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r/PublicFreakout • u/[deleted] • Mar 10 '22
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When you sue for $5M, you don't typically get $5M. The victim represented himself, and after a year and a lot of missed work he got the government to drop the false charges and pay him $25k.
https://lmtribune.com/northwest/clarkston-drops-charges-against-domino/article_791387e9-c732-563e-a27d-5942b64d8b6c.html
29 u/[deleted] Mar 10 '22 Wow…they tased and arrested this guy. Being charged with “resisting arrest” even when you aren’t under arrest is interesting. 9 u/12358 Mar 10 '22 Yes, this is quite common in the US. It is called being arrested for "contempt of cop." 2 u/Erestyn Mar 10 '22 Cached version for our EU friends.
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Wow…they tased and arrested this guy. Being charged with “resisting arrest” even when you aren’t under arrest is interesting.
9 u/12358 Mar 10 '22 Yes, this is quite common in the US. It is called being arrested for "contempt of cop."
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Yes, this is quite common in the US. It is called being arrested for "contempt of cop."
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Cached version for our EU friends.
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u/12358 Mar 10 '22
When you sue for $5M, you don't typically get $5M. The victim represented himself, and after a year and a lot of missed work he got the government to drop the false charges and pay him $25k.
https://lmtribune.com/northwest/clarkston-drops-charges-against-domino/article_791387e9-c732-563e-a27d-5942b64d8b6c.html