John Cottam v. Douglas Pelton

This case highlights the significant extent of protection of law enforcement officers engagecl in criminal activi t ies against innocent citizens. If left stand. the rulings of the lower courts will not only entrench, but greatiy expand an already pervasive culture of corrupt..on: One SO deep that police themselves are the ones who coined the term "testiing". The well documented criminal fabrication of a felony charge of eluding (car chase) against an innocent citizen has been protected at all levels of law enforcement in the State of Florida. This protection, in this case, so far, extends fully to the Eleventh Circuit. The question here is: Whether items of evidence showing a law enforcement official fabricated multiple components of a felony charge against a citizen are "material" in terms of rule 56 relative to a false arrest complaint, and if so, does this preclude summar judgment per Federal rule 56. Whether the presence, or not, of any actual "probable cause" in a fahrcati.on case is a factual matter, requiring understanding of the totality of the case, and therefore a function of the trier of facts (jury), not the Federal Judge.