Tased ATF Agent

[JimmyJames]

This is fairly old (occurred July 7, 2020, reported around Dec 10, 2020, bodycam footage released around August 11, 2022) but I only just became aware of it. I found it cathartic, and wanted to share in case others do as well.
Bodycam:


News Report:
https://www.dispatch.com/story/news...s-police-officers-excessive-force/6505667002/

Apparently this guy was also previously charged with theft of wine at a Kroger.

ATF agent charged with stealing wine from Kroger

A federal agent is charged with theft after employees grew suspicious and alerted authorities.

www.wcpo.com

He's apparently still with the ATF. Not sure what became of the theft charge.

 

[M_Lee]

Old news and Breitbart News just a notch above National Enquirer. I would guess they post it to feed the paranoid tinfoil hat wearing members of the public.
This is a copy of the lawsuit filed from the incident. I would guess they probably just settled.

https://ia601706.us.archive.org/15/items/gov.uscourts.ohsd.249318/gov.uscourts.ohsd.249318.1.0.pdf

 

[JBP55]

I see an out of court settlement with a big payout coming to the ATF Agent.

 

[JimmyJames]

I see an out of court settlement with a big payout coming to the ATF Agent.

Why? Responding officers can claim qualified immunity. The courts repeatedly rule in favor of qualified immunity for police misconduct and violation of rights. The supreme court did as well.

 

[JimmyJames]

Old news and Breitbart News just a notch above National Enquirer. I would guess they post it to feed the paranoid tinfoil hat wearing members of the public.
This is a copy of the lawsuit filed from the incident. I would guess they probably just settled.

https://ia601706.us.archive.org/15/items/gov.uscourts.ohsd.249318/gov.uscourts.ohsd.249318.1.0.pdf

You say that like it being a Breitbart link somehow spins or obfuscates the incident. I linked bodycam footage, not an opinion piece. The hosted platform has no bearing on anything, despite your apparent negative fixation on and bashing of it.

 

[M_Lee]

Why? Responding officers can claim qualified immunity. The courts repeatedly rule in favor of qualified immunity for police misconduct and violation of rights. The supreme court did as well.

The department gets sued, not the individual officers.

 

[M_Lee]

You say that like it being a Breitbart link somehow spins or obfuscates the incident. I linked bodycam footage, not an opinion piece. The hosted platform has no bearing on anything, despite your apparent negative fixation on and bashing of it.

Hardly a fixation, just an opinion and my opinion is that it's yellow journalism.

 

[JimmyJames]

Hardly a fixation, just an opinion and my opinion is that it's yellow journalism.

Sorry if it sounded like I was pointing fingers. Just felt like a really tangential bone to pick, considering.

 

[JimmyJames]

The department gets sued, not the individual officers.

Not a lawyer, so maybe I'm missing something, but the officers are the named defendants, not the PD itself. There is still a civil suit for the city itself, but again the officers can claim qualified immunity and will almost assuredly get it considering precedent.

 

[Magdump]

Old news and Breitbart News just a notch above National Enquirer. I would guess they post it to feed the paranoid tinfoil hat wearing members of the public.
This is a copy of the lawsuit filed from the incident. I would guess they probably just settled.

https://ia601706.us.archive.org/15/items/gov.uscourts.ohsd.249318/gov.uscourts.ohsd.249318.1.0.pdf

Completely disagree with your poor description of Breitbart. You obviously know very little about that source or who it’s named for.