Sooo. You all heard about the cop car that slammed into Bar PM Sunday night. And they arrested the owner for having the audacity to question him. Well here’s the video. 1/
We represent the owners. And this morning the prosecutors office agreed that Chad will be released on his own recognizance. we are awaiting him walking out of the jail right now. 2/
The prosecutor just called us, and said that they will be amending the charge from a felony to a misdemeanor. But that won’t be enough. We have video that shows that the police were the aggressors. And Chad did nothing wrong. 3/
People are asking what they can do to support Chad and James. We will have more in the future but the best thing you can do is come to the bar tonight. We will be open and celebrating Chad’s release. 4/
Please retweet this. And the media has permission to use this video with proper attribution. 5/
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Update on Bar:PM where a St. Louis police SUV slammed into our clients 'bar. Then officers handcuffed the owners, beat one up & charged him. Here's video of initial interaction that shows police had no basis to cuff James & escalated this whole thing (Please RT for visibility)
Let's break this down. Off. Ramelle Wallace pulls out cuffs within TWENTY TWO SECONDS of talking to James. And James was breaking no laws. The Supreme Court ruled in Cohen v. California (1971) and Lewis v. New Orleans (1974) that you can yell at cops & even tell them to fuck off
Officer Wallace shows up and immediately goes to rage level 10. His first question is at 0:21. He demands ID, which he is only allowed to do if he has reasonable suspicion that James was breaking the law. There was no suspicion
Oh boy. Today, police announced that they did not give a breathalyzer exam to the St. Louis police officer who crashed into my clients bar bc other officers determined he was not impaired. Well here video of him running a red light seconds before he crashed into Bar:PM 1
This is at the intersection of Broadway and Nagle. Thats a 15 second walk from the bar. Here's a freeze frame of the SLMPD car in middle of intersection. 2/
So here's a recap of police statement. Same officer who beat my client decide that driver had no impairment and didn't need breathalyzer. No dash cam on car. Won't release body cam. No investigation of crash. No crash scene photos. 3/
New thread on police brutality, corruption & how the criminal justice system bends over backward to protect crooked cops. THIS CASE HAS ALL THE PLAYERS. Its a long one but hits on everything. RTs and follows are appreciated
Today was to be the criminal trial of former @slmpd officer William Olsten for assaulting our clients with pepper spray
You may remember Olsten from his greatest hits. In 2019, he and his cop buddy Joseph Schmitt shot a guy at a cop bar. The first claimed hat while they were drinking off duty with other cops, a guy shot at them
This isn’t @LydaKrewson’s first time doing this. On 9/17/17, two days after a window was broken at her house, @SLMPD arrested and beat 100+ peaceful and compliant people. Whole thing is on video. 1/
You can see people beaten and sprayed while their hands are up. Begging to leave. Doing nothing wrong. Police across America copied this during #GeorgeFloyd protests 3/
Thread on new Immigration detention Executive Order. THIS. WAS. ALL. A. TRAP.
(Background) I spent 10 years as a counterterrorism prosecutor at ICE and then 4 years as a manager w/ the Dept of Labor’s Immigration program.
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Toward the end of the Bush administration, there was a huge controversy regarding the detention of young immigrant children with their families. The visuals of 3 year olds walking around in orange jumpsuits was shocking. 2/x
The most well known of these facilities is the T. Don Hutto Residential Center in Texas. Due to the outrage and several lawsuits, ICE changed its a policy. The detention would now be temporary. 3/x