holy smoke - stranded through mistaken identity

[wooderson]

You could probably find someone to take it on contingency. Doubt the city would fight too hard, so you don't need the Johnnie Cochran of personal injury guys on your side - just someone to work out a fair settlement (and apology, always a meaningless apology).

 

[mrtgbnkr]

So when they thought he was a wanted felon, he was important enough to spend a bunch of coin on in the form of plane tickets for him and an escort. Once they find out that he's an innocent citizen who has been forced to sit in jail over the holidays, they hem and haw around about the expense and finally break down and spring for a BUS ticket to get him home. Unreal.

 

[Speer]

Then, they would have said, well, we were wrong about the warrant, but he still faces charges for resisting and obstruction.

I was thinkin' the same thing. He stated cleary they had the wrong guy. What was he supposed to do? Start throwin' blows? Dude needs to sue.

 

[tellner]

We need tort reform, by gum! If we got rid of the contingency system and instituted "loser pays" like Our Leader the Decider and Newt "I have a dead possum on my head" Gingrich wanted the G-d fearing Law Enforcement Officials who keep us safe wouldn't have to worry about frivolous lawsuits from scumbags like this.

 

[cassandrasdaddy]

at least the momtgomery county

jail is one of the better ones in dc....., or it was back in the day

 

[.41Dave]

This poor guy is lucky he wasn't confused with some suspected terrorist and extradited to Gitmo. We'd never even know about him then.

Seems to me that the laws that protect "public servants" from being sued personally for misdeeds and gross negligence committed in the course of their official duties need to be repealed. Making government employees personally accountable would do more to improve the country than the election of one group of party hacks or another.