Re:TSA jails innocent traveler when he asks to file a complaint
by bdonlan on Thursday February 05, 2015 @12:26AM
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Sounds like the point of the (presumably criminal) trial was to determine whether Vanderklok was guilty of the charges presented - once he was acquitted, there's no point in continuing. If he wants to present a case against his accusers to show _them_ as being guilty of violating the law, he can, but that's a separate case - which he has indeed filed, very recently - and would be dealt with at a different trial.
Re:TSA jails innocent traveler when he asks to file a complaint
by dredmorbius on Thursday February 05, 2015 @05:16AM
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The additional case is civil, not criminal.
A criminal case needs to be brought.
"At trial, Kieser was the first and only witness to testify. Municipal Judge Felice Stack acquitted Vanderklok of all charges within minutes of hearing Kieser's testimony. Vanderklok's lawyer, Thomas Malone, didn't get a chance to question the Philadelphia police officers and detectives who were involved in Vanderklok's arrest. Nor did he get to show the surveillance video that contradicted Kieser."
The video was never shown in court, and thus their dishonesty was never proven. Which might indicate the problem isn't just with the TSA.