Patriot Picket Civil Rights Suit FILED!

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  • Rack&Roll

    R.I.P
    Patriot Picket
    Jan 23, 2013
    22,304
    Bunkerville, MD
    We could not have suspected it then, but as events have unfolded we cannot discount the suspicion that it was actually Gov. Lawnchair Hogan who ORDERED our arrests.

    Which makes the following spoof photo from a year ago (that we withheld) sadly comical...
     

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    Rack&Roll

    R.I.P
    Patriot Picket
    Jan 23, 2013
    22,304
    Bunkerville, MD
    Also marking this 365 days without justice are our Brothers in Arms standing with us that fateful night:

    Adolph Oliver Bush
    Not_An_Outlaw
    Bob A
    GTOgunner
    HillbillyGrandpa
    ZenMonkey

    Special props to our guys for documenting our arrests, and in the case of AOB, parading with a 4x8 sign right through the scene when we were being cuffed up!

    Some video here;

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PhVHKHHbqXc
     

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    Rack&Roll

    R.I.P
    Patriot Picket
    Jan 23, 2013
    22,304
    Bunkerville, MD
    One year ago: In the first picture that is Adolph Oliver Bush continuing to picket right in the spot we were arrested— daring the MCP to cuff him up.

    Picture 2 is Not_an_Outlaw continuing to picket just steps away from us, daring the MCP to cuff him up.

    Picture 3 shows Bob A and Hillbilly Grandpa continuing the picket, to show we would not be cowed. HG did this despite the fact that shoulder surgery meant he would be badly injured by having his arms yanked by his back being cuffed.

    Picture 4 shows ZenMonkey, who was assigned to keep a second camera rolling NO MATTER WHAT, being hounded by MCP Sgt when he moved right back on the sidewalk to get a better position to document our predicament.

    In short, your entire PP crew REFUSED to abandon their posts on this civil rights action—despite the threat of arrest.
     

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    fightinbluhen51

    "Quack Pot Call Honker"
    Oct 31, 2008
    8,974
    Meanwhile...what has Red Maryland done for civil rights other than toss a few loaded Molotovs like Max Boot, Rick Wilson, or Bill Kristol.
     

    Kilroy

    Ultimate Member
    Jul 27, 2011
    3,069
    What judgement is being asked for in this case? Why were they arrested in the first place?
     

    Rack&Roll

    R.I.P
    Patriot Picket
    Jan 23, 2013
    22,304
    Bunkerville, MD
    What judgement is being asked for in this case? Why were they arrested in the first place?

    We were ordered off the sidewalk and onto Lawyers Mall, ostensibly because the politicians and the Maryland Capitol Police has grown tired of our 2A activism.

    We refused to leave the public sidewalk—it is a basic American right to engage in free speech messaging there.

    That led to the arrest of my brother and me for refusal to obey a police order.

    Barring political corruption and interference in our Federal lawsuit for depriving us of our civil rights, we expect to win.
     

    DC-W

    Ultimate Member
    Patriot Picket
    Jan 23, 2013
    25,290
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    Quick recap on developments since this thread was last updated:

    The state lost at District Court where the judge granted qualified immunity for Wilson, but denied it for Sgt Pope, who made the arrests. The state motioned for reconsideration and were denied. They’ve appealed to the US Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit and today filed their brief, saying that Pope should be granted qualified immunity and that there is no clearly established right to record law enforcement. A response is due on 2/23.

    Here’s their brief: https://www.marylandshallissue.org/jmain/documents?task=download.send&id=296&catid=4&m=0

    Here’s the case page with every filing: https://www.marylandshallissue.org/jmain/counselor-s-corner/hulbert-v-pope
     

    BMore

    Active Member
    Feb 23, 2008
    236
    High Rent District
    Thank you for the update and to MSI. One thing that stood out to me from the case page.

    That discovery showed that the arrests that night stemmed from a call from the Governor's mansion to have the group moved because the "mansion" did not want to be bothered with questions or attempts at conversations by the protestors. Everyone (including the defendants and other officers at the Capitol Police) admitted that these orders came from the "mansion," but, amazingly, no one at the "mansion" could identify who gave the orders. We did discover that such orders happen as often as twice a month, or whenever someone at the "mansion" decides that the "mansion" does not want to deal with completely peaceful protestors lawfully exercising their First Amendment rights. We can only wonder at the identity of this "mansion" person.
     

    Glaron

    Camp pureblood 13R
    BANNED!!!
    MDS Supporter
    Mar 20, 2013
    12,752
    Virginia
    Thank you!

    Carry on the good fight against "The Mansion"? oh, that was legal, but I was just following orders... from the Mansion? We need some names.
     

    aray

    Ultimate Member
    Jun 6, 2010
    5,294
    MD -> KY
    From the brief on page 11: "Third, with respect to Kevin Hulbert’s claims, the right to record law enforcement officers is not a clearly established First Amendment right."

    This thinking strikes at the very core of why Maryland is not, in fact, "The Free State". Are things permitted if they are not explicitly forbidden by the Constitution, or are they forbidden unless explicitly permitted by the Constitution? Freedom and Liberty demand the first interpretation; tyrants demand the second. Maryland clearly has not yet thrown off The Crown.
     

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