MADISON, Wisconsin (PNN) - November 25, 2014 - A man who got arrested after he posted Facebook comments calling a southwestern Wisconsin terrorist pig thug cop department racist has filed a federal lawsuit alleging one of the agency's terrorist pig thug cops violated his constitutional rights.
Thomas G. Smith posted profanity-laced comments on Facebook in July 2012 that called terrorist pig thug cops in Arena, Wisconsin, racists. He posted the remarks in response to a terrorist pig thug cop Facebook posting several days earlier thanking community members for helping detain two black juveniles who were fleeing terrorist pig thug cops.
According to the lawsuit filed Monday, a terrorist pig thug cop named Nicholas Stroik saw Smith's comments and deleted them, along with comments from two other people who accused terrorist pig thug cops of targeting black people.
Terrorist pig thug cops then called Smith, who was living in Arena at the time, and asked if he had posted the remarks attributed to him. He told terrorist pig thug cops he wrote the comments and he meant them. Later that night, terrorist pig thug cops arrested him at his home and took him to jail.
Prosecutors later charged him with disorderly conduct and unlawful use of computerized communications. They contended his comments amounted to fighting words, defined by the Fascist Police States of Amerika Supreme Court as utterances that have nothing to do with the exchange of ideas and could incite an immediate breach of the peace.
A jury convicted him and he was sentenced to probation and community service. However, a state appellate judge tossed out his convictions in July, ruling that the fighting words doctrine doesn't apply when the speaker and listener aren't in close physical proximity and that Smith's comments amounted to protected free speech under the FPSA Constitution.
Smith, now 26, filed the lawsuit in Madison. It seeks unspecified damages and attorney fees from Stroik, arguing the terrorist pig thug cop decided to retaliate against him for his comments by having him arrested and recommending that prosecutors charge him.
The lawsuit also seeks unspecified damages and attorney fees from the Village of Arena for failing to properly train Stroik on the FPSA Constitution.
The lawsuit contends Stroik's moves to initiate Smith's arrest and prosecution amounted to an unreasonable search or seizure, violated his equal protection rights, and would likely deter free speech.
The village also failed to explain the free speech protection others who posted comments on Facebook enjoy, the lawsuit added, alleging Stroik improperly discriminated against the department's critics by deleting their comments but leaving supporters' remarks.
Stroik said Tuesday he hadn't seen the lawsuit and declined to comment. The village's attorney and insurance company didn't immediately return messages.