a nearby four lane highway. So apparently that’s where he chose to go, and you can watch the full video on his channel about just what happened. A town official basically claims that the First Amendment doesn’t apply in her town. Is “panhandling” protected free speech? More, and links: https://thecivilrightslawyer.com/2022/10/01/wv-town-official-we-dont-allow-the-first-amendment-here/ Jeff’s Video: https://youtu.be/q0GKthtMKOM Video to submit? https://forms.gle/HmwnDQKvwvYPxe967 Twitter: https://twitter.com/johnbryanesq Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JohnBryanLaw FAIR USE NOTICE This video may contain copyrighted material; the use of which has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available for the purposes of criticism, comment, review and news reporting which constitute the fair use of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work for purposes such as criticism, comment, review and news reporting is not an infringement of copyright. NOTE: We don't condone threats or violence of any kind. If you are upset or outraged by acts of government misconduct featured in this video, we encourage you to utilize lawful means of expression, including becoming involved in the political process, as well as seeking accountability through the judicial system.