"Cursing or abusing officers", how can I fight the charge?
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In which state do you live? Did they have any other reason to pull you over?\nThere are two issues here. First, you do have certain free speech rights; could the cops have charged you if you had yelled something offensive to another person who was not a cop? I would find it hard to believe that your state's laws would differentiate between yelling at any person, which could rise to the level of assaultive behavior, and yelling at a cop.\nSecond, supreme court jurisprudence has held that police officers should be held to a higher standard when it comes to tolerance of offensive language, due to the nature of their job. The statute in your state seems to belie that jurisprudence. You need a good civil rights lawyer who will work to show that the statute is unconstitutional.
842078
You run a thin line with slander, especially if he has put the incident behind him. Discuss it with the police first to see if anything can be done
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IF I get beat while in Police custody and DID nothing to deserve it, I don't care what my lawyer said, I would sue.  The problem is that we are a sue happy country and people sue when they are only angry for getting what they deserved!  BUT IF your case is legitimate, then you should sue (and I was a cop).  The only way to stop bad cops is to file a civil rights violation with the FBI and a civil suit.  When Departments start loosing a lot of money for what a few bad cops do, they will change their ways and get rid of the bad apples.  Their is NO EXCUSE for beating a person in handcuffs and behind bars - their are other ways to control an individual without getting your testosterine off.
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I would take the time to sit down and write a formal complaint at least against her, and make sure it went to her department. As for him, he is less of a man not to take some kind of action to keep this issue from blowing up.\n\nCops are humans too, and a small percent, about 1% are on the take, sleazy, or cheats. In a department with a few thousand officers, that 1% is a pretty good number.\n\nI am sure the Captain or Chief will look at your complaint and act on it. Also, phone calls can be reported as harassment calls to the local phone company. If the phone company records show that yes, it is harassment, they can shut off the offenders phone, and not allow them to get phone service for a long time.\n\nYou have rights too, don't roll over and play dead, act and get something done, then go on with your life.
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I wouldn't tell the local police, because they might ignore it to protect their own officer.  Give the video to the state police or FBI.  They can do something about the officer's misbehavior.
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First, I would be going to the owner of the company and lodging your complaint, since it is a supervisor that the harrassment charges are being leveled against.  If this does not resolve the situation, then I would talk to an attorney about the matter.
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If the person is saying the things in some sort of public forum, you could sue for libel/slander, but if the person has merely filed charges with the police, the charges and any statements made to the police are given absolute privelege. If the DA proceeds with the charges, knowing that they are substantially untrue, you could sue them for malicious prosecution, but that's pretty hard to prove and probably wouldn't be worth it.
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Who are you being "persecuted" by?  If it is the police, then they would require evidence of pot, paraphernelia, or something to charge you.  If it is just teachers or chaperones, then you have to speak to them calmly and sensibly (not yelling, screaming, denying).  Adults shut their ears when you yell/deny and just assume you are trying to get out of trouble.  Ask them what proof there is that you were smoking pot other than someone saying they smelled it in the area you were.  Make them think through their accusation.  The most important part is to try to speak to them like a mature adult, not like a kid.\n\nUnfortunately, if you've earned a reputation of being a troublemaker or liar, they are not likely to believe you didn't do it.
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Consult a lawyer.  Document everything in regards to the offense and shore up your alibis.
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Harassment and insubordination.\n\nAnd if you are an officer in the army or police force I think they could call it conduct unbecoming an officer.\n\nSorry...even if he deserved it you're done.\n\nHope you did not need the job too bad.\n\nGood luck finding a new one!\n\nMaybe you should try to get a job writing for MAD Magazine?  Or something with the comedy network.
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Get A lawyer but go to a few of them to make sure that they know how to handle your case. ACLU can be very helpful!\nMake sure u keep times/dates/ incidents and names if u can get them. Make sure it is in detail and present it when u find a lawyer u can trust and know he /she is going to take your case seriously! Go to the Mayors office of the city you are being violated in and make them very aware of the situation. Lawyers might ask if u did anything like make  complaints or talk to anyone about this that might be able to take care of it before they will get involved. Good luck !
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Talk to a local attorney. They usually offer free consultations and can tell you what if anything was wrong with what happened in the situation. If you feel there was something wrong with the situation then maybe there was. If anything maybe you can at least get an apology from the chief of police even if there was nothing legally wrong with the situation.
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I'm a police officer in Texas and I can tell you what Texas law allows. In Texas there is a 2yr statute of limitations for Misdemeanor offenses from the date of the violation, or the date the officer first became aware of the offense in which to file a complaint in court. However, it's not very ethical and you can surely bring it up in court before a judge or jury if you request a jury trial. Did you do anything after he originally let you go that might cause him to take that action? Even if you did, I think you can have him explain to the court why he did that; just on face value from what you said it implies a personal bias against you or harrassment or retaliation at worst. That's a criminal offense if proven against an officer. I'd suggest calling the Internal Affairs division of the agency he works for and / or a supervisor. You can seek free legal advice from your local State Bar Association or attorney's where you live, and you can plead "no contest" if you want which is a plea that finds you guilty of the offense but does not imply a confession, and allows you to explain to the judge what happened and usually results in the fine being cut in half.
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Every person who attempts, by means of any threat or violence, to deter or prevent an executive officer from performing any duty imposed upon such officer by law, or who knowingly resists, by the use of force or violence, such officer, in the performance of his duty, is punishable by a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or by imprisonment in the state prison, or in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.\n\nIs this what you were looking for?
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You know, I suspect you're not going to get many takers on this one.  You've got a lot of issues here that are very involved and nobody who knows what they are talking about is going to be able to give you an answer based on the "facts" you've presented here.\n\nRather than try to answer your question, let me ask you some more:\n\nWhat do you define as arguing?  Was it strictly verbal or was there any physical touching whatsoever?  \n\nWere any threats of any kind made during the argument?\n\nYou said the police saw marks on you from "making up"...which, frankly, is very suspicious to an old cop like me.  But the question is, what kind of marks?  Are you talking about a hickey or a bruise?\n\nWhen the police interviewed your husband, what did he say?  Did he perhaps admit to doing something that would have violated the law in your state?  And please - if you did not personally hear the interview between your husband and the police, you do not *know* what was said...you might know what your husband told you later, but if you didn't hear it for yourself, you don't know.\n\nDon't know if you're asking a question about the city or the state prosecuting, but if you are: not unusual for the state to prosecute a domestic violence charge, even if the victim denies it or changes their story later.\n\nIf you told the police the marks on you were from "making up", then they did take a statement from you.  Once you said that, the police may have felt that was all the statement they were going to get out of you - especially if the marks they saw were not consistent with what you said was "making up" (for example: most people don't make up by leaving bruises, swollen lips, scratches, black eyes, etc...if those are the marks you're talking about, I'm with the cops on this one).\n\nIf you had marks, the police certainly should have taken photos of them.  Some types of minor injuries don't show well in photos (especially depending on the equipment) so they may not have thought photos were worthwhile or they just simply didn't take them.  What were your "marks"?\n\nYou're asking what the odds are that he'll be found guilty based on what you say is the officer's testimony and your statement in defense of your husband.  Can't answer that one because neither you nor I have all the facts, I suspect.\n\nWhat did the neighbors say (or more importantly, do the neighbors have something to say; did they hear threats, did they hear physical violence, did they hear you say something that would suggest you were being victimized)?\n\nWhat did he say?  Maybe without meaning to, he admitted to a crime.  He wouldn't be the first person to do so...and if the cops were skillful interviewers, they may have obtained an admission or confession from him without him realizing he was doing so.\n\nWhat is the crime of domestic violence in Virginia?  You were smart to include that you're in that state because it certainly makes a difference (and unfortunately, I'm not from there).\n\nDo the police know you and your husband?  Either of you been arrested for domestic violence before?  \n\nBottom line: way too many "what-if's" for anyone to give you an educated answer to your question.  Depending on the answers to the questions I've asked, the chances of him being found guilty could be very good, or very poor.\n\nAnd finally: I've investigated domestic violence crimes for over 18 years as a police officer.  I hope everything you wrote here is absolutely true...that you were not the victim of domestic violence, and that you are as safe today as the day you were born.  I hope nobody ever lays a hand on you, threatens you, or abuses you.  However, what you've written here (and what I suspect your answers to some of my questions might be) is some of the most commonly-expressed statements I've heard from domestic violence vi
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click on "report abuse" beside the rude comment.\n\nFrom there, select why you are reporting it and then add your 2 cents and click send.
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Record an incident on video. Not sure what the laws are in your area but verbal abuse qualifies as assault here. Have the pissant thrown in jail.