Brickbat: the Camera Never Lies

Adams County, Colorado, officials will pay $80,000 to settle a First Amendment lawsuit filed by Barry Zatkalik, who was wrongfully arrested while filming a sheriff's deputy from a distance during a February 2024 traffic stop. Zatkalik, a former reserve officer for the Denver Police Department, had pulled over to record Deputy Walter Berlinski, believing the deputy was speeding without lights or sirens. When Berlinski noticed and demanded his ID, Zatkalik refused and asked for a supervisor while continuing to film, which is protected by law. Berlinski handcuffed and arrested him for obstruction, even threatening to Taser him. Bodycam and dashcam footage later revealed other officers telling Berlinski he had no probable cause to arrest Zatkalik. Berlinski himself conceded his case was weak.

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[Fist of Etiquette]

Bodycam and dashcam footage later revealed other officers telling Berlinski he had no probable cause to arrest Zatkalik.

I'd sure hate to be Berlinski right now. Those three minutes of retraining would have to be tough to swallow.

[Chumby]

Methinks the former reserve officer understands that municipal attorneys often settle these cases for amounts considerable to individuals to avoid similar costs should it go to trial and to avoid the potential mega payout.

There are indy “professionals” referred to as Auditors that can make an annual six figure income recording LEOs ignorant of laws.

[SQRLSY]

"...LEOs ignorant of laws."

"Law; dr", they assert, PROUDLY!!! They are PROUD of their ignorance, and BRAG of shit!!!

I wonder if THAT shit reminds Scumby the Scummy Chimp-Chump of anything in particular?

[Chumby]

Bodycam and dashcam footage later revealed other officers telling Berlinski he had no probable cause to arrest Zatkalik.

Keep playing with your feces before you eat it.

[SQRLSY]

Copsuckers gotta suck cop dicks, so here is Scumby making excuses for some of them! (Admittedly a TINY bit of humility and honesty goes a LONG way! MAYBE some sunny day, Scumby will learn that!) PS, Berlinski: "Other cops; dl" ... Didn't Listen.

Butt then WHY did Scumby refer to "...LEOs ignorant of laws."

Most of all, WHY does Scumby brag of Shit's ignorance, and then call OTHER ASSHOLES on THEIR ignorance?

[Chumby]

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[Stupid Government Tricks]

It makes one wonder how many more cases there are of people who know none of these finer points and just do what they're told. Instead of teaching DEI and the history of racial epithets and all that nonsense, schools could rein in police abuse for better by teaching basic constitutional and legal rights. Imagine if even one tenth of motorists fought back with lawsuits like this for cops that try to cow them with nonsense. That would affect everything the cops do, not just traffic stops.

Just goes to show that wokism is all about optics, not about justice or fairness.

[jimc5499]

ROTFLMAO!!! Democrats don't want that. They want people to be ignorant of the Law. That way they can twist it any way they need to suit their agenda. Why do you think that Civics is no longer taught and was replaced by Social Justice?

[Stupid Government Tricks]

Oh, absolutely! Last thing statists want is for the peasants to think for themselves and become uppity. Thomas Sowell will never get the Nobel Prize he deserves, same as Clarence Thomas will never be accepted as a "real" judge.