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Slidell teen who filmed mom's arrest wins in court, St. Tammany Sheriffs to pay $185k
Posted on 5/6/24 at 1:32 pm
Posted on 5/6/24 at 1:32 pm
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A federal jury has ordered the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office to pay a Slidell teenager, De’Shaun Johnson, $185,000 in damages after finding that a deputy inflicted emotional distress while Johnson attempted to film his mother’s arrest.
Johnson, who was 14 at the time, was filming the arrest in the driveway of his Slidell home on May 5, 2020, when Deputy Ryan Moring pulled out his Taser and aimed it at Johnson.
“You can’t tase a child,” Johnson said.
“Watch me,” Moring responded.
The jury, which rendered its verdict on May 1 in the Louisiana Eastern District Court, also determined the deputies did not violate Johnson’s First Amendment rights when Moring blocked Johnson from continuing to film his mother’s arrest.
The ACLU of Louisiana, which prosecuted the case along with attorneys from the law firm Reid Collins & Tsai, celebrated its victory last week.
“We are thrilled to see justice served for De’Shaun,” said Nora Ahmed, legal director of the ACLU of Louisiana.
St. Tammany Parish Sheriff Randy Smith said his deputies’ actions were found to be “constitutionally appropriate,” according to STPSO spokesperson Suzanne Carboni. The sheriff’s office will appeal the verdict on what it called “a meritless claim for emotional harm.”
The verdict comes after the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last year that the deputies acted lawfully when they arrested the teen’s mother, Teliah Perkins. In the lawsuit Perkins filed in May 2021, she accused the deputies of “pressing her face to the pavement and digging their knees into her back and legs.”
On the day of the arrest, the deputies were responding to a call about someone riding a dirt bike without a helmet in Perkins’ neighborhood. Perkins has a motorcycle, not a dirt bike, and had not been riding it without a helmet. Still, the arrest escalated after Perkins suggested that the incident may have been racially motivated, according to the complaint.
In the video of the arrest that Johnson filmed, the deputies can be seen pressing Perkins in the ground as she is arrested. The complaint alleges that Hart wrapped his "hand around her neck" and leaned on it, prompting Perkins to yell, "you're choking me."
“After all these years, to finally see justice served brings me peace and joy,” Johnson said after last week’s verdict. “I'm proud of myself and my mom for refusing to accept what happened to us and for fighting for the justice we are owed.”
A proposed state law would make it a misdemeanor crime for anyone to be within 25 feet of any law enforcement officer while they’re conducting “law enforcement duties.” That would make the manner in which Johnson filmed his mother’s arrest illegal.
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Posted on 5/6/24 at 1:36 pm to John88
filming. what is this filming?
Posted on 5/6/24 at 1:37 pm to John88
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On the day of the arrest, the deputies were responding to a call about someone riding a dirt bike without a helmet in Perkins’ neighborhood. Perkins has a motorcycle, not a dirt bike, and had not been riding it without a helmet. Still, the arrest escalated after Perkins suggested that the incident may have been racially motivated, according to the complaint.
This doesn't warrant an arrest right?
Posted on 5/6/24 at 1:39 pm to John88
I hate that this money will come from the taxpayers.
But ultimately this is a good outcome.
But ultimately this is a good outcome.
Posted on 5/6/24 at 1:41 pm to John88
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A proposed state law would make it a misdemeanor crime for anyone to be within 25 feet of any law enforcement officer while they’re conducting “law enforcement duties.”
great they just made not running from police to be an illegal act that gets you arrested, the brain dead geniuses never think about how these contrived laws change all those other laws about resisting arrest, before they do this shite
no your honor, i wasnt resisting arrest and fleeing police, i was just making sure i didnt violate your new law
Posted on 5/6/24 at 1:53 pm to John88
So many cops just aren't very smart and I'm not sure if there's a way to fix that.
Posted on 5/6/24 at 1:58 pm to John88
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were responding to a call about someone riding a dirt bike without a helmet
Posted on 5/6/24 at 2:05 pm to John88
$185K? This sounds like an easy way to make bank…
Posted on 5/6/24 at 2:36 pm to John88
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NORA AHMED
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PRONOUNS
She/Her
Maybe...
Posted on 5/6/24 at 2:36 pm to John88
Police misconduct in St. Tammany Parish?
I'm absolutely floored and shocked.
I'm absolutely floored and shocked.
Posted on 5/6/24 at 2:45 pm to John88
Half the trouble in the World would end overnight if people would just mind their OWN business.
Posted on 5/6/24 at 3:35 pm to John88
*taxpayers of St Tammany parish to pay $185,000
Posted on 5/6/24 at 3:43 pm to John88
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$185,000 in damages after finding that a deputy inflicted emotional distress while Johnson attempted to film his mother’s arrest.
This is such horseshite and so disgustingly prevalent. If there are real, tangible damages that can be directly tallied, then that's one thing. "Emotional distress" and then making up a number to pay someone doesn't ring like "justice" to me. It creates the over-litigious society we live in where everything is sensationalized for money grabbing purposes.
Posted on 5/6/24 at 5:44 pm to John88
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A proposed state law would make it a misdemeanor crime for anyone to be within 25 feet of any law enforcement officer while they’re conducting “law enforcement duties.”
This has already been overturned in multiple jurisdictions.
Posted on 5/6/24 at 6:09 pm to John88
St. Tammany Sheriff's deputies are old school scumbags.
Posted on 5/6/24 at 6:20 pm to John88
185K for that! Should be about $1,850.
Posted on 5/6/24 at 6:23 pm to John88
Yeah I’m sure innocent little 14 year old De Shaun and his mom were just calm and respectful to the officers who were on scene. I’m sure they didn’t get loud or disrespectful at all. I’m sure his mother set a great example on how to behave. What a joke! 185 grand because little De Shaun got upset. Or pretended like he did. So what??!! Man up and go on with your day. Freakin jackpot justice makes me wanna puke. Whenever something doesn’t go how they like, they go running to a lawyer or daddy government. After all, government is their substitute parent. They’ll probably never see a dime and I hope they don’t. And if they do I’m sure it’s already spent on a Mercedes rather than lil DeShauns college.
Posted on 5/6/24 at 6:40 pm to John88
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A proposed state law would make it a misdemeanor crime for anyone to be within 25 feet of any law enforcement officer while they’re conducting “law enforcement duties.”
Most troubling thing in this story.
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