Teacher falesly accused of molestation because his student was angry gets his life ruined

It all started in January 2010 when Sean Lanigan, a physical education teacher, got arrested and interrogated by two Fairfax County police detective.

A 12-year-old girl in Lanigan's class complained to the cops that he groped her and touched her buttocks in the back room of their class. Turns out, he never did it and she was angry at him because he disciplined her for bullying her classmates...

Two weeks after her testimony, the cops arrested Lanigan without even talking to the girl further. Imagine how a dedicated teacher, soccer coach (he even has GK - for goalkeeper - tatooed on his leg) had to explain to his family (wife and 3 children) and friends how he was accused of child molestation? Why TV trucks were around his school and house? He was facing up to 40 years in jail, and we all know what they do to child molesters there...

Anyway, after spending months alone because of the shame, turns out the jury found him not guilty in a record-beating deliberation of only 47 minutes!

Lanigan thought his problems over after the ruling, but his school, despite the acquittal, decided to transfer him (a move that forced his wife to quit her job) twice. The district won't pay him his $125,000 in legal fees, which is legally required by Virginia law for employees cleared of wrongdoing on the job.

More than a year later, he still has the "child molester" stickers all over him. Which means, social and professional problems. Isn't it a high price to pay for simply disciplining a student? Just look at the first Google result for 'Sean Lanigan'...

More info can be found at http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/fairfax-teacher-sean-lanigan-still-suffering-from-false-molestation-allegations/2011/03/04/AFVwhh3G_story.html

Indiana Supreme Court declares resisting unlawful police entry... illegal

Don't worry, I'm not one to constantly give police a hard time. As a matter of fact, it isn't even their fault, this time. I think.


So, yesterday, the Indiana Supreme Court passed a move that defies the very US constitution itself, you know, the one piece of text that reads "The right of the people to be secure in their houses shall not be violated". Quoting Justice Steven David, 


"a right to resist an unlawful police entry into a home is against public policy and is incompatible with modern Fourth Amendment jurisprudence. We also find that allowing resistance unnecessarily escalates the level of violence and therefore the risk of injuries to all parties involved without preventing the arrest".

Basically, "ain't no need for a warrant no mo": police officers can enter anyone's house as they god damn please, and any resistance shall be declared illegal. Now, Indiana citizens can complain about it, only afterwards. After their whole house has been possibly ransacked. Because, you see, resisting would cause "unnecessary violence".

Let's just hope Indiana doesn't have the kind of charming police officers I talked about in my last post, heh.

See you soon; no police stuff in my next post, I swear.


More info at http://www.examiner.com/libertarian-in-national/indiana-supreme-court-citizens-have-no-right-to-resist-unlawful-police-entry