Cop Gets FIRED IMMEDIATELY After Losing Control!

TL;DR

A First Amendment Auditor is unlawfully arrested and assaulted by a police officer, sparking an internal affairs investigation and resignation of the officer involved.

Transcript

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Key Insights

• 🛣️ The location of utility poles alone cannot be used as a reliable indicator that an individual is on public property.
• 📷 Mr. Roberts had the right to film in public and was on an easement, not private property.
• ⚖️ Assault can include any offensive physical touch, even if no physical injury occurs.
• 💼 Damaging personal property requires a willful and malicious mental state, not just accidental damage.
• 🔊 Yelling across a parking lot may not constitute breach of peace or disorderly conduct protected by the First Amendment.
• 🚫 Mr. Roberts had the right to resist an unlawful arrest, and Sergeant Morrison had no lawful basis to arrest him.
• 💔 Sergeant Morrison exhibited unlawful behavior, resulting in policy violations, unnecessary force, and unlawfully deleting video footage.
• 🟥 The Florence County Sheriff's Office investigated the incident, resulting in Sergeant Morrison's resignation and a referral to the solicitor's office for potential charges.

Summary & Key Takeaways

• First Amendment auditor Joshua Roberts is filming outside a building when two workers approach him aggressively.

• The workers assault Roberts by grabbing his camera, leading to a confrontation and the pulling out of a taser in self-defense.

• Deputies arrive and wrongfully threaten Roberts with arrest for breach of peace, leading to his arrest and subsequent internal affairs investigation, resulting in the officer's resignation.