Finally... Media Reports Police Vindicated In A Lawsuit
We recently highlighted how the Chicago Sun-Times is clearly biased against Chicago Police and would not report on the police officers who were vindicated in the 26 Year wrongful conviction Jerry Miller lawsuit.
Unlike the Sun-TImes, the Virginia Daily Press, a Tribune paper, is reporting that a Federal Judge in Virginia has granted summary judgment for the James City County Police Department in a lawsuit brought by W. Walker Ware IV. According to the Daily Press: 
On Sept. 3, U.S. District Court Judge Mark S. Davis threw the suit out, ruling that Ware's claims were baseless and that his rights had not been violated by his arrest and incarceration. In a 41-page ruling, Davis retraced the entire incident in question, methodically absolving the officers of any wrongdoing. Granting summary judgment required the judge to view all available evidence in the best possible light for Ware, then determine if a jury could rule in his favor.
The $3.5 million suit was brought in January 2008 by W. Walker Ware IV, who was arrested in 2006 for disorderly conduct, obstruction of justice and assault and battery of a police officer. The suit, in turn, alleged assault and battery, as well as false arrest and illegal imprisonment, malicious prosecution and intentional infliction of emotional distress against four officers. The suit also alleged that county policy allowed the misconduct.
County Attorney Leo Rogers said the ruling was a "clear vindication for the police department and the officers."
According to Judge Davis in his Opinion, based on information provided in the case, the officers were right to arrest Ware and that Ware assaulted one officer, made threatening statements, had been drinking and was uncooperative at the time.
It is sad that we have to blog about the media actually doing their job....But given the lack of reporting on the police side - especially when a frivolous lawsuit is exposed - a reporter needs the occasional "pat on the back." Thank you Dan Parsons of the Daily Press.
