From what this article says, it looks like the Sheriff is going to get absolutely vaporized in court. Putting the sheriffs faulty logic aside, it’s just a poor strategic move to not just apologize...
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Original: "A Teenager Posted About Her COVID-19 Infection on Instagram. A Deputy Threatened To Arrest Her If She Didn't Delete It"
Net result: further erosion of trust in public institutions in the eyes of the young.
I don’t see how this is limited to young people. I also can’t believe the police department is doubling down on this. In the end, it’s going to be the taxpayers of the county who are on the hook for their police departments ignorance.
Pull the settlement from the police pension fund.
Disorderly conduct is a pathetic law corrupt police use for everything they do not like. They do not care because they can shoot innocent people and get a played vacation as a thank you. They never have to pay, people always sue the state and the taxpayers pay for mistakes the corrupt cops do regularly. The worst thing that can happen to a corrupt cop is they get fired but immediately rehired in the next town. I saw many cases of this. The US police loves criminals because they are a criminal gang.