OK so I'm back.

I had my court date a few days ago and my lawyer and the prosecuting attorney made a deal that if I stay clean for 6 months (when my next court date is) the charge will be dropped and the records cleared. Good news I guess

The thing is me and my lawyer never had a chance to really talk, I was never able to bring up the constitutionality of the law/my arrest. He was just going off of the fact that it was a very small and petty thing to arrest someone over.

Since the beginning of this whole thing I've wanted to file a lawsuit against the P.D. and the city for my kidnapping. But a few things are now making me fall back from that idea a little.

First since the charges aren't dropped yet would a lawsuit change the prosecutors mind? Even though I think I would easily win the case its still a concern.

Second I know a lawsuit would be a very long process, how much would I personally have to do (court appearances, ect)? Or would it be handled pretty much exclusively by my lawyer? And if I don't win the suit I would be stuck with the court cost correct?

And the last thing is after I was in custody I was acting and saying some really stupid things( IMO justifiably so, I was being kidnapped by men with guns). With the city I live in I don't even know if they have cameras in the back off the police cars or where I was booked and held. But If they do I really wouldn't want the recordings all over the news or to come up in court. If they do still have them (they may have already been deleted? It was a few months ago) could you see them coming out in any way?

Here are a few suits that people are winning for exactly the same thing.


http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/2013...ment-from-city

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/aclu-hel...rst-amendment/



http://bigstory.ap.org/article/utah-...lipped-officer

Advise??