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1 week ago

Man Files Civil Rights Lawsuit After Being Arrested Over A Meme - Above the Law

Larry Bushart is suing Perry County, Tennessee law enforcement for violating his First Amendment rights after arrest and 37-day jailing over a Facebook meme.
UK news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 month ago

Parents get 20k payout' after unlawful arrest over school WhatsApp row

A couple arrested after complaining about their daughter's school on WhatsApp received a £20,000 payout after police admitted the arrest was unlawful.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Hertfordshire police admit unlawful arrest of couple in school WhatsApp row report

A police force has reportedly admitted it unlawfully arrested two parents in front of their nine-year-old daughter after they complained about her school on WhatsApp. Rosalind Levine and her partner, Maxie Allen, said they were held at a police station for 11 hours over the complaints about their daughter's primary school. The pair claimed they had been arrested and detained in January by six uniformed officers on suspicion of harassment, malicious communications and causing a nuisance on school property.
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US politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Chicago daycare worker freed after judge rules ICE arrest unlawful

A federal judge ruled Diana Santillana Galeano's detention unlawful for lack of a preliminary bond hearing, and she was released pending a bond hearing by 18 November.
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