Ok, so this is my story.
I'm from Erie PA, and my band played a show in Parma, OH. Some bouncers were causing situations out in the crowd while Band A was on stage, which i was playing bass for. Some scuffles occured, and when band B took stage, who i'm vocalist for, I tried my best to calm the crowd and tell them not to do anything stupid.
I ended up getting arrested For inciting a riot even though there were no fights, and despite the fact that i made 150 kids stop and say a pledge they wouldn't fight or destroy anything. I spent 3 days in jail and 1 years going back and forth 2 hours each way to go to pre-trials or trials that inevitably got pushed back.
In all i had 3 felony charges, F3 F4 and F5, and pleaded to an M1 charge just to end the shit after a year. I went to court probably 15 times, missing days of work that whole time, missed a huge chunk of money by not being able to take a position, was denied working for a school district because of my record (even though i don't have a felony) and today my band got denied entry to canada and i cannot go there for 10 years.
Since i got arrested, i wanted to counter sue, because i was innocent and they had no evidence on me. I should have gone to trial, but i got tired of the backwards ohio legal system. Do i have any grounds for a counter suit in civil court against the bar, or would i automatically lose because i plead out?

