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beachbum bob
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| Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 8:25 pm Post subject: US Govt loses lawsuit, pay $2 mil for WOT false arrest |
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this only cost US taxpayers $2 million bucks...wait until all the other lawsuits work there way...too bad we can't hold our politico leaders financially responsible for the cost.....
http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/11/29/mayfield.suit/index.html
U.S. to pay $2M, apologize for false terror arrest
POSTED: 2:18 p.m. EST, November 29, 2006
PORTLAND, Oregon (CNN) -- An Oregon lawyer wrongly arrested and accused of involvement in the 2004 Madrid train bombings has settled a lawsuit against the U.S. government for $2 million, attorneys told CNN on Wednesday.
Brandon Mayfield was arrested in Portland, Oregon, on a material witness warrant in May 2004, less than two months after the train bombings.
The settlement was confirmed by both sides. It was reached Tuesday during a conference with a federal judge, attorneys said.
The FBI identified Mayfield's fingerprint on a blue plastic bag containing detonators found in a van used by the bombers. However, the FBI's fingerprint identification was wrong and Mayfield was released several days later.
Mayfield and his family later sued the U.S. government for damages. The Portland-area attorney contended that he was a victim of profiling because he is a Muslim convert.
The Justice Department denied the profiling allegation in a prepared statement on Wednesday.
The settlement includes not only a $2 million payment, but an apology, said Mayfield's attorney, Elden Rosenthal.
The written apology reads as follows:
"The United States of America apologizes to Mr. Brandon Mayfield and his family for the suffering caused by the FBI's misidentification of Mr. Mayfield's fingerprint and the resulting investigation of Mr. Mayfield, including his arrest as a material witness in connection with the 2004 Madrid train bombings and the execution of search warrants and other court orders in the Mayfield family home and in Mr. Mayfield's law office."
Added Rosenthal: "Mr. Mayfield and his family felt it was in their best interest to get on with their lives. No amount of money can compensate Mr. Mayfield for being held as a prisoner and being told he faced the death penalty."
Mayfield and his attorneys say the settlement allows him to continue the portion of his lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Patriot Act. Mayfield contends that his home was searched under provisions of the Patriot Act.
In its statement, the Justice Department said its Office of Inspector General found no evidence of profiling or misuse of Patriot Act provisions. |
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Alizard
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| Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 8:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Wow.... if two million is the going rate for false arrest, I wonder how much we will be paying the guys from GITMO who got tortured and didn't know anything? |
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Moracca
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| Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 8:32 pm Post subject: |
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Kinda throws all of that stuff about a "dictatorship" and everyone losing their rights when a man can still sue the government for wrong doing and get paid for it. I thought all these people were rounded up and never heard from again.
Where do I sign up to spend a few days in jail with my name and picture all over the news only to come out in the end with $2 million? I can see it now:
Old York Times wrote: Moraccan born Muslim female US Army vet of Torrance, California was arrested this morning on charges of............ |
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Timmytour
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| Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 8:32 pm Post subject: |
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I donīt know if this one can go down to Bush.
It sounds like the fault lies with those who did the fingerprinting. After all it sounds like with the incorrect fingerprint identification, it was pretty fair game to proceed further! |
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Ozzone
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| Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 8:35 pm Post subject: |
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| I agree that he should get compensated, but $2 MILLION DOLLARS? How long was he arrested for? |
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Timmytour
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| Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 8:38 pm Post subject: |
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Ozzone wrote: I agree that he should get compensated, but $2 MILLION DOLLARS? How long was he arrested for?
Just the time it took to read him his rights.
On the other hand he was held for.......
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Alizard
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| Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 8:41 pm Post subject: |
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Timmytour wrote: I donīt know if this one can go down to Bush.
It sounds like the fault lies with those who did the fingerprinting.
Come on.... I mean, with a name like:
Quote: Brandon Mayfield
He's got to be a terrorist! |
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flamboyant
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| Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 8:54 pm Post subject: |
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Moracca wrote: Kinda throws all of that stuff about a "dictatorship" and everyone losing their rights when a man can still sue the government for wrong doing and get paid for it. I thought all these people were rounded up and never heard from again.
Where do I sign up to spend a few days in jail with my name and picture all over the news only to come out in the end with $2 million? I can see it now:
Old York Times wrote: Moraccan born Muslim female US Army vet of Torrance, California was arrested this morning on charges of............
Want me to make a couple calls? |
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