Cops Are Suing a Teen for Invasion of Privacy After Allegedly False Arrest Goes Viral
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19-year-old Tayvin Galanakis posted his traffic stop arrest, despite not being intoxicated, on YouTube where it gained millions of views.
  • OneOrTheOtherDontAskMe@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    1 year ago

    So the judge said “nah, that’s bullshit” to every claim the police attorneys made, except for the part where the kid said the cop beat the shit out of girlfriend when instead he was currently placed under a restraining order and that case hadn’t been finished yet.

    Because the kid said “beat the shit out of his girlfriend” instead of “awaiting sentencing for a domestic violence charge as the aggressor with an active restraining order”, those counts can proceed. Fuck that noise still.

    • centof@lemm.eeEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      Because the kid said “beat the shit out of his girlfriend” instead of “awaiting sentencing for a domestic violence charge as the aggressor with an active restraining order”, those counts can proceed

      It’s actually because the teen said the cop was “‘convicted’ of domestic abuse.” when that wasn’t the case.

      It is still a clear cut case of police intimidating someone who called out their BS, but it is a legally valid claim of defamation.

      • OneOrTheOtherDontAskMe@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Thank you for the correction. Commenting doesn’t make going back to the article easy on mobile. Definitely upsetting that’s not considered “close enough” like the rest of his speech.