Civil Rights Lawyer Robert Ranco Criticizes Austin Police Department
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- Опубликовано: 16 янв 2017
- My brief presentation to the Austin City Council regarding their oversight of the Austin Police Department.
In February, 2016 a unanimous federal jury awarded my client, Pete Hernandez, $877,000 (the largest civil rights verdict in Texas for 2016). We addressed the Council in late 2016 to ask for improvements to the complaint and oversight process for APD.
The City Council has failed to improve these processes despite requests from the Federal government dating back to 2008.
UPDATE: This case was settled in April, 2017 for $915,000. See video:
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The Injustice System just keeps on GIVING!
I wonder if people of a city/town could collect signatures to force a citywide vote as to whether or not police can be held personally liable for this nonsense.
filoIII there no longer is a reason a police officer can not be held financially eesponsible after Turner vs Driver decision in the US Court of Appeals. That decision removed an officer's immunity when they violate a person's civil rights. That decision was handed down in January of 2017. In that decision if an officer of the law violates your civil rights then you can personally sue that officer and take whatever you and the court decides upon.
@@RalphERo824 Your statement is overbroad. The Turner vs Driver decision was about filming police officer and police building from public property. The rights violated in that case were 1st and 4th amendments.
@@leef_me8112 what is the 1st amendment nimrod? Taking his ID is violating the 4th amendment and Turner vs Driver quantifies the first. Meaning it made it known that videoing public officials in public is perfectly legal.
@@RalphERo824 If you want a useful answer, why would you call me nimrod? If you have to attack me then your argument is poor.
I wrote > Your statement is overbroad.
because you wrote > That decision removed an officer's immunity when they violate a person's civil rights.
But your statement is not true. T v D has nothing to do with 2nd Amendment rights, or 3rd, or 6th, or 8th (...)
Your extra comments suggest you think T v D created a "sue the cop and take home $1000s mentality" but it didn't.
@@leef_me8112 sorry but it actually does. It made the civil right of photography known in 4 states. Now when a cop says they didn't know the judge will tell them ignorance is not an excuse. So maybe you should go to the horse's mouth, Mr.Turner and ask.
MORE lawyers like this!!
Unfortunately these city, county, state boards don't give a rats ass about the public!!
Thank you, sir, for making a stand for the U.S. Constitution and for the countless Austin citizens who lost their protection under this city's unimaginably thorough corruption. Your leadership is a model for others in your business. I hope they follow your lead. I also hope the council awakens itself and finds its salvation.
I'm part of a new national organization who's agenda is advanced by your action. If you want to contact me offline, reply here & I'll post comment with a temporary email address for a couple of minutes.
Every police department in the U.S.A. acts this same way so why so surprised?
This video should be widely shared. Excellent statement of reality not only in Austin, but around the country.
Ranco Law Recommended by RUclips. I watch a lot of First Amendment auditors/cop watchers like the Battousai of Austin (of Turner vs Driver fame), News Now Houston, etc. You should get with them to increase your RUclips subscribers (their recommendations will get you thousands). They are active all over TX, and now Louisiana, fighting police and FBI abuse, false arrest, illegal detention, and lack of accountability. They need good lawyers who are interested in this fight.
Why anyone would ever go to, live or work in Austin Texas I'll never know.
the op should pay this claim out of his own pocket instead of the tax payers pocket
I had an issue with Laredo Police department disarming me, ripping my phone while recording officer, searching me and tearing a ligament on my shoulder... ALL INSIDE MY PROPERTY
And you haven’t sued? 🤷♂️
@@letsgobrandon7112 I don’t have enough money to sue a corrupt city
So, to put the timeline and actionable items into perspective, the council had from February 2016 all the way (almost a full year) up until January of 2017 and nothing on the agenda. In the first place, they really shouldn't have a 3-minute time limit to fully express the issues before the council. Honestly, I feel like the ONLY reason she mentioned there would be follow-up communication to Mr. Ranko's testimony is because now it's much more visible and in the records, so to speak. Sounds like they simply tried to sweep it all under the rug. Shocker...
Piggy's policing themselves.
I think Austin needs to require each and every police officer regardless of where they work to carry malpractice insurance equal 1/4 of their check. citizens and taxpayers should not have to pay this when cops can do whatever they want and cause fear and chaos
to make a point clear, damages and awards to a person winning a lawsuit our settlement should not come out of taxpayers money but rather the police department and each and every police officers malpractice insurance
If they refuse to pay then go back to court for summary judgement. When the required time has passed, go get a deputy sheriff and go into the chief of police office and start to collect. Take everything in his office, to include the carpet. That will get the ball rolling.
They really don’t want to hear the truth!
The counsel clearly doesn't care, sadly it will take civil-rights lawsuits to make them pay attention.
Thank you for standing up for this person and speaking out. You are what America needs more of. Peace & Love ❤️👍👍
Well hell that sounds like a pretty fare system of reporting “NOT”🇨🇦🏴☠️
How can you be on council and not remember a $777,000.00 settlement, is because there are so many or just choose to pay any attention to police activities.
Transparency and accountability!!!!
need help with lawyer please
No accountability always leads to tyranny !!!
Mr Robert Ranco, how can we get in contact with you? We have documented border patrol agents blatantly violating our 4th Amendment rights, with video cameras on board our tractor trailer. We need your help.
He had to beg for 30 seconds from people that serve him? What a horrible council.
And the beatings continue….
Respect to the man from Ireland
It’s rumoured,,,,,,,,,they’ve still not heard!!!
They care more about allotted time than a human being
As soon as he says the council did not look at the case all year , he immediately gets interrupted and told to conclude!! How dare you criticize us 😵 then give a lame you will get a response tommorow here it is 🖕😈
The council doesn't give a rats butt about the citizen's they care about avoiding liability for their failure to implement clear and concise transpareny and user friendly policies.
They should make the money come out of their pocket and then they'd be more eager to do something about it quit ignoring what's going on right in front of them
I love how these çity councils always put a two or three minute time limit on expressing your grievances toward them! It's just another way to blow the public off and have no accountability ! There should never be a time limit!!
Yeah, especially for a victim whose ordeal is dragged out over YEARS.
City and State don’t give a crap about lawsuit or preventing them from occurring again.
This could have been said in city-county councils all over the country.
#copwatchingsaveslives
#endqualifiedimmunity
DO RIGHT BY PETE, DO RIGHT BY PETE, DO RIGHT FOR PETE. Please all those who view this video, share it with everyone. Pass it on, DO RIGHT BY PETE, DO RIGHT BY PETE.
Evil people in government avoid personal responsibility by selectively allowing public unions to gang up on the sovereign, now slave . I blame their parents for being lazy liars and not raising honorable children.
to all the good police officers, if you're citizens acting fear of you they have a reason why cuz you have one or two bad apples making you look like shit
No respect or concern for what this man has been through.
Not one word yet scurries a man standing up for injustice.
How spit in the face obvious this panel of individuals value injustice over honorable law enforcement.
This is on every level if it passes through the syphoning of DA’s desegregation. It’s BS.
Until the people show we’ve had enough, it won’t improve.
At this point, we’re gonna be made to believe we wish we had it this good.
Is this about typical politics? We've ignored the problem and your particular claims for years and years, but if you would have just been patient we'll have an answer for you by tomorrow. Yeah right! I would bet dollars to donuts that they had no serious answers put forward the next day the next week or the next month. They do as they please and even if a federal jury says they did wrong they will not admit it.
Austin OD are notorious in texas fir being corrupt bullies. I personally wouldn’t go there even if the Beatles were having a concert there.
Sure would be nice if the volume worked and you guys made this loud enough that you could fucking hear it
Why in the fuck do they only give you 3 minutes to justify yourself when the damn place is empty.
And u can't sue rhe cop personally..so it falls on the tax payers
Always film the police. They lie. Power to the people
Can i Have 30 more seconds to RIP this counsel a new @$$h0l3 ?!?! NOPE! First thing that should be on ALL AMERICAN LEO's CARS, Departments, Buildings is Accountability, Integrity HONOR!
No fucks given.
council doesnt give a ratts azz
More officers are winding up with bullets in their head this year. Are you badged idiots starting to get the point yet? If your "us against them" mentality continues, YOU will continue to lose public support and respect. I want everyone to get home safely, but my empathy is no longer with criminals wearing badges. This is the bed you morons have made for yourselves through your criminal and cowardly actions.
Via Email these communicate the board didn’t care . What’s is going to happen the police are going to violate someones civil liberty and that person is going to start going postal and put some cops on permanent sleep.