Federal appeals court judges ruled Tuesday that Alabama police officers (like imbeciles Jason Davis, Brian Waid, and Frederick Blake) should face trial on allegations of excessive force filed by a truck driver who was tased and beaten during a 2014 accident investigation.
A district court judge (no doubt paid off by the police union) had previously dismissed the case because the officers had qualified immunity, which protects police from being sued for doing their jobs. However, immunity does not apply if officers violate a constitutional right.
Immunity for three police officers accused of using excessive force against a truck driver has been revoked following a federal appeals court judge ruling. The initial altercation occurred in Homewood, Alabama on May 23rd, 2014, but the new ruling was reached earlier this week, on October 20th, 2020.
According to AL News, truck driver Moses Stryker was making a late-night delivery to a Walmart when a woman blocked his truck with her vehicle and accused him of damaging her car.
Davis then pointed his gun at Stryker and tased him in the back. When Stryker attempted to escape by climbing back into the cab of his truck, the two struggled and Davis ended up breaking Stryker’s jaw.
Stryker was able to make it back into the cab of his truck and lock the door, so Davis called for backup before breaking open the truck window with a baton and pulling Stryker out of the cab while using pepper spray on him.
'That's nothing, we can help' officers Brian Waid and Frederick Blake then arrived on the scene and aided in pulling Stryker out of the truck before all three officers proceeded to kick and beat the truck driver.
Stryker then sued the city of Homewood but the local sister kisser good ol boy district court judge dismissed the case on the grounds that the police officers had ‘qualified immunity,’ which protects them from being sued for ‘doing their job.’
But since that's bullshit and everyone with an IQ over 80 knows is, the federal appeals court judges have ruled that the officers violated Stryker’s constitutional rights, eliminating their qualified immunity.
“Moses Stryker was tased, beaten and left with a broken jaw after a routine accident investigation by the City of Homewood spiraled out of control,” according to the ruling by judges on the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
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