A condensed version of the five-hour deposition of Franklin County, Arkansas Deputy John Griffith, taken by civil rights attorney Roland Mumford in Boren v. Griffith. It opens with highlights from the deputy's body camera of the April 2024 traffic stop where he arrested Shawn Boren and Larry Boren.
The court granted summary judgment two weeks prior to jury trial date. We were literally drafting jury instructions for the court.. We tried our best. We believe the court was wrong. If it got to a jury we would have won I am confident. The immunity laws for police are very powerful. And probable cause is very thin. Easy for cops to establish. We have to get rid of qualified immunity. Cops win majority of these cases. This is a very tough area of law.
Captions are machine-generated and have not been reviewed for accuracy. Errors may occur due to recording quality. The audio is the authoritative record.
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Notice about the captions
0:05 Body camera highlights
5:26 The deposition (condensed)
6:07 Training on the First and Fourth Amendments
7:04 How far away was the truck?
13:25 A consensual conversation
31:57 "A safety concern"
48:27 The cell phone "like a gun"
1:04:18 Who was there to be offended?
1:09:15 The jail, the judge and the sheriff
1:10:45 "Get your arrest count up"
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A condensed version of the five-hour deposition of Franklin County, Arkansas Deputy John Griffith, taken by civil rights attorney Roland Mumford in Boren v. Griffith. It opens with highlights from the deputy's body camera of the April 2024 traffic stop where he arrested Shawn Boren and Larry Boren.
The court granted summary judgment two weeks prior to jury trial date. We were literally drafting jury instructions for the court.. We tried our best. We believe the court was wrong. If it got to a jury we would have won I am confident. The immunity laws for police are very powerful. And probable cause is very thin. Easy for cops to establish. We have to get rid of qualified immunity. Cops win majority of these cases. This is a very tough area of law.
Captions are machine-generated and have not been reviewed for accuracy. Errors may occur due to recording quality. The audio is the authoritative record.
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Notice about the captions
0:05 Body camera highlights
5:26 The deposition (condensed)
6:07 Training on the First and Fourth Amendments
7:04 How far away was the truck?
13:25 A consensual conversation
31:57 "A safety concern"
48:27 The cell phone "like a gun"
1:04:18 Who was there to be offended?
1:09:15 The jail, the judge and the sheriff
1:10:45 "Get your arrest count up"
FAIR USE NOTICE This video may contain copyrighted material; the use of which has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available for the purposes of criticism, comment, review and news reporting which constitute the fair use of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work for purposes such as criticism, comment, review and news reporting is not an infringement of copyright.
NOTE: We don't condone threats or violence of any kind. If you are upset or outraged by acts of government misconduct featured in this video, we encourage you to utilize lawful means of expression, including becoming involved in the political process, as well as seeking accountability through the judicial system.
NOTE ALSO: The information you obtain here is not, nor is it intended to be, legal advice. You should consult an attorney for advice regarding your individual situation. We invite you to contact us and welcome your letters and electronic mail, or other submissions or messages. However, contacting us does not create an attorney-client relationship. Please do not send any confidential information to us until such time as an attorney-client relationship is established and documented in a written agreement.