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Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Charges Dismissed Against Man Arrested for Drinking Iced Tea



Court rules arrest unconstitutional as officer lacked reasonable suspicion

(Infowars)  -  A county court in North Carolina has moved to dismiss charges against a man arrested two years ago for drinking iced tea.
Back in April 2013, former Army Staff Sergeant turned rapper Christopher Beatty, AKA Xstrav, was filmed waiting for a friend outside of the Cumberland County ABC Liquor Store in Fayetteville, when a plainclothes officer walked up to him demanding to know what he was drinking.

The man, only verbally identifying himself as “police,” approached Beatty, who held out his drink at arm’s length, allowing the officer to read the label.

The officer grew irate after Beatty refused to allow him to hold the drink and asked him to leave the property for trespassing, despite Beatty attempting to explain he was there to make a future purchase.

The security officer, whom it later emerged worked with the Cumberland County Alcoholic Beverage Commission, next wrestled Beatty to the ground and handcuffed him.

Beatty was subsequently arrested and charged with trespassing and resisting a public officer.

Last week Cumberland County District Court Judge Lou Olivera ruled the arrest unconstitutional, saying that the officer lacked reasonable suspicion, holding that all “fruit of the poisonous tree” evidence derived from the arrest was thereby inadmissible.

Beatty’s attorney, Allen Rogers, said his client had no previous criminal history, and that he had held the can close enough for Libero to have caught the scent of alcohol. Additionally, Beatty’s speech did not appear to be slurred.

“It was an investigative stop, your honor,” Rogers said. “This is a former soldier, and there’s no history of anything like that.”

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