55° and Overcast
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS!
California Constitution Section 2
Every person may freely speak, write and publish his or her sentiments on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of this right.
A law may not restrain or abridge liberty of speech or press.
California Constitution Section 3
The people have the right to instruct their representatives, petition government for redress of grievances, and Assemble Freely to consult for the common good.
California Constitution Section 5
The military is subordinate to civil power.
A standing army may not be maintained in peacetime.
WHEN THE COPS ARE THE CRIMINALS
California Penal Code 146.
Every public officer, or person pretending to be a public officer, who, under the pretense or color of any process or other legal authority, does any of the following, without a regular process or other lawful authority, is guilty of a misdemeanor:
(a) Arrests any person or detains that person against his or her will.
(b) Seizes or levies upon any property.
(c) Dispossesses any one of any lands or tenements.
California Penal Code 147.
Every officer who is guilty of willful inhumanity or oppression toward any prisoner under his care or in his custody, is punishable by fine not exceeding four thousand dollars ($4,000), and by removal from office.
California Penal Code 149.
Every public officer who, under color of authority, without lawful necessity, assaults or beats any person, is punishable by a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, or pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170, or by both that fine and imprisonment.
