Trayvon’s Family Might be Required to Pay Zimmerman’s Lost Wages

By spocko, on July 15th, 2013%

My friend Lisa Graves, the executive director of the Center for Media and Democracy and the publisher of ALEC Exposed, was on Disrupt with Karen Finney this weekend. Here is a link to the whole show.

I want to share with you a part of the story I haven’t seen anywhere else.

:..if Trayvon’s family does not prevail in a civil suit and this claim is invoked, under that law, they would be required to pay George Zimmerman’s attorney’s fees and lost wages. It would require the victim’s family to pay the killer. And pay for the killer’s wages. That’s the law in over two dozen states in this country now.”

So, for everyone hoping that the Martin family might have a shot at winning a civil case, it’s not going to be easy.

I also want to point out that the Center for Media and Democracy is a GREAT group, I’ve been a fan for decades. They were responsible for getting 33 corporations to leave ALEC by showing them that the disgusting “Kill at Will” laws pushed by the . . . → Read More: Trayvon’s Family Might be Required to Pay Zimmerman’s Lost Wages

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Man Films Cops. Is Arrested for Filming. Then They Shoot his Dog

By spocko, on July 1st, 2013%

A man is filming on-duty police in Hawthorne California. He is walking his dog on a leash. He is filming from a distance. He is holding his phone up, NOT like a gun but like a phone. When he is done either he hears the police say something or he believes that filming the police is illegal and submits himself to the police for arrest.

WARNING, GRAPHIC VIDEO. DOG SHOOTING.

Did the man know it was legal to do this? Did the cops? Did they arrest him for filming or some other reason?

I can see how the dog getting shot will upset people, but from the point of view of the police, a large dog is running at them. The dog doesn’t respond to verbal commands and the officers felt the need to protect themselves. They probably did nothing wrong according to their own guidelines. Also, the man did not have control of his dog during the incident. Of course he was handcuffed, but he could have put the dog in the car with the windows partly up or he could have giving the leash to someone else.

I’d really like more people to know the rules on . . . → Read More: Man Films Cops. Is Arrested for Filming. Then They Shoot his Dog

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