• snooggums@lemmy.worldEnglish
    21·
    5 months ago

    Holy shit, the insurrectionist’s family got paid for the officer doing their actual job the right way?

  • Kaboom@reddthat.comEnglish
    140·
    5 months ago

    You can sue anyone for anything. Doesn’t mean you’ll win, just that you can try.

    For the record, are you aware she was unarmed?

    • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
      61·
      5 months ago

      You can sue anyone for anything. Doesn’t mean you’ll win, just that you can try.

      While I agree with the general sentiment, just to nitpick, if someone keeps filing frivolous lawsuits as a form of harassment, some jurisdictions can find them guilty of barratry.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barratry_(common_law)

      Barratry (/ˈbærətri/ BARR-ə-tree, from Old French barat (“deceit, trickery”)) is a legal term that, at common law, described a criminal offense committed by people who are overly officious in instigating or encouraging prosecution of groundless litigation,[1] or who bring repeated or persistent acts of litigation for the purposes of profit or harassment.[2]

    • forrgott@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      20·
      5 months ago

      For the record, are you aware she was unarmed?

      For the record, are you aware that is irrelevant?

      ¯\_(ツ)_/¯