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Charlottesville City to Settle Lawsuit Over Excessive Protocols from the One-year Anniversary of Aug 12

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Charlottesville City to Settle Lawsuit Over Excessive Protocols from the One-year Anniversary of Aug 12

Les Sinclair talks with John Whitehead of the Rutherford Institute.  Rutherford Institute attorneys filed the lawsuit on behalf of a disabled war veteran, John Miska, who was arrested in 2018 for lawfully purchasing canned iced tea, bug spray, lightbulbs and razor blades at a mall drug store in so-called “violation” of the city’s pre-emptive “state of emergency” lockdown measures adopted in anticipation of the one-year anniversary of the August 12, 2017.

LINKS: https://www.rutherford.org/publications_resources/on_the_front_lines/victory_city_agrees_to_settle_lawsuit_over_excessive_security_protocols_that_resulted_in_arrest_of_disabled_veteran_for_canned_iced_tea_bug_spray?utm_source=The+Rutherford+Institute&utm_campaign=b42605eed0-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_10_02_01_11&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d7ffde3304-b42605eed0-42131929  

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