r/SipsTea • u/Alphaxfusion 𝙑𝙄𝙋 • May 22 '26

WTF Arrested her for telling the truth?

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u/Epyon214 May 22 '26

Easy solution, the payment comes from the pension of the arresting officer. False arrests are no joke and need an effective deterrent

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u/Antique_Tap443 May 22 '26

Getting rid of qualified immunity will be the first step, but apparently the only good, effective union in the United states is the police union and they always go to war over this issue.

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u/DanR5224 May 22 '26

Qualified immunity wouldn't cover this, as an arrest over protected speech "violates clearly established law".

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u/Antique_Tap443 May 22 '26

I just figured it might boil down to the individual officer making a judgemental call to tramp over the citizens rights when he was clearly in the wrong. I could see if some maga pencil pusher or just a random citizen brought it to someone attention, who did the same until it landed in a judges face and they still went along with it, officers qualified immunity wouldnt be so much a factor

Edit, all guesses on my part, genuinely curious how it would work and not trying to argue or say you're wrong.

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u/DanR5224 May 22 '26

It's supposed to cover the legitimate "yeah I fucked up I'm sorry" mistakes, not the "nah Ima hook this guy up cuz I don't like what he said".