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Cop gets frisky in uniform.
Topic Started: Dec 6 2004, 01:05 PM (118 Views)
Stacy
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court ruled Monday that San Diego, California, officials were right to fire a policeman who sold sexually explicit videotapes of himself in uniform.

The unsigned, unanimous opinion reverses a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision in favor of the officer, who sued under the alias John Roe and claimed his free speech rights were violated.

At issue was the scope of the First Amendment, which protects government workers from discharge if their conduct involves a "public concern" rather than personal, job-related issues such as salary or promotions.

"The speech in question was detrimental to the mission and functions of the employer," justices said in the ruling, noting that Roe "took deliberate steps to link his videos and other wares to his police work, all in a way injurious to his employer."

Roe was fired in June 2001 after his supervisor discovered the sex videos were being sold on eBay, the giant Internet auction site. The videos showed Roe removing his police uniform and then masturbating.

Roe's supervisor charged him with violating department policies on unbecoming conduct and ordered him to stop selling the tapes. Roe did, but was fired for disobeying orders after police officials found that his Internet profile on eBay still included references to the videos.

Roe sued, claiming his activity was a "public concern" because the sex videos were made while he was off-duty and away from the workplace, were marketed to a public audience and said nothing about his employment.

Police officials argued for a more narrow reading of "public concern." They said only issues of political or social importance should be constitutionally protected.

A divided 9th Circuit sided with Roe. It reasoned that the First Amendment was designed to protect the expression of ideas that the "overwhelming majority of people might find distasteful or discomforting."

The case is City of San Diego et al v. Roe, 03-1669.
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Millsfamily
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Ooops!
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Stacy
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Not sure I would want to be handcuffed by him! Never know what are on those cuffs.

EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!
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OzarkPreacher
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Well, finally score one for the good guys.
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Stacy
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Sorry OP, but he was scoring one for himself!
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OzarkPreacher
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Sir Lancelot
He may have been but it looks like the court system shut him down. I had about lost all faith in our system but this helps some.
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Stacy
Dec 6 2004, 02:39 PM
Not sure I would want to be handcuffed by him! Never know what are on those cuffs.

EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!

Hey buy he might have let you go without writing a ticket for speeding!
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reboots
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I would say that if he was doing smutty things that included displaying the uniform of the city which he represented while on duty he was very much in the wrong. He was disgracing the uniform.
And on a personal note I would say that his actions although he was not on duty at the time were in very bad taste. A peace officer who engages in pornographic video productions whether he is on duty or not is acting in a manner which is not in the best interest of his profession.
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So typical of the 9th Circuit, the most liberal federal bench in the land. These "judges" are about as far left as you can get and still be considered communist ! Thank God, we have a Supreme Court that can undo most of the damage these idiots create.
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whitetrash
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Hmmm you failed to post the link on where to order this video...


(Just kidding)
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Stacy
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Mills, I would rather pay for that speeding ticket then do what he would require to get out of it!
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