Woman Awarded $1.12M After Being Arrested While Taking Photos Outside a Military Base

[bribrius]

$1.12M for four days in jail ... fair enough.

I'd settle for 1mil even.

you wouldn't even get that much you are a guy. the woman get 1.2. if she was black probably 300k. A guy gets 600k if they are French and white all else is down hill if you are a guy. white, American male, you might get 50k. If you were a black male you would just be happy to get the hell back out.

 

[rexbobcat]

Wish I lived near a military base.

 

[gsgary]

Don't forget you are all paying for it

 

[bribrius]

Don't forget you are all paying for it

naaa. They just print more money. Add it to the other couple trillion or so in deficit thingy....

 

[runnah]

Don't forget you are all paying for it

I am very used to having my tax dollars be spent by idiots on idiots.

 

[Braineack]

Don't forget you are all paying for it

I am very used to having my tax dollars be spent by idiots on idiots.

who else would it be spent on by whom?

 

[gsgary]

If there wasn't such a claim culture it wouldn't be spent on anyone, insurance would be cheaper and taxes

 

[KmH]

The average cop knows very little law and often manage to step on their own crank, not only costing taxpayers money from law suits, but also often making it impossible to prosecute guilty criminals.
What little law they do know is in a pretty narrow range that is directly related to their job.
In other words a beat cop won't necessarily be familiar with the laws that a detective, narc, or bunko cop would.

The average cop is just as susceptible to urban legend as anyone else.

 

[vintagesnaps]

There's more to the story. (Although it was not exactly quick and easy to sift thru re-postings of this story and tabloid articles etc.)

This account from The Southhampton Press in 2009 tells about her having guns and ammo in her trunk and having been to the base before..... Unfortunately this situation didn't seem to have been handled properly which seems to have left them open to a lawsuit from her.

Westhampton News - Woman says trespassing arrest at Air National Guard base was misunderstanding - 27east

 

[robbins.photo]

And thus we witnessed the beginning of a star studded career in Mall Security.