hurrrrrmione
hurrrrrmione t1_j9mpp4q wrote
Reply to comment by Chippopotanuse in Supreme Court rejects man’s bid to sue police over arrest for Facebook parody by sue_me_please
> I’m pretty sure the SCOTUS has held that it does not violate the 4th amendment to be arrested even when an officer doesn’t know the law and is literally making up an arrest-able offense on the spot. > > As long as they have a good faith belief you are breaking the law (even if what they allege you are doing doesn’t violate a law)…they can arrest you.
Heien v North Carolina. A car was pulled over for having one brake light out, which lead to the officer searching the car and finding cocaine. Driving with one brake light was not illegal under North Carolina law (although iirc the law's wording was a bit unclear). SCotUS ruled that (Wikipedia's phrasing) "a police officer's reasonable mistake of law can provide the individualized suspicion required by the Fourth Amendment".
hurrrrrmione t1_j62v5hc wrote
Reply to comment by victorix58 in Boarding school ignored teen’s sickness complaints before she died, ex-staff say by ninjascotsman
Nope, it's a boarding school as the title says. r/troubledteens has a lot of info on this type of facility
hurrrrrmione t1_j9mqhh1 wrote
Reply to comment by Simpletrouble in Supreme Court rejects man’s bid to sue police over arrest for Facebook parody by sue_me_please
What is and isn't covered under fair use is ultimately decided on a case by case basis, so part of the courts' job here would've been determining whether the page and posts constituted parody, if they hadn't just fallen back on protecting the cops via qualified immunity.