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Is There a Right to Flash Lights to Warn Motorists of a Speed Trap? – Can They Stop You?

Is There a Right to Flash Lights to Warn Motorists of a Speed Trap? – Can They Stop You?

Is there a constitutionally protected right to flash your lights at oncoming traffic, in order to warn them of an approaching speed trap? There’s remarkably few rulings out there on this issue, and a quick search reveals very little guidance from the judiciary and the legal community. But that doesn’t mean it isn’t a common […]

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Hotel SWAT Team Raids Customer's Room and Searches for Firearms

Hotel SWAT Team Raids Customer’s Room and Searches for Firearms

Ben was in Las Vegas for DEFCON, the world’s largest annual hacker convention. Ben’s day job is in the field of cybersecurity. He was staying at the Paris Las Vegas Hotel. Around 11pm on Sunday, August 14, he’s startled out of a sleep, in his dark hotel room. There’s pounding on the door. He walks

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Footage Released of WV Judge Pulling Gun in Courtroom

Footage Released of WV Judge Pulling Gun in Courtroom

I posted a video about a month ago titled, “WV Judge Pulls Gun . . . Then it Gets Weird.” This was about West Virginia Circuit Court Judge David Hummel. Here’s the first video: There’s been a few updates in the reporting since the video. There was insinuation that video footage existed in this case.

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Cops Enter Private Property and Demand ID For Imaginary Crime

Cops Enter Private Property and Demand ID For Imaginary Crime

In the early morning hours of October 12, 2021, Corey Jones got up early to work on some property improvements at his home, clearing brush around his acreage. He got out there early because he had to take his kids to school. Since it was still dark out, he used a headlamp. Unbeknownst to him

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Virginia Jury Awards Damages for Unlawful Arrest and Tasering

Virginia Jury Awards Damages for Unlawful Arrest and Tasering

Today’s video is about Matthew Souter, who owns a farmhouse in The Plains, Virginia. He ended up being unlawfully arrested and tased by police officers in his front yard. I’ll tell you about his interaction with the police, from beginning, all the way to last week’s jury verdict in a federal courtroom in Alexandria, Virginia.

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WV Deputy Arrested & Indicted by Feds - County Refused My FOIA for Body Cam

WV Deputy Arrested & Indicted by Feds – County Refused My FOIA for Body Cam

A West Virginia Deputy has been indicted by the feds. It just hit the news a few days ago. I figured there must be body cam footage of the incident, so I sent a FOIA request to the employer. I was holding off on discussing the case until I saw the footage. I’ve now received

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Meh…. Someone Owns This Property- Possibly

Meh…. Someone Owns This Property- Possibly

On August 19, 2022, Joshua Gibbons arrived at Aerojet Rocketdyne Corporation in Jonesborough, Tennessee. He sent me a link to his video of him getting arrested shortly afterwards. More: https://thecivilrightslawyer.com/2022/08/27/trespass-arrest-of-first-amendment-auditor-meh-someone-must-own-it/ Original video from Big G Audit: https://youtu.be/yMWgw97whas Video to submit? https://forms.gle/HmwnDQKvwvYPxe967 Twitter: https://twitter.com/johnbryanesq Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JohnBryanLaw FAIR USE NOTICE This video may contain copyrighted material; the

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