When Sovereign Residents Sue

VOORHEES — A man who refused to give police his driver’s license during a 2016 traffic stop is suing the township and police department claiming officers beat him up for no reason.
The lawsuit was filed in federal court last month by Camden resident Sean M. Shaw, who is representing himself. Shaw is also suing officers Kevin Branagan and Michael J. Hagner.
Shaw claims in the lawsuit that Hagner pulled him over on the afternoon of May 5, 2016, for an expired registration.
New Jersey 101.5 obtained body camera footage from Hagner through an Open Public Records Act request, and in it Shaw can be seen giving the officer his registration and insurance card, but not his license.
Hagner can be seen asking asking Shaw for his license several times, with Shaw repeatedly replying that he wanted to see the law that requires him to give the officer his license.
The lawsuit says that Hagner told him that he was the “subject of a traffic stop and was being detained.”
Hagner said he was alerted to the expired registration through his onboard computer, according to a copy of the police report obtained by New Jersey 101.5. The registration had expired on April 31.
The police report says that during the traffic stop Shaw made a phone call to an unknown person, giving them information about the stop. While he said Shaw told him he had a valid license, he would not give it to the officer unless he had a “writ or warrant or anything like to obligate you to do so,” the report says.
“While my investigation progressed I concluded based off of Mr. Shaw’s statements and attitude, that Mr. Shaw was exhibiting ‘Sovereign Citizen’ beliefs,” Hagner said in the report. “Through my training and experience I know “Sovereign Citizens” can and have displayed violence towards Law Enforcement.”
Hagner wrote that because of this, and the fact that Shaw was being “extremely argumentative and non-compliant,” he requested a second unit to the scene.
The Southern Poverty Law Center says Sovereign Citizens “believe that they get to decide which laws to obey and which to ignore, and they don’t think they should have to pay taxes.”
“The weapon of choice for sovereign citizens is paper,” the Law Center says. “A simple traffic violation or pet-licensing case can end up provoking dozens of court filings containing hundreds of pages of pseudo-legal nonsense.”
Toward the end of the six-minute video, which you can watch above, Branagan arrives on the scene and gives Shaw a “last warning” to produce his license or he would “yank” him out of the car. At that point, both officers direct Shaw to get out of the car before pulling him from the vehicle.
Shaw’s lawsuit says the officers pulled him out “before allowing Mr. Shaw a reasonable opportunity to exit the vehicle.”
The video does not clearly show what happened after Shaw is pulled out. Hagner said in his report that the cord broke from the camera, which caused it to stop recording. Shaw’s lawsuit claims that the officers “physically assaulted and beat him.”
Hagner’s report claims Shaw “began to pull away and became combative with Officer Bragnan and I,” and that “Mr. Shaw began to swing his arms striking Officer Bragnan and I with closed fists.” Hagner said he started to punch Shaw “in an attempt to subdue” him.
He said the altercation continued to escalate with the three men falling to the ground. The officers were able to get control of Shaw, who Hagner said proceeded to put “both his arms under his body to the center of his chest” in an effort to not be handcuffed. Hagner also said he used pepper spray on Shaw, but that did not seem to help.
After being put under arrest, Shaw claimed to have trouble breathing and both he and Hagner were taken to a local hospital, police said. Shaw was charged with obstruction, two counts of aggravated assault on a police officer, resisting arrest and criminal mischief.
Shaw said that the charges were “postponed” for three years after being admitted into a pretrial intervention program in July, which allows charges to be dropped if a defendant remains out of trouble.
He says that he suffered bodily injuries and emotional trauma, incurred economic injury, and sustained violations of his constitutional rights. Shaw also claims that his actions during the stop did not justify the use of force or the amount of force used against him.
Shaw is seeking unspecified compensatory and punitive damages.
http://nj1015.com/nj-traffic-stop-of-sovereign-citizen-escalates-into-brawl-video/
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They spent way too much time indulging him
Suit was dismissed on 11/28/18, and I think I know why: plaintiff made the claim against "VOORHEES TOWNSHIP" in ALL CAPS! As any Sovtard knows, if their name appears in all caps, all the township had to do was state that "they are not that legal entity," and the case has to be dismissed. See how simple that is?
Thanks for the vid, Puffin.
Good luck with the lawsuit, dickweed.
Wow….another idiot ….
Another SoviTard who needs his brain jump started via tazer.
It’s going to come down to the police carrying binders in their car with all the laws and citations to prove things to the sov cits and ‘moorons’. ??â€â™€ï¸
Sometimes I think this is just a sneaky way for them to try and ‘win the lottery’….
ahhh, there is NO such thing as April 31st!
April 31?!
“WHAT AM I STANDING HERE IN A CLOWN SUIT?â€
I just need one cop to say that! Just one!
Hey that’s me! lol I forgot all about this.
Don't need to be Nostrodamus to predict the outcome of this one. Dismissed.
That guy is a calf’r knee deep in bullshit.
I hadn't seen this one thanks
Hey, Dick Wolf! â€Law & Order: Sovtards & Moronicans.†It's guaranteed to be rated #1! PLEASE!!!!
When not smart, bury in paperwork.
This douchebag's ignorance of the law does not require this officer to teach him the law in a parking lot.
The police respond to the lawsuit by saying I do not consent to be suid.
Do you see how it ended you sov/moors? Or are you blind, deaf and dumb?
Another sovtard…
That's the law or get your window smashed..
WHY???? there would be no argument here. Thank you LEOs for doing what you do asi would have went to prison a long time ago.
I wished the officers did beat him. He deserves it lol
I would pay extra taxes to encourage officers to give corporal punishment to these travelling terrorists.
Enjoy jail dickhead.
His lawsuit against the township and the officer's has been dismissed with prejudice:
https://www.pacermonitor.com/public/case/23709113/SHAW_v_VOORHEES_TOWNSHIP_et_al
hes going to lose soo badly… id love to see the final result lol
He actually thinks that he’s smarter than everyone else and when he’s proven wrong- he feels compelled to go after those in court by filing frivolous lawsuits- it’s the equivalent of a child having a temper tantrum and saying “that’s it, I’m taking my ball and I’m going home if you guys don’t let me play the game by MY own rules!†??â€â™€ï¸
Mr. Shaw is totally in the wrong. Refusal to follow officers directions is a big no no. His continued refusal to exit the vehicle including his physical acts of defiance only add to the problem. Mr. Shaw should have simply supplied the license, probably resulting in a ticket. Said ticket could have been handled in court if he felt his rights had been violated. Mr. Shaw obviously preferred defiance and physical altercation. He received reasonable treatment due to his actions. What an idiot.