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This judge openly and blatantly expressed his bias towards law enforcement. This is irresponsible and prejudicial. He openly admitted that he will lean towards the testimony of a police officer over a citizen. This judge should admonished.
Exactly, my thoughts, he should make a compliant against the judge with the State. He clearly violated established case law on 1st Amendment protect speech. You can give a cop the bird and it shouldn't influence his verdict. This cop is a pu@#y! Period! This is coming from a 25 year LEO. This cop would had never lasted in the city. We got cursed out daily and we didn't even bother listening to it. Suburban High School Pu@#ies is what we use to call them.
They ALL belong in Federal Prison!! The officer should be fired. Charged under 18 USC 242 for deprivation of rights under color of law. He should lose qualified immunity and be put on the Brady list. The prosecutor should be charged with obstruction and abuse of office and be disbarred. The judge should also be charged with abuse of office as well as be disbarred and removed from the bench.
That judge openly admitted he was biased against Non cops. He should be disbarred and removed from any position he holds. I wouldn't trust him with holding a cup of coffee much less a persons FUTURE.
Cop lies in a multitude of ways and the judge instead admonishes an innocent defendant for a constitutionally protected activity because of his emotional bias to cops as first responders....his speech about first responders responding in times of crisis is completely irrelevant to this RETALIATORY STOP by a lying cop when there is no "crisis"
Any judge that considers that cop credible should be absolutely removed from the bench. And he's also chilling well-documented cases of first amendment rights to flip off the cops. this judge is an absolute disgrace.
There are a lot a state district court judges who are elected and are desparately in need of votes and champaign finacing contributions from police and police unions.
He should be put on the Brady list. This soon in his employment and he's already doing this? Give me 5 years what do you think is going to happen then?
If a cop tells you the sky is blue, go outside and see for yourself; if it does indeed look blue.. get an appointment with an eye doctor, there's a good chance there's something wrong with your eyesight.
The judge's long-winded account of his "findings" should serve as a blueprint for disbarment. He made it as convoluted as possible, ignored the defendant's first amendment rights, and then found him not guilty, all the while finding no culpability on the part of the officer. Embarrassingly shameful.
There was too much evidence to not blatantly besmirch his seat and side with the cops like he wanted to, so he gave a speech in hopes it doesn't impact his FOP election funding.
Because he knows this defendant was completely PHUKKED over and he's trying to save a lawsuit! They're all in cahoots together! NONE OF THEM are honest!
Horribly long winded, yes. Sounds ai generated😂 But it is correct, the doubt given by the dashcam is not conclusive, and neither is the cops radar or personal statement. With just this dash cam it would be hard to prove the cop is guilty, and that is not the case before the judge. It is wether the speeding was true or not. So he needs to take the middle ground and choose reasonable doubt. If it could be proven that the radar equipment said 35 and not 43, then the cop would be at fault. And then it would need to be proven it was not a mistake but malicious intent and the cop was aware that the actual speed in the radar was 35. Remember, the cop gets the same beyond reasonable doubt if he is charged. But if a helicopter was filming the car and it also showed him driving 43 (or another corroborating source), it would cast serious doubt on whether the dashcam was factual. The sad part is the slow court process. For simple cases it should be much quicker, and if its surpassed by the government, dismissed (because they have experience and knowledge and processes, it should be cookie cutter for them and not take a long time unless there is a good reason... Eg cop being on maternity leave / vacation)
Obviously he's putting on a show. The judge needs to be afraid to show his face in public after that, otherwise nothing will change. The web of lies and deceit starts and ends with the judge.
Everything is at the tax payer dime, except for the drawn out cost and time for the innocent defendant. Everyone else is on the state payroll, the judge, court bailiff, prosecutor, officer, stenographer. The defendant has to pay for his lawyer, take off multiple days due to the city moving the case multiple times due to their own errors. The fact it took 6 different days in front of the bench adds to the case load and justifies the need to hire more city lawyers and judges. It's a loop that the public pays for.
Judge sees clear and incontrovertible evidence that an officer perjured himself in the judges court room, clear evidence of prosecutorial misconduct after the prosecutor went forward with charges after seeing incontrovertible evidence that the officer was lying and still the Judge decides to admonish the victim of this maleficence. The judge is part of the problem.
There is no legitimate place in government for the two lying cops or the judge that called this a close case, while admonishing the innocent defendant for exercising his first amendment right to communicate his contempt for these stupid and corrupt officers. This innocent person was forced to appear 6 times on false charges. It would have been nice if the judge had admonished the two cops and the prosecutor for abusing the process. Instead this just made it a trifecta of police prosecutor and judge covering the bad acts of bad cops. Hope this innocent defendant punishes them in a civil suit for this illegal stop and abuse of process.
So the judge completely ignores the fact the cop is lying under oath and makes retaliatory charges, but deems it necessary to have a go at Nate for freedom of speech...
I know judge Patel he is an honest man and was just trying to do good, that being said the cop should be looked into for lying since this cop had been working for 10 years.
The indignation and utter shock at the officer being told “for my safety” by a citizen speaks volumes about literally hundreds of thousands of law enforcement officers.
In police encounters it’s the citizens who die, not the cops, thats not even a competition anymore. AP just released a story about chemical restraint and how it keeps killing (especially black) Americans. Pretty heartbreaking.
@@janemiettinen5176 Very true. In a year 100 cops die on duty. 60% of those are traffic accidents. 1100 civilians die from interactions with cops. Now those numbers are severely skewed. They don’t include how many are injured by cops. They don’t include the ones that die in police custody for lack of medical assistance. And they boost the police numbers by saying 35% are felonious. But that includes situations where they do a traffic stop & get hit by a drunk driver. Or where the cop is committing the felony.
@@Kingdom_Truth If You watch news from two weeks ago. Two MINNESOTA police officers were attending a domestic violence call. And …… it left behind. A one month old and one incoming baby. If you see the VERY PREGNANT WIDOW statement on youtube. PROMISE YOU YOU WILL FORGET ABOUT THE THING NAMED PATEL THE JUDGE AND Just pray. This boy also gets called in a domestic violence call.😂😂😭 YOU NEED TO SEE THAT WIDOW HOLDING THAT BABY😂
@@Kingdom_Truth If You watch news from two weeks ago. Two MINNESOTA police officers were attending a domestic violence call. And …… it left behind. A one month old and one incoming baby. If you see the VERY PREGNANT WIDOW statement on youtube. PROMISE YOU YOU WILL FORGET ABOUT THE THING NAMED PATEL THE JUDGE AND Just pray. This boy also gets called in a domestic violence call.😂😂😭 YOU NEED TO SEE THAT WIDOW HOLDING THAT BABY😂
Judge's logic: Just because the video completely contradicts the officer's testimony and written statements, that still doesn't mean he's a liar. So what if the false incrimination was motivated by a citizen's free speech. The citizens should learn to know their place if they don't want to get pulled over and harassed with clearly false and fabricated charges.
THIS, exactly. The judge literally ignored what that cop said/did and the video evidence and basically found him credible. Not because of any truthiness or falsehoods, but SIMPLY BECAUSE HE'S A COP.
Something is going on in this country concerning cops. Cops are physically attacking , arresting people for DUI although they pass a field sobriety AND blew 0.0, blatantly lying, entering forcefully without a warrant … What’s up?
The officer falsifying events is bad enough, but for a prosecutor to keep chasing the charges and the judge not tossing it immediately despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary should be criminal.
Both the prosecution and judge are in violation of their respective codes of ethics and abused their offices, but this is clearly a cultural problem. You can bet that they will all continue to protect each other, especially when that prosecutor gets his next DUI or the judge is found with a prostitute.
A ticket is being charged with a crime, so why can't we sue for our own time and travel and expenses plus monetary punishment to compensate us for the gross inconvenience to our lives
It hurts my brain to hear a “trained” judge say in one sentence that the defendant has no responsibility to prove himself innocent and then several sentences later say that the only reason he was ruling not guilty is because the defendant presented evidence that he was not guilty. This judge should turn in his own law license.
The officer provided evidence in the form of the ticket and verbal testimony. No electronic evidence. So if the officer is a lying POS and you can't prove your innocence, you're found guilty. So yeah, the law sucks.
WELL SAID!! Saved me having to write it out as well, it was SO glaringly crazy! That judge took the time to actually write all of this down and probably read it out a few times to be sure, and he STILL thought it was okay⁉️ That is a judge who shouldn’t be allowed to run fries as McDonalds, just how many innocent lives has he destroyed? He needs to be disbarred and his robe torn from him! Disgraceful. The judge, the lying cop, and his corrupt partner ALL are an embarrassment to the legal system, when is that legal system going to put an end to its corruption??
He’ll only make another one out of the next empty Cereal box like all children do when playing cops and wobbers 🤦🏻♂️ What a disgrace to your flag he is ✌️🇬🇧
I went to court and the DA wanted me to take a charge for something I didn’t do. And it’s all on camera I said no way. Then they offered to take the charge and no jail time I still said no and made them drop the charges but not before going to court five times wasting my time
The Judge says, "I find you Not Guilty, but I'm sentencing you to sit there, under penalty of being held in contempt, while I lecture you about showing proper respect and deference to our brave police officers!" Disgusting.
I once took an oath to protect and serve and I do not claim these clowns as one of my own. This judge is a complete pile of shit and shows why people like myself use to get flipped off constantly. If you’re a pig and use that to retaliate against someone then you need to find a new job. I use to get flipped off all of the time and it never bothered me one bit. I knew that was part of the job
You realize it's AI-generated right? None of us know what he really said so Lack could have made the AI say anything. You are not immune to propaganda.
The judge's statement showed clear contempt for the first amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America. They should be removed from the bench IMMEDIATELY.
That judge knows how dangerous they are. Gangster don't play. He knows he could easily be pulled over for suspected DUI and held in a safety approved neck hold to save his life for 15 minutes. And the autopsy stapled to his forehead would read, "Under lying" causes.
Yeah, Cause they go to accident scenes... WTF? to bs with their buddies and check out the gore. It's the firefighters and EMS that actually do something.
Some judges and government officials don't give a damn about the liberties of the American citizens. For example, some government officials are attempting to rewrite the constitution of the United States of America.
If this was what the judge was saying and he saw evidence via car cam. Why make a dissertation about it. Clearly you see that the judge is young and he will take a cops word rather than actual evidence. I mean ACTUAL evidence.
@@cyclopticclaybuster Yes they are legally allowed to lie to us, for investigation purposes. They’re “technically” not allowed to lie on reports, to their superiors, or in court. But well you know.
Remember the case of Lizette Gonzales? Cop lied on the ticket, stating she blew over the limit. In fact, they never even tested her. Judge asked the prosecutor to charge the cop with perjury. The prosecutor denied the request, saying it was just "an honest mistake" The same three words were used again for the cop who opened a previously unopened bottle of liquor and charged the driver for driving with an open container.
Seen this video before & the patronising "boss"makes me want to scream bullshit,lying,thieving,kunts.can't believe there isn't mass immigration from the "freedom"of usa.who would want to live with this scrum on a daily basis🤑😵😠👹
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It’s insane that the prosecutor is trying to do everything to just nail this guy based on no evidence. This is so dangerous. The prosecutor should be fired!
Its because of social media that judge did this bullshit speech protecting the weasels cop and prosecuted. Semi national case now. Ha ha gotta have more cameras in our vehicles
I have lost all hope in finding an officer who actually upholds our constitution. They are just shaking down the taxpayers like road pirates. I have zero respect for them.
I hate driving in NJ. I cross the Delaware from my home in PA and dread having to interact with one of them. They lie. They steal. The Jersey shore is a place where rent a cops terrorize people on the beach over nonsense. I never spend money in Jersey and I advise others to avoid hiring any company from Jersey. I have had horrible experiences with New Jersey based businesses.
I agree. I think you have a better chance of finding a left handed, blue eyed Sasquatch with average sized feet than finding an officer that knows and upholds the constitution.
@@madtabby66 - True because ALL cops are LIARS. Besides, the Brady list is controlled by cops who spend most of their time keeping their fellow tyrants off of it.
"I think it would be irresponsible for me to not take this opportunity to rebuke an innocent citizen for exercising his constitutional rights despite the fact that It has nothing to do with the aliegations against this citizen whatsoever."
plus also " I, the judge, completely support and approve of the disgraceful, corrupt and dishonest actions of the (wonderfully handsome) police officer which coupled with my total and utter incompetency resulted in hours of wasted court's and more importantly the defendant's time. Unfortunately I am forced to find the defendant not guilty". SUE THEM !!!!!!
In the judge's eyes, a police officer lying under oath apparently isn't as bad as an obscene gesture. A speech about being thankful for law enforcement might be heard better by the public if law enforcement's integrity was actually... you know... enforced.
I'm not following... IMO...which is formed by the facts of the case: Him exercising his freedom of speech right, by expressing his disdain for his government official....have EVERYTHING to do with the allegations against the citizen. That exercising of rights was literally the very action that the officer was retaliating against, when he pulled over the victim, and made up a bunch of false charges against him.
Whatever do you mean? Didn't you know! When you flip off a cop you put 100k of them in danger within the next 10min? It is officer safety and your safety that they immediately detain you and wreck the next 2 hours (in this case 6+ days) of your life. For their safety, of course. The Judge, well he just can't see a reason someone would have issue with law enforcement, AT ALL. What a stand up representative of lady justice with her chained up dinner plates, no veggies, and it wasn't ready when he got home from work at 7pm after his commute and long day at the court house. I don't care if you have an agreed version of your family's reality that you want to adhere to. that is YOUR right. I disagree when you think I need to follow as a stranger. We have rules, and your opinion doesn't count unless it adheres to the rules. If it isn't legal, keep it to yourself. If you are trying to make a new law from a radical situation justify yourself;. that wasn't the case here.
So, judge essentially said two important things, that he holds police testimony to be the absolute truth unless it can be proven otherwise and he admonished the driver for expressing his feelings about his government. Infuriating...
That judge is a real piece of work. He took time to “admonish,” the victim while saying he still trusts the officers despite seeing the video that proves he’s a liar. WOW.
That judge is a disgrace, finding the driver not guilty, but bootlicking the cop, giving him cover, and logging his personal opinions about "the finger" in direct opposition to established federal precedent.
When you can prove an officer is lying in court, then they should be absolutely charged with perjury. We need to hold sworn officers to a higher standard, not a lower standard. This cop and this judge are reprehensible.
If new cop lies as bad at start of his career it’s a warning of what he will become in future , cop judge and prosecutor are shameful and dishonourable,
Bad habits are being taught. i ran into something like this when I reported a terroristic threat. FTO didn't want to teach a rookie female cop on filing the report and arresting the offender. Called for a SGT myself with watch command. He was lazy too. Called them out both, but told him to call the DA himself or ill call them myself. DA took the charge, and the rookie learned their job correctly.
Well, there is hope he'll improve his lying as he gets promoted to sergeant, captain, chief so that by the time he becomes a prosecutor and a judge he is so adept that he isn't caught. Then, we can call him Congressman!
The vast majority of judges are ex-prosecutors and they make rulings based on that bias. This judge is a cop in a black dress, How out of touch and ignorant of the Constitution do you have to be to not understand flipping off a cop is protected by the First Amendment?
The comments the judge made about his "obscene gesture" was completely uncalled for and honestly, a betrayal to the robes he wears. He's someone that is supposed to remain impartial, but he rides the meat harder than the cops own union. That was wild.
There should be action taken against the JUDGE who chose to admonish a citizen in court, for legally and properly using his First Amendment!!!! Let’s instead talk about a LYING COP who tried to punish a law abiding citizen for “contempt of cop”!!😡😡😡
That he went to court 6 times is insane. The DA saying he didn't get the emails, and the clerk not doing their job is not a good look. We need to continue to support our 1st amendment auditors and local journalist, they expose bad public servants like these! ❤
I actually hate this so-called judgement because the judge misrepresented the law enforcement officials retaliation and lack of evidentiary submission of the radar. Furthermore, the abusive behavior was constitutionally protected. Thus, it is once again a case of judges and prosecutors protecting the unconstitutional behavior of people honored to enforce our laws. This is shameful.
I am more concerned with the judge's behavior in this case. 8 months to try a speeding ticket. It's not an OJ Simpson murder trial. How the permanently sewed his lips to the officers behind, placing that over the defendants' rights is a problem. It's like he was forcing himself to rule in favor of the defendant only because he had to. Disgusting.
The judge ruling this case is so comically dense. Listening to him ramble on like he's trying to fill words in his essay was bad enough, but giving his opinion to the court on record afterwards is icing on the cake. His clear bias towards the police in this open and shut case should get his law license revoked.
According to some New York language expert, it’s a sales tactic that puts a potential -victim- customer at cognitive ease and makes them more persuadable. So I’m betting the whole “call them boss” was in some training video the kid watched. I’m also betting that the language expert who came up with this couldn’t sell water in the Sahara Desert.
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Keep fighting the good fight, LL! Thank you for your service.
That cop needs to be fired
This judge openly and blatantly expressed his bias towards law enforcement. This is irresponsible and prejudicial. He openly admitted that he will lean towards the testimony of a police officer over a citizen. This judge should admonished.
Admonished my ass - the cop sucking judge should be impeached for his prejudice
Judge basically defended a first amendment retaliation by a pig. What a joke
The cop lied FIVE times and the judge "I see nothing wrong with how he handled the situation". Wow.
@@gavinwigg8057 - Cops, judges and DAs are all part of the SAME corrupt injustice system. They all cover each other's backs.
@@gavinwigg8057 They only care about eachother.
Exactly, my thoughts, he should make a compliant against the judge with the State. He clearly violated established case law on 1st Amendment protect speech. You can give a cop the bird and it shouldn't influence his verdict.
This cop is a pu@#y! Period! This is coming from a 25 year LEO. This cop would had never lasted in the city. We got cursed out daily and we didn't even bother listening to it.
Suburban High School Pu@#ies is what we use to call them.
@@gavinwigg8057which makes the judge just as guilty as the cop.
This cop is problematic. This JUDGE is more problematic.
Judge: the “hammer” of the “thug blue line” gang
Aka CORRUPT. Like everybody in the criminal injustice system
Judge theee Boot 👢 licker!
They ALL belong in Federal Prison!! The officer should be fired. Charged under 18 USC 242 for deprivation of rights under color of law. He should lose qualified immunity and be put on the Brady list. The prosecutor should be charged with obstruction and abuse of office and be disbarred. The judge should also be charged with abuse of office as well as be disbarred and removed from the bench.
How many innocent lives has this judge ruined?
The judge is twice as guilty of tyranny as the officer.
That judge openly admitted he was biased against Non cops. He should be disbarred and removed from any position he holds. I wouldn't trust him with holding a cup of coffee much less a persons FUTURE.
I’d say you’re 1/3 … let’s call it the trifecta! Cop prosecutor judge
They always are. Judges and DA' are the root of the problem.
What will we do about it?
@@1Dylan1 added to my list
The corrupt DA and judge should be removed immediately. Both cops should never be allowed in law enforcement again.
The cop, prosecutor, and judge did a great job of proving exactly why they should be flipped off.
Exactly… amazing
Hear, Hear !!
Cop lies in a multitude of ways and the judge instead admonishes an innocent defendant for a constitutionally protected activity because of his emotional bias to cops as first responders....his speech about first responders responding in times of crisis is completely irrelevant to this RETALIATORY STOP by a lying cop when there is no "crisis"
Thanks for the laugh, they have been few and far between for the last few years !
lol 😂 exactly
Any judge that considers that cop credible should be absolutely removed from the bench. And he's also chilling well-documented cases of first amendment rights to flip off the cops.
this judge is an absolute disgrace.
I agree! 👍
Be is the blue line mafia boss
There are a lot a state district court judges who are elected and are desparately in need of votes and champaign finacing contributions from police and police unions.
@@FreeUkraine69 Prosecutors are the foot solders and the police are the hitmen and enforcers
He should be put on the Brady list. This soon in his employment and he's already doing this? Give me 5 years what do you think is going to happen then?
The fact that the judge defended the bad police officer is a disgrace. Disgusting.
They all sleep with each other. Of course figuratively.
This judge flat out says he’s not guilty because he loves cops. Remove him.
If a cop is speaking, we must assume he is lying until we see evidence otherwise
Especially since they're trained to lie.
I think that's so after saying that it's an investigation. Listen for that word.
You can't believe some cops when they whistling.
If a cop tells you the sky is blue, go outside and see for yourself; if it does indeed look blue.. get an appointment with an eye doctor, there's a good chance there's something wrong with your eyesight.
Yea we saw his lips move
The judge's long-winded account of his "findings" should serve as a blueprint for disbarment. He made it as convoluted as possible, ignored the defendant's first amendment rights, and then found him not guilty, all the while finding no culpability on the part of the officer. Embarrassingly shameful.
SHOWS CONTEMPT OF LAW AND JUSTICE ON JUDGES PART !! DISGRACEFUL AS WELL !!
The DA is dirty as hell too. Lying about the facts just to try to get an illegal prosecution. They don’t care that you’re not guilty at all.
There was too much evidence to not blatantly besmirch his seat and side with the cops like he wanted to, so he gave a speech in hopes it doesn't impact his FOP election funding.
Because he knows this defendant was completely PHUKKED over and he's trying to save a lawsuit! They're all in cahoots together! NONE OF THEM are honest!
Horribly long winded, yes. Sounds ai generated😂
But it is correct, the doubt given by the dashcam is not conclusive, and neither is the cops radar or personal statement. With just this dash cam it would be hard to prove the cop is guilty, and that is not the case before the judge. It is wether the speeding was true or not. So he needs to take the middle ground and choose reasonable doubt. If it could be proven that the radar equipment said 35 and not 43, then the cop would be at fault. And then it would need to be proven it was not a mistake but malicious intent and the cop was aware that the actual speed in the radar was 35.
Remember, the cop gets the same beyond reasonable doubt if he is charged.
But if a helicopter was filming the car and it also showed him driving 43 (or another corroborating source), it would cast serious doubt on whether the dashcam was factual.
The sad part is the slow court process. For simple cases it should be much quicker, and if its surpassed by the government, dismissed (because they have experience and knowledge and processes, it should be cookie cutter for them and not take a long time unless there is a good reason... Eg cop being on maternity leave / vacation)
wtf so the judge doesnt like FREE SPEECH either. so lucky he had the dashcam
The judge is offended by free speech but not perjury.
Look up what the judge did to police auditor Delete Lawz recently.
@thystaff742 is it the same judge?
@@thystaff742 i saw that
@@WitnessingTyranny truth
That judge needs to be voted out.
The judge gives a 30 min speach for a $90 traffic ticket after allowing a months long delay. All on the taxpayers dime .
Obviously he's putting on a show. The judge needs to be afraid to show his face in public after that, otherwise nothing will change. The web of lies and deceit starts and ends with the judge.
The best "justice" money can buy!
Everything is at the tax payer dime, except for the drawn out cost and time for the innocent defendant. Everyone else is on the state payroll, the judge, court bailiff, prosecutor, officer, stenographer. The defendant has to pay for his lawyer, take off multiple days due to the city moving the case multiple times due to their own errors. The fact it took 6 different days in front of the bench adds to the case load and justifies the need to hire more city lawyers and judges. It's a loop that the public pays for.
Judge sees clear and incontrovertible evidence that an officer perjured himself in the judges court room, clear evidence of prosecutorial misconduct after the prosecutor went forward with charges after seeing incontrovertible evidence that the officer was lying and still the Judge decides to admonish the victim of this maleficence. The judge is part of the problem.
There is no legitimate place in government for the two lying cops or the judge that called this a close case, while admonishing the innocent defendant for exercising his first amendment right to communicate his contempt for these stupid and corrupt officers. This innocent person was forced to appear 6 times on false charges. It would have been nice if the judge had admonished the two cops and the prosecutor for abusing the process. Instead this just made it a trifecta of police prosecutor and judge covering the bad acts of bad cops. Hope this innocent defendant punishes them in a civil suit for this illegal stop and abuse of process.
So the judge completely ignores the fact the cop is lying under oath and makes retaliatory charges, but deems it necessary to have a go at Nate for freedom of speech...
And.. demographics are destiny..
Judges NEVER say cops lie. That would delegitimize the judges themselves. They call it "unreliable testimony", an escape for lying cops.
That cop lied to the court and the judge still judgesplained for the cop.
No honor, your honor.
Judges are some of the biggest corrupt pieces of shit period.
I know judge Patel he is an honest man and was just trying to do good, that being said the cop should be looked into for lying since this cop had been working for 10 years.
The cop should have been charged with perjury in court and lying on a police report. They are both crimes.
That judge should be forced into retirement
The indignation and utter shock at the officer being told “for my safety” by a citizen speaks volumes about literally hundreds of thousands of law enforcement officers.
In police encounters it’s the citizens who die, not the cops, thats not even a competition anymore. AP just released a story about chemical restraint and how it keeps killing (especially black) Americans. Pretty heartbreaking.
@@janemiettinen5176
Very true. In a year 100 cops die on duty. 60% of those are traffic accidents. 1100 civilians die from interactions with cops.
Now those numbers are severely skewed. They don’t include how many are injured by cops. They don’t include the ones that die in police custody for lack of medical assistance. And they boost the police numbers by saying 35% are felonious. But that includes situations where they do a traffic stop & get hit by a drunk driver. Or where the cop is committing the felony.
Haha that fucker wasn’t ready for his own medicine 💊
What a fucking ego. Dare I say god complex
Bet that cop has a kiddie seat he uses for his safety
And he was right. It was for his safety against the entire legal system, including the Judge.
That judge needs to be fired for not understanding our rights
No, he can't be fired because he has foreigner privilege.
The crooked judge und erstands our rights but doesn't give a fuck!!! #SCUM
@@Kingdom_Truth If You watch news from two weeks ago. Two MINNESOTA police officers were attending a domestic violence call. And …… it left behind. A one month old and one incoming baby. If you see the VERY PREGNANT WIDOW statement on youtube. PROMISE YOU YOU WILL FORGET ABOUT THE THING NAMED PATEL THE JUDGE AND Just pray. This boy also gets called in a domestic violence call.😂😂😭 YOU NEED TO SEE THAT WIDOW HOLDING THAT BABY😂
@@Kingdom_Truth If You watch news from two weeks ago. Two MINNESOTA police officers were attending a domestic violence call. And …… it left behind. A one month old and one incoming baby. If you see the VERY PREGNANT WIDOW statement on youtube. PROMISE YOU YOU WILL FORGET ABOUT THE THING NAMED PATEL THE JUDGE AND Just pray. This boy also gets called in a domestic violence call.😂😂😭 YOU NEED TO SEE THAT WIDOW HOLDING THAT BABY😂
Judge's logic:
Just because the video completely contradicts the officer's testimony and written statements, that still doesn't mean he's a liar. So what if the false incrimination was motivated by a citizen's free speech. The citizens should learn to know their place if they don't want to get pulled over and harassed with clearly false and fabricated charges.
THIS, exactly. The judge literally ignored what that cop said/did and the video evidence and basically found him credible.
Not because of any truthiness or falsehoods, but SIMPLY BECAUSE HE'S A COP.
Something is going on in this country concerning cops. Cops are physically attacking , arresting people for DUI although they pass a field sobriety AND blew 0.0, blatantly lying, entering forcefully without a warrant … What’s up?
Corrupt judge, corrupt prosecutor, and corrupt officer. So, why is this a big issue?
The officer falsifying events is bad enough, but for a prosecutor to keep chasing the charges and the judge not tossing it immediately despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary should be criminal.
Both the prosecution and judge are in violation of their respective codes of ethics and abused their offices, but this is clearly a cultural problem. You can bet that they will all continue to protect each other, especially when that prosecutor gets his next DUI or the judge is found with a prostitute.
It IS criminal, not "should be"
At the end of the day they all got paid for their time and the victim didnt. They dont care. It meant nothing to them.
A ticket is being charged with a crime, so why can't we sue for our own time and travel and expenses plus monetary punishment to compensate us for the gross inconvenience to our lives
@@kimraynes9381 You can.
It hurts my brain to hear a “trained” judge say in one sentence that the defendant has no responsibility to prove himself innocent and then several sentences later say that the only reason he was ruling not guilty is because the defendant presented evidence that he was not guilty. This judge should turn in his own law license.
The officer provided evidence in the form of the ticket and verbal testimony. No electronic evidence.
So if the officer is a lying POS and you can't prove your innocence, you're found guilty.
So yeah, the law sucks.
Thanks for putting my thoughts into words. Its blatant double morals
Great catch! I'm usually pretty good at picking up those inconsistencies and contradictions, but that one flew right by me. Good job!
WELL SAID!! Saved me having to write it out as well, it was SO glaringly crazy! That judge took the time to actually write all of this down and probably read it out a few times to be sure, and he STILL thought it was okay⁉️ That is a judge who shouldn’t be allowed to run fries as McDonalds, just how many innocent lives has he destroyed? He needs to be disbarred and his robe torn from him! Disgraceful. The judge, the lying cop, and his corrupt partner ALL are an embarrassment to the legal system, when is that legal system going to put an end to its corruption??
He’ll only make another one out of the next empty Cereal box like all children do when playing cops and wobbers 🤦🏻♂️
What a disgrace to your flag he is ✌️🇬🇧
That SO CALLED DA needs to go back to school and maybe needs to be disbarred
Wanted that revenue, that’s his real job.
It’s all for their conviction rates.
I went to court and the DA wanted me to take a charge for something I didn’t do. And it’s all on camera I said no way. Then they offered to take the charge and no jail time I still said no and made them drop the charges but not before going to court five times wasting my time
Absolutely needs disbarred!
He needs to go to jail.
Wow 😳😮 8:to 9 months for an officer lying and being unprofessional... Judge,Prosecutor and Rookie should be fired!
Sad and Pathetic!
Rookie Cop caught lying should be fired, fine and jailed
They trained him well and the Thin blue line gang is strong.
The judge is more culpable and scarier. Needs to be removed from the bench for bias.
This was this rookie cops initiation into the thin blue line gang. He failed.
The fact that these judges have actually sworn an oath to the constitution has become a joke.
The Judge says, "I find you Not Guilty, but I'm sentencing you to sit there, under penalty of being held in contempt, while I lecture you about showing proper respect and deference to our brave police officers!" Disgusting.
I once took an oath to protect and serve and I do not claim these clowns as one of my own. This judge is a complete pile of shit and shows why people like myself use to get flipped off constantly. If you’re a pig and use that to retaliate against someone then you need to find a new job. I use to get flipped off all of the time and it never bothered me one bit. I knew that was part of the job
From the FBI on down this country's law enforcement is corrupt to the core, and so is much of the judicial system.
This judicial system sux
You realize it's AI-generated right? None of us know what he really said so Lack could have made the AI say anything.
You are not immune to propaganda.
@@gotgunpowderhe said that he got the transcript and had an AI read it lol what are you talking about
It’s crazy how much they back up an officer that was clearly lying.
The prosecutor and judge should be dis-barred! Ridiculous!
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Jersey, its worse than you even think. Most corrupt place east of Chicago.
@@NomoreliesRC4 exactly!!!
The judge's statement showed clear contempt for the first amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America. They should be removed from the bench IMMEDIATELY.
Prosecutor should be charged for wasting the courts time and taxpayer money. Fire them both
All get paid for being there except Nate
This Judge needs to be investigated. The number of Emotional rulings I'm sure is present. This guy needs to go as well as anyone else involved on
Lying under oath is 100% a brady list offense. Time to get paper work on the officer and file it.
Judge has direct irrefutable evidence that the cop lied, and then proceeds to lecture the Innocent defendant that all cops are good. Wtf! 🤦
It beggars disbelief.
The entire ordeal proved that the driver's contempt for law enforcement was 100% justified.
Bingo
These criminals hiding behind the badge are all over the entire country. They are proving tyrannical.
Look. The officer is credible or not credible. The officer lies.
Damn, corruption is everywhere.
when a citizen talks about their own safety, see how a cop reacts.
anger, disbelief, disdain.
I noticed that too... His reaction says it all...
Yes, the defendant has no obligation in proving his innocence....but had he NOT had dash cam and GPS showing this officer was lying.....
The defendant would have been found guilty if he didn't prove his own innocence. Much like in my case.
Exactly what I was thinking. The judge pretends as if he didn't have to prove his innocence, but he had to do just that.
Cops are always considered "Honorable and Trustworthy" even when their is clear evidence of corruption, tyranny and abuse of authority.
The judge was pissed he had evidence.
That should disqualify the judge from any case involving a cop. He's choking on the boot.
HOPE NO ONE GIVES HIM THE HEIMLICH !!!
That judge knows how dangerous they are. Gangster don't play. He knows he could easily be pulled over for suspected DUI and held in a safety approved neck hold to save his life for 15 minutes. And the autopsy stapled to his forehead would read, "Under lying" causes.
Yeah that judge needs to re-evaluate who he thinks he's working for and why he is a "judge".
Funny how judge chews out the guy for an offensive gesture, yet cop PROVED that the offensive gesture was well deserved.
Judge is the worst kind of bootlicker, saying police are above your rights
Yeah, Cause they go to accident scenes... WTF? to bs with their buddies and check out the gore. It's the firefighters and EMS that actually do something.
the judge is bought and paid for by the police union, which is normal
Some judges and government officials don't give a damn about the liberties of the American citizens. For example, some government officials are attempting to rewrite the constitution of the United States of America.
Sorry for the delay in the capitalization of the word Constitution.
What is the judge’s home address? I’m asking for a friend
When the judge indirectly says "I think it would be irresponsible not to admonish constitutionally protected behavior" you know the rot runs deep.
See even justice in court can't believe there own eyes and no evidence of wrong doing juge should be removed
What a pathetic and corrupt judge
If this was what the judge was saying and he saw evidence via car cam. Why make a dissertation about it. Clearly you see that the judge is young and he will take a cops word rather than actual evidence. I mean ACTUAL evidence.
@mr.duanesharpe has nothing to do with youth. Its called being morally bankrupt, corrupt.
That judge should resign immediately
He'd have to have honor to do that! He showed in this trial he had none!
*be sent to underworld
The judge is doing what they're paid to do.
It's just not what we thought it was...
The Judge is a true Blue liner and should be removed from the Bench and the cops should have been fired. Dirty Dirty and Dirty.
That judge is contemptable.
What's truly offensive is a cop willing to lie, make a false traffic stop, write an illegal ticket, and go to court and lie. That's offensive.
And since he's so willing to abuse his position, can we guess if he's willing to abuse other things and people?
They can do that to any one of us at any time they want to do it. Let that sink in.
@@cyclopticclaybuster
Yes they are legally allowed to lie to us, for investigation purposes. They’re “technically” not allowed to lie on reports, to their superiors, or in court. But well you know.
Remember the case of Lizette Gonzales? Cop lied on the ticket, stating she blew over the limit. In fact, they never even tested her.
Judge asked the prosecutor to charge the cop with perjury. The prosecutor denied the request, saying it was just "an honest mistake"
The same three words were used again for the cop who opened a previously unopened bottle of liquor and charged the driver for driving with an open container.
And use a dangerous driving charge to try hiding his lie.
A lying ass cop? NO FRIGGIN WAY BRO....
Way bro! Way!
😂😂😂😂😂
It gets old
It’s the judge that bothers me way more than the cop.
@madtabby66 all the way from the DA dragging his feet hoping he will just plead guilty
The cop should be arrested for perjury and fired. The prosecutor and judge should also be fired. This case is ridiculous.
Cop just wanting a promotion.
Prosecutor should have simply drop the case.
Seen this video before & the patronising "boss"makes me want to scream bullshit,lying,thieving,kunts.can't believe there isn't mass immigration from the "freedom"of usa.who would want to live with this scrum on a daily basis🤑😵😠👹
It is this kind of adjudication that is brewing criminal behavior amongst law enforcement officers.
The judge spoke a 1200 word essay when saying “video proof” would have been sufficient.
Lawyers. Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah...
@@valentinius62that’ll be $6000 for those blahs.
The commenter makes comments on TH-cam videos. In this case I am the commenter. The commenter watches videos and comments on them. The commenter watches a judge drone on and on and the commenter is both amused and annoyed. TH-cam videos invite comments, and the commenter makes those comments. The commenter wonders if the judge's name is perhaps Kafkaesque. The commenter never heard of a trier of fact who gets paid by the word before, but the commenter does not know all triers of fact.
@@greybeard5123 🤣🤣
@@greybeard5123 LOL. Exactly!!
Another corrupt judge. Totally disgusting behavior by the judge.
Why the judge found it necessary to make a public record of stroking the cop’s ego when it was clearly a violation of civil rights is ludicrous.
Corrupt and dirty cop and then an incompetent and embarrassing judge who should be removed from the bench for being an idiot.
It’s insane that the prosecutor is trying to do everything to just nail this guy based on no evidence. This is so dangerous. The prosecutor should be fired!
He won't be because he chalked up another W on his record (with a huge assist from a corrupt judge)!
Its because of social media that judge did this bullshit speech protecting the weasels cop and prosecuted. Semi national case now. Ha ha gotta have more cameras in our vehicles
I have lost all hope in finding an officer who actually upholds our constitution. They are just shaking down the taxpayers like road pirates. I have zero respect for them.
I hate driving in NJ. I cross the Delaware from my home in PA and dread having to interact with one of them. They lie. They steal. The Jersey shore is a place where rent a cops terrorize people on the beach over nonsense. I never spend money in Jersey and I advise others to avoid hiring any company from Jersey. I have had horrible experiences with New Jersey based businesses.
And a judge who isn't biased against the citizens
I agree. I think you have a better chance of finding a left handed, blue eyed Sasquatch with average sized feet than finding an officer that knows and upholds the constitution.
In my life, the best ive ever been able to say about a police encounter I've had is "Well, they weren't as big of an a-hole as they could have been".
Ohhhh, same for me !.....0%
This judge is a complete fool.
Same with the prosecutor.
This judge needs to be voted out.
Corrupt judge protecting corrupt cop......AGAIN!
That lying rookie needs to be on the Brady list already. Shameful
You take all the good aspects of humans out of a person and you got a cop.
Better.. imprison him
You are right. Just think of what he will do in 5 years from now.
The Brady list shouldn’t exist.
@@madtabby66 - True because ALL cops are LIARS. Besides, the Brady list is controlled by cops who spend most of their time keeping their fellow tyrants off of it.
He has 100000% proof this rookie lied and the judge still defends the cops.
LEO (Lie Every Opportunity)
Jackass bootlicker judge
Corruption! The rookie’s feelings were hurt and he hid behind his little badge.😭😭😭
The judge essentially said in this case, it was guilty until proven innocent. What garbage.
That judge should be ashamed to have written such a response
CORRUPTION STARTS AT THE TOP !!
"I think it would be irresponsible for me to not take this opportunity to rebuke an innocent citizen for exercising his constitutional rights despite the fact that It has nothing to do with the aliegations against this citizen whatsoever."
plus also " I, the judge, completely support and approve of the disgraceful, corrupt and dishonest actions of the (wonderfully handsome) police officer which coupled with my total and utter incompetency resulted in hours of wasted court's and more importantly the defendant's time. Unfortunately I am forced to find the defendant not guilty". SUE THEM !!!!!!
In the judge's eyes, a police officer lying under oath apparently isn't as bad as an obscene gesture. A speech about being thankful for law enforcement might be heard better by the public if law enforcement's integrity was actually... you know... enforced.
Well, I think it is irresponsible for HIM taking that opportunity to rebuke an innocent citizen for exercising his constitutional rights
I'm not following...
IMO...which is formed by the facts of the case:
Him exercising his freedom of speech right, by expressing his disdain for his government official....have EVERYTHING to do with the allegations against the citizen. That exercising of rights was literally the very action that the officer was retaliating against, when he pulled over the victim, and made up a bunch of false charges against him.
This judge must have a horrendous backlog
If you are a cop and you can't handle someone flipping you off then find another career.
Whatever do you mean? Didn't you know! When you flip off a cop you put 100k of them in danger within the next 10min? It is officer safety and your safety that they immediately detain you and wreck the next 2 hours (in this case 6+ days) of your life. For their safety, of course. The Judge, well he just can't see a reason someone would have issue with law enforcement, AT ALL. What a stand up representative of lady justice with her chained up dinner plates, no veggies, and it wasn't ready when he got home from work at 7pm after his commute and long day at the court house. I don't care if you have an agreed version of your family's reality that you want to adhere to. that is YOUR right. I disagree when you think I need to follow as a stranger. We have rules, and your opinion doesn't count unless it adheres to the rules. If it isn't legal, keep it to yourself. If you are trying to make a new law from a radical situation justify yourself;. that wasn't the case here.
The cop needs to be put in Jail for 365 days... period end of discussion....
365 days, every year for the rest of its life.
Each treason charges is 5 years to an unalive sentence....They committed 3...Minimum 15 years.
Deprivation of rights under the color of law needs to be criminal
@@patrickday4206 It is a felony that carries up to an unalive sentence.....
Yes, he's running loose on the street committing armed robbery and gang intimidation.
Not only not guilty, but then acting as if flipping the bird is unacceptable in the eyes of the law.
The cop should have been charged with lying in court
So without dashcam despite no evidence and a faulty report he would be convicted 100% disgusting...
Good Lord! That corrupt judge takes the blue pole balls deep.
So, judge essentially said two important things, that he holds police testimony to be the absolute truth unless it can be proven otherwise and he admonished the driver for expressing his feelings about his government. Infuriating...
The thing is the GPS proved the cop was lying. The judge didn't care about facts or the law -- he wanted to make a point!
An action SCotUS has specifically (if I am not mistaken) said is a 1st Amendment right of free speech.
He the judge got FIRST OFFENDER, correct. Then stated 1st. Responder. Trying to catch his slip.
Judges like this would tear up the Constitution in a heartbeat.
That judge is a real piece of work. He took time to “admonish,” the victim while saying he still trusts the officers despite seeing the video that proves he’s a liar.
WOW.
Retaliation by officer, malicious prosecution, and a judge that doesn't understand the rights reserved by the constitution.
Pretty sad.
I don't answer questions. Best line ever. This is what happens when you are excited about your rights.
That judge is a disgrace, finding the driver not guilty, but bootlicking the cop, giving him cover, and logging his personal opinions about "the finger" in direct opposition to established federal precedent.
When you can prove an officer is lying in court, then they should be absolutely charged with perjury. We need to hold sworn officers to a higher standard, not a lower standard. This cop and this judge are reprehensible.
If new cop lies as bad at start of his career it’s a warning of what he will become in future , cop judge and prosecutor are shameful and dishonourable,
Bad habits are being taught. i ran into something like this when I reported a terroristic threat. FTO didn't want to teach a rookie female cop on filing the report and arresting the offender. Called for a SGT myself with watch command. He was lazy too. Called them out both, but told him to call the DA himself or ill call them myself. DA took the charge, and the rookie learned their job correctly.
Well, there is hope he'll improve his lying as he gets promoted to sergeant, captain, chief so that by the time he becomes a prosecutor and a judge he is so adept that he isn't caught. Then, we can call him Congressman!
The Judge, the Prosecutor and the Police Officer should all be jailed.
Can we all agree to call or email this department! We need to be a unity !
That pd 100% has that judge in their pocket
They have all judges.
The vast majority of judges are ex-prosecutors and they make rulings based on that bias. This judge is a cop in a black dress, How out of touch and ignorant of the Constitution do you have to be to not understand flipping off a cop is protected by the First Amendment?
The comments the judge made about his "obscene gesture" was completely uncalled for and honestly, a betrayal to the robes he wears. He's someone that is supposed to remain impartial, but he rides the meat harder than the cops own union. That was wild.
exposing BAD law enforcement for failure IS THIS objective AND exposing BAD law enforcement for failure should be all of OUR objectives.
There should be action taken against the JUDGE who chose to admonish a citizen in court, for legally and properly using his First Amendment!!!!
Let’s instead talk about a LYING COP who tried to punish a law abiding citizen for “contempt of cop”!!😡😡😡
Judges are way out of control in this country.
Everyone in the justice system got paid at that man's expense.
Legal system
Justice left the building at least a century ago.
When you have to pay out money to prove you are not guilty proves the system is a complete sham.
@@sassyQueen-cr5dq bingo 🎯
That he went to court 6 times is insane. The DA saying he didn't get the emails, and the clerk not doing their job is not a good look. We need to continue to support our 1st amendment auditors and local journalist, they expose bad public servants like these! ❤
I actually hate this so-called judgement because the judge misrepresented the law enforcement officials retaliation and lack of evidentiary submission of the radar. Furthermore, the abusive behavior was constitutionally protected. Thus, it is once again a case of judges and prosecutors protecting the unconstitutional behavior of people honored to enforce our laws. This is shameful.
I am more concerned with the judge's behavior in this case. 8 months to try a speeding ticket. It's not an OJ Simpson murder trial. How the permanently sewed his lips to the officers behind, placing that over the defendants' rights is a problem. It's like he was forcing himself to rule in favor of the defendant only because he had to. Disgusting.
Do you have any doubts about how they would have ruled without that dashcam evidence despite lack of any evidence beyond the officers testimony
OFFICER WAS CREDIBLE !!! F'N RIDICULOUS !!!
The judge ruling this case is so comically dense. Listening to him ramble on like he's trying to fill words in his essay was bad enough, but giving his opinion to the court on record afterwards is icing on the cake. His clear bias towards the police in this open and shut case should get his law license revoked.
That judge at the end was full of bs.
These judges do understand our rights but ignore them for their own gratification, absolutely ridiculous.
Wow, the judge couldn't have shown any more bias if he tried. His personal rebuke of the first amendment was completely inappropriate.
this judge needs judicial review for lack of knowledge of 1st amendment rights ASAP for FREE SPEECH RIGHTS..
A judge in NY literally said the 2A doesn’t exist in her court room.
The kid gets so annoyed that the man knows his rights. That’s all this is. And the “boss” comment would drive me nuts!
Although it's annoying, that is the only thing the cop got right. He IS his boss.
According to some New York language expert, it’s a sales tactic that puts a potential -victim- customer at cognitive ease and makes them more persuadable.
So I’m betting the whole “call them boss” was in some training video the kid watched. I’m also betting that the language expert who came up with this couldn’t sell water in the Sahara Desert.