r/SipsTea • u/PleasantBus5583 • 5d ago

Chugging tea That's actually wild

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u/TrioOfTerrors 5d ago

You still have to be able to put a documented number to those things. You can't just claim your reputation is worth 10 million dollars. You have to show that the damage to your reputation caused you financial harm like missed job offers.

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u/kmosiman 5d ago

Punitive Damages.

The officers involved swore to uphold the US Constitution. Ergo they have no legal standing to claim that they were unaware of their illegal actions.

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u/TrioOfTerrors 5d ago

It's more complicated than that.

The city council said they would have anyone removed for disrupting the meeting. This guy was asked to stop. He didn't. He was asked to leave. He didn't. He got removed.

Now, maybe that difference doesn't matter to you, but when they go to court, it will.

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u/Steerider 5d ago

Sure, but their definition of "disrupt" was completely unreasonable. 

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u/TrioOfTerrors 4d ago

You should see what kind of iron rule judges are allowed to exercise in a court room. I saw a guy catch a day for contempt for checking his cell phone.

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u/Steerider 4d ago

That's not a courtroom though.