Today we filed suit in the case of the “Outlaw Barber,” Winerd “Les” Jenkins, a 73 year old combat veteran and former 27-year Deputy U.S. Marshall, who was arrested for refusing to close his barbershop during the Governor’s lockdown in April of 2020. We filed a Section 1983 civil rights lawsuit in federal court, in the Northern District of West Virginia.
He was ultimately arrested by two deputies from the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office, who transported Mr. Jenkins for incarceration and charged him with “obstructing” an officer. The prosecuting attorney’s office of that county then aggressively prosecuted Mr. Jenkins for the better part of a year, until the judge finally dismissed the charge in January of 2021, finding that it would be a violation of Mr. Jenkins’s constitutional rights to prosecute him for violating the governor’s executive order.
Read more, including the full lawsuit and watch the body cam: https://thecivilrightslawyer.com/2021/05/20/the-outlaw-barber-arrested-for-refusing-to-close-during-the-lockdown-files-civil-rights-lawsuit/
Part 1 Video with the body cam footage: https://youtu.be/svB9CkUl0Gg
#CivilRightsLawsuit #Lockdowns #FalseArrest
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey should be the recipient of a hefty lawsuit.
If a government can GRANT alicense, it can also TAKE IT AWAY.
according to the United States of America's Constitution and the Bill of Rights where is the Warrant to do all this? His business is also protected under the 4th Amendment. Where in the Constitution does it say we lose our rights just because the Governer have this ability?
It was an invasion of the Brain Snatchers.
Did he win ?
Dirty cops get sued personally for turning off body cams . Just kidding this backwards america . Police are above the law and hide behind unions and qualified immunity.
Lol, immune “comparable.” Public official can’t even speak basic English…
If it was so dangerous to operate his business, where are the cops’ masks?? Gloves?? Didn’t they realize they were facing certain death??
Remember this.
It sounds like Shank down by the Government.
Prosecute anybody
who wants to be our
2023 Typhoid Mary.
I don't understand how individuals become law enforcement Personnel when they don't understand the law theirselves….
Cops trying to protect and serve the guy into bankruptcy.
Abolish qualified immunity
Well glad some of it turned out good.
Fight the good fight my man. If I could, I’d buy you a proper stogie myself just to thank you for your work.
Such a shame! The mans only source of income! This is the way we thank our veterans? Who do these people think they work for? Shame SHAME! Thank you TCRL for your help!
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Because of all the circumstances here, this man should NEVER have been arrested. The inspector should have obtained a copy of the order & should’ve signed it. The poor man did everything he could, and the Board should have done at least something to help him.
Saying NO to an officer is not obstruction.
Lol enjoy the lawsuit
West Virginia is growing into a constitutional Hell.
If he flouted the pandemic orders during the pandemic, fuck him. My asthmatic daughter was 3 and 4, so she couldn't be vaccinated. Anyone who refused to pitch in during the global health crisis can go to hell for putting my kid at risk.
IM EMBARRASSED TO EVEN WATCH THESE CRIMINAL FELONS WITH BADGES! I HATE TO SAY IT BUT ANYONE THAT IS PAID WITH TAX PAYERS MONEY IS A CRIMINAL IN ANY WAY OF THIEVES, LIARS, TYRANTS AND LIST GOES ON, JUST LOOK AT CITY UNION WORKERS LOL WHAT A JOKE THESE IDIOTS ARE, THEY ARE THIEVES BY STEALIN OF HOURLY WAGES BY BEING LAZY FUUKS! BUT THEY ALL ARE CRIMINALS SMALL TO LARGE BUT THEY ALL START OFF BY STEALING HOURLY PAY AND GROWS BIGGER FROM THERE! IVE DONE, EVERYONE HAS DONE IT AT ONE POINT, BE LAZY AT WORK FOR WHATEVER REASON BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THESE PEOPLE WORKING FOR TAX PAYERS LIKE POLICE! TALK ABOUT A WASTE OF THE TAX PAYERS MONEY! WOW CRIMINALS WITH BADGES! QUALIFIED IMMUNITY LETS THEM GET AWAY WITH EVEN MURDER, DO YOUR RESEARCH OUT OF NEW YORK. YOU WILL FIND MANY CASES OF THESE PIGS THAT GOT AWAY WITH MURDER AND WE ARE STILL PAYING FOR THEIR RETIREMENT LOL I THINK THAT EVERY LAST PERSON THAT GETS PAID WITH TAX PAYERS MONEY AGOULD BE INVESTIGATED YEARLY, DRUG TEST MONTHLY, ISE MY TAX MONEY TO KEEP OUR TAX MONEY WORKING FOR US, NOT SENDING IT TO CRIMINAL COUNTRIES LIKE UKRAINE SO THEY CAN GET KICK BACKS OFF IT AND GET THEIR FRIENDS AND FAMILIES LOADED, RIGHT BIDEN!? AND EVERYONE ELSE IN GOVERNMENT THAT SUPPORTED IT. OUR STATE AND GOVERNMENT IS THE BIGGEST CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION IN THE WORLD AND THEY ARE SLOWLY SILENCING US 1 X1 WITH JAIL. AM I WRONG? PROVE ME OTHERWISE, PLEASE….
FREE AMERICA 🇺🇸???
I've seen the body cam video, the Barber was nothing to respectful and the Inspector was the one that escalated thing and convinced the cops to act like her private guard and more or less requested they act like thugs all but saying so, and they seemed to take the hint and proceed as a Thugs with Badges. What a disgrace to their uniform, their badge, and their unit.
sue that barber board too F them mistreating a senior citizen vet shame on them…. she should be fired or at least picket her and her home for this outrage
is that barber board bitch included in the law suit…. F her
I hope he gets millions
Sure are a lot of tyrants and traitors in West Virginia
Very sad. Thanks for trying to help him/them/us. You do some great work.
Educating the general public about our rights is a good thing.
This guy is everything I think of when I imagine a true red blooded American patriot.
@TheCivilRightsLawyer
You are one of the real heroes in today’s world.
Not these clowns wearing costumes and driving a clown car. AKA Cops. They’re the equivalent of Nazis in 1930 Hitler’s Germany.
27 years as a u s Marshall, most likely gets a good pension. So not his only source of income. Had a second career as a self employed barber. The state tried to deprive him of his livelihood. This should have been done with more common sense & compassion!
Just like not ALL cops are bad you prove there are some good ethical lawyers out there. Unfortunately 90% of public defenders are corrupt, biased, or simply heartless. I'm glad to see an attorney with conviction.
For all of you who think there are "good" cops. There is not a single cop anywhere in the country who refused to enforce the bs mandates. Let that sink in.
He could have been cleaning his barber shop.
Covid nothing but BS
can the Woman who got him arrested be held responsible for damages loss of income and can she be sued for her paycheck being she is not under immunity by the state plus all Covid mandates are illegal?.
Supreme Court state that Covid mandates are unconstitutional. it means are not Legal and we the people are under no obligation to follow them. PERIOD