13 November 2011

pineville, la police department sued for unwarranted arrest; repeated tasing man on super 1 parking lot

UPDATE: city of pineville removes ritchie taser case to federal court

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this petition for damages filed for cleveland l. ritchie, jr., by his attorney, rudie r. soileau, jr., la. bar roll #2119, of the lake charles, la., lundy, lundy, soileau & south law firm, is a bit vague in its description of the circumstances surrounding mr. ritchie's unfortunate "unwarranted arrest" and repeated violent tasing.

according to the petition, on 03 november 2010, mr. ritchie was sitting in a properly parked automobile on the parking lot of super 1 foods in pineville, "when he was confronted by officers of the pineville police department who immediately and without good cause arrested [him]."

the petition alleges various violations of mr. ritchie's rights, including 42 usc 1983 and 1988 as well as the fourth and fourteenth amendments to the united states constitution and article 2315 et seq., of the louisiana civil code and "provisions of the louisiana constitution of 1974." including article 1 sections 2, 5 and 20.
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Ritchie vs Pineville Police Department
click here to download eight page .pdf [205 kb]
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UPDATE: wst... has learned that the plaintiff, cleveland ritchie, jr., is the brother of local real estate executive, matt ritchie and fourteenth judicial district court (calcasieu parish) judge, david ritchie.

UPDATE: city of pineville removes ritchie taser case to federal court
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Posted by wst... at 18:50