A woman wearing a Trump shirt (C) is pelted with eggs by protesters while pinned against a door near where Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump holds a rally in San Jose, California on June 02, 2016. Protesters attacked Trump supporters as they left the rally, burned an american flag, trump paraphernalia and scuffled with police and each other. / AFP / JOSH EDELSON (Photo credit should read JOSH EDELSON/AFP/Getty Images)
In a huge victory for constitutional rights, Trump supporters in California have been given the go-ahead to sue the city of San Jose and its police force for allegedly putting them in danger following a campaign event in June 2016.
According to the lawsuit, San Jose police officers deliberately funneled Trump supporters into waiting hoards of violent protesters as they filed out of the McEnery Convention Center following the rally:
After the rally at the McEnery Convention Center, police directed those in attendance to leave from a single exit. There, according to the lawsuit, they were ordered to head out onto a street where hundreds of anti-Trump protesters were waiting, even though a safer route and other exits were available.
Apparently, San Jose police only protect and serve those with whom they agree. But would you expect anything less from the law “enforcement” of a sanctuary city?
Twenty plaintiffs in the lawsuit claim they were beaten or struck by objects thrown by the protesters. Indeed, there is extensive video footage of anti-Trump protesters both verbally and physically attacking Trump supporters outside the convention center, usually entirely unprovoked.
At the time, Americans across the country slammed San Jose police for not doing more to curb the violence and protect rally attendees. However, San Jose Police Chief Eddie Garcia praised his force “for both their effectiveness and their restraint” and argued that “additional force can incite more violence in the crowd.”
Thankfully, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals didn’t see it that way. A three-judge panel ruled unanimously in favor of the plaintiffs and wrote a damning indictment of the police in their decision:
The judges ruled that if what the supporters allege in the lawsuit is accurate, “the officers acted with deliberate indifference to a known and obvious danger” and “violated the Trump supporters’ constitutional rights.”
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“The attendees allege the officers shepherded them into a violent crowd of protesters and actively prevented them from reaching safety,” Judge Dorothy Nelson wrote in the decision.
“The officers continued to implement this plan even while witnessing the violence firsthand” and even though they knew about the earlier attacks outside the convention center, the Chronicle reported. She also noted that if the allegations in the lawsuit were proved, it would show police bore responsibility for the attacks.
It seems that even members of law enforcement suffer from Trump Derangement Syndrome – ironic, given that Trump has been a far greater champion for law enforcement than Barack Obama ever was. Furthermore, it’s highly disturbing to think that Trump supporters aren’t given equal protection within their community just because of their political beliefs. If deliberate police negligence occurred in San Jose, then all parties should be held accountable within the fullest extent of the law.
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AMAZING HOW LITTLE VOCABULARY THE ANTI-TRUMPERS HAVE. THEY COMMUNICATE WITH GRUNTS AND THE "F" WORD, ALWAYS THE "F" WORD. ILLITERATE PEOPLE WILL ALWAYS FALL FOR THE SOCIALISM PITCH AND ARE SUCKERS FOR THE DEMOCRATS TO RECRUIT. WHETHER THEY ARE OLD ENOUGH TO VOTE AND COULD READ A BALLOT IS ANOTHER STORY.
Eventually even the liberal courts have to recognize right from wrong. Perhaps there is hope for our country's future.
The police have to do what they are told to do by their police chiefs, the mayors, and their state governors. Remember Baltimore- and how the police were told to stand down in the face of all the riots going on all around them as they were being pummeled with bricks and bottles? - the city's mayor (after speaking with Obama on the phone) gave the order! There may be anti- Trump police in the mix but I would bet the majority of them are following their orders.
California is becoming the American Kosovo, where the Serbs lost their homeland to the invading Albanian Muslim immigrants and then Bill Clinton bombed the wrong side when when the Serbs stood up against the invading horde of immigrants. Now it's our turn it seems. As for the police there, any one of them could and should have refused to taken part in that action, and even instead came up with their own plan and told the chief and mayor to stuff it. I doubt they'd have gotten fired without facing a strong lawsuit anyway by the police who refused to be a part of that, instead doing what was right. Such order to do that was in itself illegal, unlawful, and perhaps time for the Justice Dept to seek charges against the Mayor and Chief.
Will someone find those who were responsible for this? Police chief mayor and everyone of them. resign and force them to pay reimbursements.
Fire them pricks! They don't deserve to be a cop! What a bunch of losers ass wipes! Go to hell San Jose Police Dept. You will get what you have coming to you all! Little B__ches!
laws are made so you can choose which ones you want to abide by. That's why some rob banks and some decide to murder, it's your choice, particularly if you're a democrat. If I don't like your politics it's OK to punch you out. That's the democratic way, LOVE IT!
ONLY A DERANGED FOOL WOULD THINK ANY CONSERVATIVE WOULD GET JUSTICE FROM A JURY IN ANY COURTROOM FULL OF KALIFONIAN LEFTIST !
This is surprising for the 9th Circuit Court which normally finds against Trump's executive orders.
Does anyone remember when Obama supporters were attacked like this? I remember OWS, BLM and Antifa burning and defacing buildings and cars and other public parks and monuments and I remember Tea Party supporters being assaulted, however. I think this really is a clinical condition and it seems to be encouraged by certain people in academia and main stream media. Not most who oppose Trump have this disorder, but many do and in different degrees.
The reality is California is lost. Any actual American refusing the state is no different than a Jew refusing to leave Germany when Hitler took power.
Those who say "it Can't happen here" are likely to be interrupted by someone doing it.
The Former United States is lost. The only hope to restore any of its' attributes is some kind of a Civil War followed by a redivision of the country along lines similar to the division of India after it was given independence by England.