Man Flips Off "Sensitive" Cop Then Wins Huge Settlement

[@MrSubsound90]

The most dangerous "crime" in America is making a cop feel disrespected.

[@rael6974]

Dude is really hurt over a middle finger 😂😂😂😂😂😂. Then he retires to avoid being held accountable what a coward

[@SteveOfTheMountains]

It needs to be pointed out that Trump wants to give cops full imunity for this and worse violations against your rights

[@BabaYagaBabyBaddaBoom]

Trumps new AmeRussChiNorthKorea dictatorship plans .

[@AnonymousA-hm7iv]

Yep, Republicans want a fascist police state.

[@ianbattles7290]

We don't functionally have any rights *if it takes six freakin' years to hold the cops accountable for violating them.*

[@kaindabadguy]

I find it unbelievable these adult men with guns complain about someone showing them a finger.

[@wrathofainz]

Oh boy, taxpayers covering the costs of bad policing _again?_

[@ianbattles7290]

This cop just defunded his city of $175,000

[@AgitpropPsyop]

“first of all, I’m not an overly sensitive person” *lmao yeah right*

[@BabaYagaBabyBaddaBoom]

Suffers from micro manhood syndrome .(tiny wee wee and peas )

[@1GrimmGhost]

What's really sad is that there are so many Americans who ACTUALLY believe it's 100% illegal to flip off a cop or even cuss towards a cop😂

[@TheLivewire18]

If I told a group of Americans, “I got arrested because I cussed out a cop.” Almost NOBODY would be shocked. That says everything you need to know. It’s almost expected given the way cops act.

[@1GrimmGhost]

@@TheLivewire18 completely agree, which is the sad thing cause you have every right to do so if you want to.

[@resq717]

Why would it be illegal to flip off a cop, when you're driving by, in the UNITED STATES? Seriously. This isn't a dictatorship. The guy won a hefty settlement, so the police were indeed wrong. It's bad enough that there ARE cops who believe they deserve subordination from everyone, at all costs. They're definitely trained incorrectly. According to the story, it seems Riggens thought he was flipped off, more than anything.

[@markastoforoff7838]

It's sad that I'm a Canadian and I know the US first constitution rights better than an American cop.

[@BabaYagaBabyBaddaBoom]

Me too , 18 USC 241, 242 1983 .

[@robertpolnicky7702]

They know them but they're thugs. As a result of the qualified immunity law which is an illegitimate law shoved through state legislatures with campaign money.

[@tictacterminator]

There's no first amendment right to roadrage in an intersection.

[@tictacterminator]

ok i lied there's no first amendment right that says anyone but me can roadrage in an intersection

[@the_eaglefan]

That guy should not be a cop.

[@mikelomez9313]

I got news for you, I'm guessing 99% of cops are like that guy

[@neondystopian]

He's not.

[@tperson8347]

​@@mikelomez9313 That WOULD be news, it's nowhere near that high of a percentage

[@RKOky]

@@tperson8347 Yeah you’re right, most are even more sensitive

[@toddmetzger]

This took 6 years to resolve in the courts?!?!? Amazing... There should be another lawsuit regarding how long this took.

[@kathleenkrug-byle1199]

The government is larger and has more access to public records - we have to pay for certified copies, they get them for free - so they use this power to delay, delay, delay.

[@beatricesomeone3300]

Sadly this is how our system works :( all about money

[@erich6860]

The courts are overloaded with stupid lawsuits, and thousands of petty crime.

[@user-tk2opijhhg]

3:11 I’m 43 and POC, I grew up being told respect law enforcement because they are the most respectful , professional and heroic people in society. Now I tell my children that calling the police will put their life in immediate danger and they are at high risk of being killed by the police for simply existing

[@user-tk2opijhhg]

@@SY-qg6qn I warn them about bootlickers too

[@prosperityinmotion7665]

​@@user-tk2opijhhg😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@kylezo]

@@SY-qg6qnnah you're just a 🥾👅, nobody is dumb enough to listen to your nonsense kid

[@4OHz]

End qualified immunity, cops need to live in the community they serve and chiefs of police need to be an elected position

[@Nthali193]

Texas passed a bill to suppress bodycam footage, you would need a lawyer to acquire footage. I have caught them twice lying and having to drop charges, over 20k down the drain for dropped charges.

[@AlbertaGeek]

Citizens need to start wearing their own bodycams that upload the footage directly to the cloud so cops can't delete it.

[@spit-boy9991]

The other crime is who pays the victim his judgment...yep never the cops. It's your tax dollars through police agency insurance

[@BabaYagaBabyBaddaBoom]

He loses qualified immunity on this one , there is tons of case law and he should have thicker skin .Baby with a badge

[@KrAOLo]

I laughed at a cop who gave us a ticket for traffic impediment, which he spelled 'Impendantment'. I was 9 years old. Keep in mind it was 2am and it was very foggy and not a damn car on the road so. 😂 Driving while brown. My other story about cops is much sadder, Central Park 5 style. Went 80k in debt getting a good lawyer when I was 14 to settle because they had coerced testimonies from kids whom they threatened. I was supposedly Tony Soprano and conspiring the crime since I was not there. Now I help people wrongly convicted in any way I can.

[@Melpheos1er]

As always no consequences for the cop. If there is a settlement it should come from the pocket of the cop or the pension fund !

[@Nick-hi9gx]

1329 people aren't alive in 2024 because of police in 2023. 50% increase in 4 years.

[@kennethhowerton3983]

This is why holding the police accountable is not as simple as it sounds. 6 years?! They should've doubled the settlement.

[@skillethead15]

And the man didn’t retire until a week before the case settled. So this unhinged cop was driving around town for 6 more years after this incident. It’s insane.

[@ianbattles7290]

And the department knew about this the entire time and let him stay on the streets. *That says everything I need to know about the VT state police.*

[@curlywurly70]

The cop should have been required to pay a substantial part of the settlement.

[@michaelccopelandsr7120]

To ALL "peace officers:" You want your respect back? THEN EARN OUR TRUST BACK! Simple as that.

[@pranteranaud3617]

They don't care until it costs them something. America needs to wake up.

[@michaelccopelandsr7120]

@@pranteranaud3617 They'll care if they want to keep calling themselves the good guys.

[@imbalancedstatus8824]

Wasn't sensitive cop...was thug with a badge

[@ianbattles7290]

And the cop didn't have to pay a single penny of this lawsuit. He got to bully a citizen and it didn't cost him anything.

[@imbalancedstatus8824]

@@ianbattles7290 That is why they keep doing it day in and day out

[@wolfmonkey2012]

And this is why we need to be able to sue the police unions.

[@AngelaKSellsHomes]

The BS part about it is the police didn't pay. The people of Vermont paid it. The officer gets full retirement. End qualified immunity now!

[@ianbattles7290]

To everyone thinking the guy had a slam-dunk case, it still took *6 freakin' years* to get to this outcome.

[@Jumpman23mvp]

It was a slam dunk case but government and law enforcement agencies choose to drag their feet and cause financial strain to anyone involved. So if you can hold on and last long enough you will win but they bet on most people giving up

[@toddmetzger]

@@Jumpman23mvp There should be lawsuits regarding the time it took.

[@kathleenkrug-byle1199]

The government is bigger and has more resources. They get certified public records for free, we have to beg for them and then pay for them.

[@daverobson3084]

@@kathleenkrug-byle1199 To be precise, WE pay for their lawyers and resources as well.

[@detritusofseattle]

"Wah! You flipped me off! Wah!" Really, dude? Get over it.

[@Jumpman23mvp]

Respect is earned... so no need to blindly respect law enforcement. When you have no transparency and even less accountability there's a problem. "We have investigated ourselves, and have found no wrongdoing" ~every law enforcement agency ever

[@OhAwe]

Just cops, doing cop things lol.

[@ang5035]

and cops wonder why average person hate them

[@waynewright5023]

And *THAT'S* the problem : the cops who abuse their authority never have to suffer any accountability!!! The city or the state pays for their abuse!!!

[@99vargass]

Summary: Easily offended cop gets sad and violates man's first amendment rights and Vermont citizens pay the bill.

[@billwilson8374]

It's not justice until the police pension fund starts paying they settlements instead of the taxpayers.

[@BlankBrain]

I can't understand why the cop would even care.

[@adrianpale2342]

Ego trip.

[@ammocandoit]

Cops are the weenies from school that no one liked because they were assholes to everyone. So they grew up with an inferiority complex and think their wee wee will grow with every civilian they put in their place. I'm guessing.

[@ianbattles7290]

Because he's an arrogant loser who knows he won't face any personal consequences for this.

[@capt.bart.roberts4975]

I went to school with the children of a crooked detective superintendent who got nicked for receiving stolen goods. My dad told me the story much later in my life. Unfortunately that particular honest cop trope never really flew where I grew up.

[@redpapa859]

It doesn't matter if he did flip him off it's not illegal it's freedom of speech and even if you didn't know sign language you know what that means because that's how popular it is 😂

[@HuatulcoGuy]

SOME cops are power trippin' assholes, no question!

[@erich6860]

I love how the cop explains how he's not sensitive, but then immediately proceeds to be sensitive to this "one time" he's pulled someone over for flipping him off. lol

[@antclerfont8478]

That's how fragile egoed these cops are. No wonder they're the most hated

[@JohnFnLopez]

Cowards wear badges

[@makeumybitch]

You're a coward!

[@kathleenkrug-byle1199]

Cowards and domestic abusers with super-sized egos wear badges.

[@Verolent1577]

​@@makeumybitch - ONLY COWARDS DEFEND COWARDS/BULLIES WITH BADGES! That pathetic tag name of yours says it all (giving B vibes all over the place), butthurt and big mad about it, ugh ... go lick your festering wounds somewhere else, hypersensitive cretin!!!

[@rampagerob3387]

Social media was definitely a factor. “Audit the Audit, Lackluster, and “The Civil Rights Lawyer” all did a piece on it. Cant wait to see their update on this.

[@TomBouthillet]

Contemp of cop is not a crime.

[@kyuubifox33]

Flipping off a cop has been defended as freedom of speech many time in the courts

[@tictacterminator]

it shouldn't be while driving through an intersection

[@StonedMagician99]

@@tictacterminator Yes, because the intersection part is what matters.

[@resq717]

When you can no longer openly complain about (or to) the president, a congressmember, or law enforcement, you no longer live in the USA. It's truly unpatriotic to believe otherwise.

[@simoncox9689]

i thnk it is an amazing story how a cop is butt hurt at a middle finger ..cop at fault at end

[@bellaggio1770]

Paid for by taxpayers..

[@beatricesomeone3300]

Ohh i saw that case already, that was Gestapo behaviour at it's best 😡😡🤬🤬

[@jimthompson8947]

Well, officers shouldn't disrespect their bosses (the 99%) nor graduate academy without law comprehension (ignorance). Everything is as it should be: citizens are wary.

[@andycollins7215]

This cop will come out of retirement very soon and continue abusing members of the public in another precinct before we know it. What a cluster fcuk policing in America has become.

[@JAFONews]

just search case law, flipping a cop off is protected by the First Amendment. will you get arrested? probably. is the law on your side? yup. youtube is full of videos just like this. here's the real question: Why aren't cops charged with disorderly conduct when they curse at suspects? Erik Brant was the king of cursing at cops in public. the man even had a sign he carried

[@davidnonya320]

100k to go to jail for an hour ill take it.

[@zach8025]

I’m less likely to believe a police officer.

[@RendarSelin]

The “Audit the Audit” KZbin channel covered this case and destroyed the officer. They do good work.

[@kathleenkrug-byle1199]

Gondolas V Trevino has affirmed our 1st amendment rights to criticize the government (Thank you Institute for Justice)

[@daverobson3084]

Cop" That's disorderly conduct 101." No, that's FREE SPEECH 101. So says the Supreme Court of the United States . But, hell, if a cop that is wrong were not extremely certain of being in the right I'd be surprised.

[@ricohnstad]

Poor little guy, got flipped off .😅

[@grahamjones5400]

All cops should have to get personal liability insurance, the cost of lawsuits should come entirely from the cops themselves

[@AlbertaGeek]

Solid idea.

[@babywah3290]

Wow, didn’t know there was a feelings police force out there

[@BabaYagaBabyBaddaBoom]

Federal Feelings Enforcement Agency !!

[@BabaYagaBabyBaddaBoom]

1st amendment salute !!!! Always record them , they lie , cameras don't .

[@Poppagee69]

Butthurt baby with a badge !

[@AnonymousA-hm7iv]

🖕👮‍♂️ < That's free speech.

[@tictacterminator]

Not while driving in a public intersection where kids could be crossing, its not. The cop was right.

[@Nick-hi9gx]

@@tictacterminator Sandul v. Larion, 119 F.3d 1250, 1255 (6th Cir. 1997); Duran v. City of Douglas, 904 F.2d 1372, 1378 (9th Cir. 1990); Nichols v. Chacon, 110 F. Supp. 2d 1099, 1102 (W.D. Ark. 2000); Brockway v. Shepherd, 942 F. Supp. 1012, 1015 (M.D. Pa. 1996); see also Commonwealth v. Kelly, 2000 PA Super 254, 758 A.2d 1284, 1288 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2000). You're wrong. So was the cop.

[@eeheath06]

Welcome to donald john trump's make America great again!

[@craigs1266]

I have flipped cops off and gotten pulled over for it. They have no choice but to let me go. Unidentified.

[@plasticfrank]

The experience in my family is that once the cops know you for any reason they will harass you for the rest of your life or untill you move away from their jurisdiction. So technically you can flip them off. But they will more than likely abuse their power to make your life harder.

[@craigs1266]

@@plasticfrank always record your interactions with cops.

[@justice4all997]

This tyrants enjoyed locking a citizen in a cage? Hopefully you will see him no gun no badge off duty and you to can talk about it man to man.

[@stephenw8129]

The tax payers pay the settlement. The cop doesn’t care. Not a reason to celebrate.

[@Threecrazydogs63]

That cop should not be a cop, ever, anywhere!!! Wow, his “I’m not sensitive” claim is proof positive he’s sensitive. He also believes he is owed more respect than everyone else. I was raised by a cop. His behavior was off the wall and his explanations were often illogical bs just like the cop in this video.

[@TheCaptainSlappy]

There's a reason TYT targets pinkos like yourself...weak of mind. And to do that, they need the fake outrage marketing of this video...but especially, to get you to target cops, komrade. That's the way russkie active measures works.

[@randymarsh8974]

@@TheCaptainSlappySomeone doesn’t have many cop friends. Well I wouldn’t call them friends… But they come in handy when they think you’re on their side.

[@Mike-01234]

I remember once driving home after work and I drove by a house party. I turned onto my street which was only about 4 homes long a dead end I was going about 12 mph. Next thing I know a police officer is shining a flashlight in my face yelling at me to get out of the car as I pull into my parents driveway. What happened was this house party someone reported it to the police they parked down the street were walking up the center of the street. He assumed I was from that house party I tried to explain all he could do is go on and on how I tried to run him over. I said why are you walking down the middle of the street in a black uniform with no light on. He wrote me a ticket for going 55 mph in a residential neighborhood. It wasn't even possible to go that fast I fought the ticket judge said the police officer word is greater then my word against him. I had 3 witnesses, video, and a diagram it wasn't even possible to drive that fast. Yeah in those days cops got away with murder.

[@ammocandoit]

Not just in those days 😢 still happening. Acab.

[@RightToFreedomGirl]

DECREASE POLICE ... too mich time on their hands

[@Mysucculentchinesemeal]

Gotta love it when someone when’s a lawsuit like this.

[@annecollins1741]

You really can't make this up 😂😂😂. That's one sensitive cop,lol.

[@CanadianSmoke]

I'd hate to hear what this cop's idea of a "normal" conversation is... and he most likely sits in the front pews of his church.

[@LostRussianLove]

5:36 That's an F-ed up situation for his young boy . And they say that america is land of the free.😢

[@nevaalton-lynn7765]

Yet cops are riding around throwing cups of coffee, soda, etc. at lawful civilians. And laughing about it.go figure

[@TA-kr1di]

Bad Piggy!

[@dochoskinsjr9807]

Guy was too sensitive to be a cop.

[@lukebrunner1548]

I'm thankful that Riggen didn't beat up the victim or physically abuse the victim aside from the illegal detainment then arrest (basically kidnapping). The story is so much worse (legally) with additional details. The Franklin DA charged him with the BullS*** disorderly conduct charge which was thrown out immediately by the judge. Then he filed ANOTHER disorderly conduct charge for impeding traffic which was also thrown out immediately by the judge. That's why the settlement was so large and included attorney fees for the victim. It was $100,000 for him and $75,000 for the attorneys. I'm glad Riggen isn't a trooper anymore and I hope he doesn't pursue another position in law enforcement for the sake of his possible future victims and for his own sake as well. The DA should be fired and charged with malicious prosecution as I haven't heard any consequences for the legal hell he was trying to inflict on the victim.

[@TylerXC91]

It doesn't matter if he flipped him off, there's literally case law that says it's protected under the first amendment to flip off cops.

[@ccatarinajm7114]

Only in the USA. Over here, in Belgium, the slogan is "the police, your friend, your helper" (in Dutch "police" is seen as a group, hence singular). I was in a park with my young children once, in this Middle Ages thing with tents and people dressed up and such. I walk up to a duo of cops and say: "your uniforms don't fit in this setting". They just laughed. My kids were shocked and I'm pretty sure the cops heard me tell them: "See, there's nothing to be scared of, they're just human too. The police, your friend, your helper." Same thing after the attack in Brussels. There were military officers patrolling the mall. My youngest was 9 and when we left a store she was startled by the presence of a duo of military officers. I told my kid: "She's not going to bite, you know, she's here to protect us." After which the female officer pretended to claw and take a bite out of my child. That made my child laugh and the next time we came across that same duo, we all said hello to each other. I'm a brown woman with a white, blond and blue-eyed eldest child and two slightly tanned, brown-haired and brown-eyed kids. I honestly would not feel safe in the US these days least of all behaving like I did in the park or in the mall. Over here, if a cop pulls a gun (even without firing it) there is a whole investigation as to whether that was necessary. In the US, I'd be dead already.

[@Damacles9]

Truth, but be careful in Europa, fascist fever is the new global pandemic.

[@jmlapedis49]

FYI, you cannot "win a settlement." You either win (or are awarded) a judgment (through trial) or reach a settlement (through negotiations).

[@Unvaccinated69-m9o]

Im dying if covid and AIDS but even so nothing will stop me JOE BIDEN 2024 HAPPY ORIDE AND THE BLACK PEOPLE MONTH

[@xyo224]

What a wonderful use of taxpayer money

[@GBuild-wl7zr]

What happened to the cop? It’s great that the man got a settlement for his wrongful arrest, but if there is no punitive action against the cop he really doesn’t give a $hit. The taxpayers are footing the bill. We need to pass legislation that requires police department retirement funds to at least pay part of these settlements. That would stop this abuse of power quick, fast and in a hurry.

[@kylezo]

That kind of accountability is nowhere near our current reality. People underestimate the gap between a settlement (bribe) and accountability (justice).

[@Idkman740]

If they face no punitive action then the public should go out and do the very same. Either they will keep paying lawsuits or start forcing the officers to abide by the law

[@Idkman740]

This is why auditors exsist

[@iancampbell1316]

That cop violated the hell out of that man's first and fourth amendment rights and lied his ass off doing it. The sad thing is, the tax payers are paying the money and the cop probably got promoted.

[@Damacles9]

Someone commented that the cop retired a week before the trial.

[@kriswingert1662]

Flipping the bird, calling the cop anything is STILL freedom of speech. This is not illegal and no law enforcement can jail you for it.

[@bobmcmanus7259]

They lie when they KNOW they are being filmed. Imagine how they lie when not being filmed.

[@claudiametzger306]

This was a retaliation arrest. The cop knew it was a questionable arrest but he got his revenge by putting the man through the nightmare of booking, sitting in jail and the cost. This big payoff wasn't paid by the cop so his bad act cost him nothing. The taxpayers paid for it. It's likely that the cop didn't even get anything but a "don't do that again" from his superior officers.

[@RogueReflections]

He probably got promoted. Gangsters are like that.

[@susanpaisley3534]

This cop has LIEabetes

[@markhunter9313]

🏆💎🚨

[@BruteStrength99]

175k? I've seen wrongful death settlements that aren't that high.

[@Balletcalvero]

I really like Jordan. He's a great journalist

[@tomshady3530]

Good for him. But did they fire the cop?

[@rogergeyer9851]

The video said the cop "retired" a week before the trial. So I'm thinking yes, but of course they wouldn't admit it.

[@quintonverwant6440]

If u flip cops of we hef to pay 😢

[@Ascending-c3g]

Up untill you demand lawmakers make cops pay via pension funds

[@ammocandoit]

3:45 ah Cenk bless your heart! I lost all faith and trust in police at 5yo. Sitting on the sidewalk with 3 of my black friends, a cop rolled up and threw fast food trash at us and called us garbage. Four 5yo girls, just playing outside or houses. That was just my first interaction with police. It only got worse from there. Not so much for me, but for my friends. When we'd get pulled over, They'd sit me off to the side and my friends would get yelled at and roughed up (in the better situations). Fuck Minneapolis police. I said it 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@jackkanoff6265]

Yea, ok

[@brianharris9949]

@jackanoff6265 Your handle fits you perfectly! 🤣🤣🤣

[@ammocandoit]

@jackkanoff6265 This is why we can't all get along. I tell, what should be a heartbreaking story- it broke my heart every time it happened, and you go out of your way to be dismissive. Have a heart. 💜

[@artistray621]

Cenk, I had some respect for police until I turned 15 when I saw the LA County Sheriff's started rioting on Aug 29, 1970. Was held at gunpoint by LAPD about 2 weeks later, for walking to school with an athletic bag.

[@joshuafass5841]

I dont understand people's frustrations when they see someone flipping them off. Like its just a hand gesture. So what? I have been flipped off a few time while driving and it never bothered me. I mean I watched that vehicle intently to see if karma strikes back but I never wanted to be outraged by it.

[@rogergeyer9851]

Cops in their "I'm so special and great" mode CLEARLY hate ANY form of what they consider disrespect. I always thought respect was EARNED. Their recent behavior in SO many cases earns contempt, not respect. It's not the good cops' fault, but overall, they lose the automatic assumption of all being good, honest cops.

[@JohnDoe-tx8lq]

$75,000 just to defend himself - over a minor stop! And at the same time WE pay the ALL the costs to keep the case going for years when they knew it was BS.

[@ianbattles7290]

How can the average citizen even afford a fair trial when going up against the unlimited resources of the government???

[@georgedeleon4740]

You can't deny my middle finger its 1st Amendment tights. My middle finger also will speak sh*t without warning. To the cop who was so offended, talk to the finger.

[@pc4189]

Wow..what a coincidence, the cop "retires" just before the case is decided. Hmmmm funny how that worked out. Guess he got to keep his pension.

[@jackkanoff6265]

It took 6yrs. I can imagine quite a few retired in that time. (Stop making yourself look silly)

[@Geezer_-_js3kg4zg3w]

What if you give a cop the, "STINK EYE?" How about a monthly, "show a cop your disdain day?" That should desensitize them to gestures.

[@blancasd]

“Don’t try this at home.” The fuck you say, Cenk. “You can’t win if you don’t play!” That’s the motto of the Taxpayer Police Lottery.

[@robertmartinovics9270]

One time, walking past a meter cop, I laughed evil, aloud, "mwa-hahahaha." I figured, I don't have a car, he has no power over me. Unless I was hearing things, he did say, hey, when I was about 50 yards away. I kept walking.

[@PrinceKind-j5r]

Anyway they tased me in my yard for no reason because I grabbed my dog and held him and said no don't take my dog I would have given them the other dog because I was going to get him anyway but they tased me because I held on to my dog and I couldn't hold him long enough I had to release him and then they tease me in my back in my yard I wish I had someone😊 to help me to see these people in Birmingham

[@codbdup88]

Cops truly love giving parent like lectures

[@edgoodwin1667]

Vermont cops are trained to not shake hands with people ROBOTS

[@bbennyj]

Abuse of authority

[@the_meccaneer]

Is that 175k coming from my tax dollars? If so I am not celebrating.

[@TelephoneToughGuy]

The vast majority of that is coming from Vermont taxpayers, so it really depends on where you're from, bubba

[@mattnhormann]

Found the cop-sucker.