Originally Posted by GIMMEAN"H"
heaven forbid these innocent people should get some kind of compensation for being forcfully searched and/or arrested. if people are responsible about drinking (taking the metro, coming with non-drunk friends) then they shouldn't have drunk in public charges against them. this is crazy.
Heaven forbid that a police officer ask someone at gunpoint to get on the ground when they are investigating an armed robbery. I mean the police should risk being shot by an armed robber, right? Did they get sprayed with mace? Did they get beat with the baton? Was there any physical harm?
Just because you are with other people doesn't give you the right to get drunk outside of your home to the extent that you don't know how to follow a police officers request. Granted, the police have the ability to exercise discretion in who they charge, obviously his mannerisms lead to the officer deciding it warranted arresting him so that he would learn next time to lie down when asked.
Freedom isn’t free, be thankful it wasn’t in a country where the police would have shot you with an automatic rifle and then asked questions.