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    Default Re: A Civil Rights Violation

    Every chain of event is true and correct. I was completely cooperative, asked politely to use the phone the correctional officers said as soon as you are booked you will get a pin number, which i never received, every time I asked there was an excuse of you'll get it when we have time. While they were finger printing me I asked what the booking charges were, the deputy did not answer my question she replied Im here to fingerprint you relax your hand. after I was finger printed was put back in a cell with 10-15 other girls then we were lined up for a medical eval. xrays taken and put back in the cell. the phones were off and no pin number was given. I was lined up and put in medical cell for hours, then assigned a 2 person cell and was not let out of there for 4 days my food came in a plastic bag 3 times a day consisting of a packet of peanut butter bread carrots on the 4th day they took me to the court house where I sat all day and did not see the judge was sent back to jail for 3 more days and was not let out of the cell until I was released. My landlord tried to locate me and find out the charges, bail, court date and was told there were no charges and no bail amount and a court date in 4 days. I have the booking information which has no charges on it.

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    Default Re: A Civil Rights Violation

    If you look in your local phone book you will find many lawyers who offer a free initial consult. I find your story hard to believe but talk to a lawyer or two. See if anyone thinks you have a case.

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    Default Re: A Civil Rights Violation

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    Every chain of event is true and correct. I was completely cooperative, asked politely to use the phone the correctional officers said as soon as you are booked you will get a pin number, which i never received, every time I asked there was an excuse of you'll get it when we have time.
    Ok, the PIN number system is used to allow you to make personal phone calls once you have completed the booking process and moved to a housing cell. Being denied that is not going to carry much weight. However, if you are also saying that during or immediately after the booking process you were not allowed an opportunity to contact an attorney…and you specifically asked to use the phone TO CONTACT AN ATTORNEY…that would constitute a serious violation of your rights.

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    While they were finger printing me I asked what the booking charges were, the deputy did not answer my question she replied Im here to fingerprint you relax your hand.
    Well, what she told you is true as far as it goes. The person doing the fingerprinting may not even know what you are being booked for. However, probably just before you went to get printed and have your picture taken, you should have been sitting/standing in front of a deputy who was asking you questions and entering info into a computer…would have asked questions like verifying your address, phone number, emergency contact, etc. Did you ever enquire of THAT deputy what you were charged with and if there was any bail? You should have been told without having to ask. But, if you specifically asked and that information was not given, again you have a pretty significant cause for complaint.

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    after I was finger printed was put back in a cell with 10-15 other girls then we were lined up for a medical eval. xrays taken and put back in the cell.
    I presume this is when the "body cavity search" occurred? Again, a more specific description of what you were subjected to is needed to give any advice as to whether this was reasonable or not. A visual inspection and/or electronic scan would most likely be reasonable. An actual physical intrusion into your body would require significant specific, articulable cause and, most likely, a warrant signed by a judge.

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    I was lined up and put in medical cell for hours, then assigned a 2 person cell and was not let out of there for 4 days my food came in a plastic bag 3 times a day consisting of a packet of peanut butter bread carrots on the 4th day they took me to the court house where I sat all day and did not see the judge was sent back to jail for 3 more days and was not let out of the cell until I was released.
    Again, if you were held longer than 72 hours without an arraignment or preliminary hearing, you likely have cause for a significant complaint.

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    My landlord tried to locate me and find out the charges, bail, court date and was told there were no charges and no bail amount and a court date in 4 days. I have the booking information which has no charges on it.
    Despite Bubba Jimmy's insinuation that my previous reply was intended to dump on you, that is not my intent. I openly state my skepticism because it is not uncommon for posters here to engage in hyperbole or even outright mischaracterization of the facts of an incident they are inquiring about. Frequently these are revealed when the story starts changing when specific questions are asked in reply (like the "body cavity search" in your first post seeming to change to an "x-ray" in your second). I note that you did not answer most of the specific questions I originally asked and only superficially touched on the rest. I believe that it does a poster a disservice to fail to demonstrate that their exaggerations and mischaracterizations tend to fall apart under knowledgeable scrutiny.

    The primary reason I am so skeptical of your account is that the violations you claim HAVE occurred before. Being held for an unreasonable time without a hearing, denied information regarding charges and bail, coerced confessions/incriminating statements, withholding access to legal council, body cavity searches, arrest without probable cause…all of these things are the basis for very well known and long-standing case law. They have also resulted in police and jail staff being convicted of serious criminal offenses and their agencies being hit with VERY expensive law suits. The resulting consequences for the violations you claim have been quite well known to police and jail staff, supervisors, administrators, and government officials for years. They all know that getting caught doing some of this stuff again would be completely indefensible in court and would result in seriously painful consequences. So, I find it mind-boggling that any jail would commit so many violations, one after another, and not already be hammered by either the state or federal DOJ.

    So, like I said before, if even a couple of your claims can be verified or corroborated, you should easily be able to find attorneys falling all over themselves to handle your civil suit on contingency…it should easily make both you and your attorney financially "comfortable."

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