Quote Originally Posted by LDAHL View Post
I think the process would be:

1. Get arrested for failure to disperse (a misdemeanor offense most places).
2. Successfully sue for false arrest.
3. Successfully establish damages of "multiple millions" in physical or psychological harm and diminished employment prospects.
4. Collect said millions.
5. Invest some portion of said millions in obtaining citizenship in some more congenial country.
6. Take comfortable satisfaction in the punishment you inflicted on "America" (aka the taxpayers).
My point awhile back was that there have been life ruining arrests scattered across the US for no reason whatsoever, not even for a failure to disperse. Just random arrests as some police don't care for protestors having the nerve to protest this issue. In this case my personal belief is that any settlement of less than 300 million is too little. There has to be a point where we as a nation give up and cash in.....maybe that will lead to quicker changes in the system anyway?

Were I arrested for no reason whatsoever I'd gun for top dollar, not so much for the money but due to retaliatory moral outrage. Certainly in the 85006 this is what we believe the best hope for change is - a relentless stream of crippling legal settlements. I wish things were not this way.....but for those of you who don't understand, look at it this way. To have your life ruined by being arrested for no reason - the police are viciously drawing first blood in this case. My way keeps the perps alive and gives the victims of the police hope for a future regardless of an unwarranted arrest record. Actually, what I advocate is more humane than what the police dish out. Rob