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Baton Bob Strikes Back Against Police That Coerced Facebook Post From Him

McGruber (1417641) writes "In June 2013, Atlanta police arrested costumed street performer "Baton Bob" during the middle of a street performance after Baton Bob was allegedly involved in a verbal altercation with mall security guards. Now, a year later, Baton Bob has filed a federal lawsuit accusing Atlanta police of violating his constitutional rights, assault, discrimination, privacy violations and identify theft. Atlanta Police allegedly forced Baton Bob to make a pro-police statement on his Facebook page before officers would allow Bob to be released on bond. According to the lawsuit: "At approximately 3:40 p.m., while Plaintiff sat handcuffed and without an attorney, he was told to dictate a public statement to Officer Davis, who then typed and posted the message to the Baton Bob Facebook account. The message read: 'First of all, the atl police officer that responded to the incident thru security has been very respectful and gracious to me even in handcuffs. So, the situation escalated from a complaint from a security officer in the area and for some reason she rolled up on me like she didn't know who I was and like I had not been there before. For them to call police to come to intervene was not necessary. So, out of it, because of my fury, the Atlanta police officer did not understand the elements of the situation, so he was trying to do his job, respectfully and arrested my ass!!!!!!!!! I'll be out tomorrow so look out for my show at 14th and Peachtree. So now I'm waiting to be transported so I can sign my own bond and get the hell out of here. I want to verify, that the Atlanta police was respectful to me considering the circumstances. See you when I see you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!' As promised, Plaintiff was then given a signature bond and released from jail."

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  1. Re: lol mimes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Aww... Really...? Umm... All this time I've had a crush on you too... Maybe I can evem say I've loved you.. So yeah... Not sure if you knew it or not, but I guess now you do, so... Maybe we can be a couple now?

    3 AC

  2. Re: lol mimes by just_another_sean · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Sorry, happily married. But we'll always be friends!

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  3. Broke my heart by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Fuck you. You just broke my heart into a million pieces. Do you know what it feels like to be heartbroken? You fucking monster. I never loved you anyway. Fuck you, and get the fuck out of my life and never come back.