This is what has to happen. Officers who know the law need to be held to account for false arrest, including arresting people because some board or committee flunky doesn’t like where a public conversation is headed.
(Laconia Daily Sun) William Baer has filed a suit in the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire seeking damages from Lt. James Leach for allegedly violating his Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment rights.
“Had (Leach) of the Gilford Police Department not falsely arrested the plaintiff, without a warrant or probable cause, for exercising his right to free speech, the plaintiff would have been free from seizure, arrest, and criminal charges,” wrote Concord attorney Charles Douglas in his pleading.
New Hampshire also has a target rich environment for members of boards, committees, and even superintendents who need to find themselves on the wrong end of a lawsuit or two for their bullying and intimidation tactics.
