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In August 2019, a motorcyclist in Sahuarita, Arizona in a full-face helmet, with the visor, plus armored jacket and pants, was arrested with a backpack by the police after he walked through a Walmart. His initial attack could not be pulled out of his helmet while he walked through the store, which sounds wild for some people. However, things escalated and the motorcyclist was confronted with criminal prosecution.
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According to the 22-year-old Freedom Pfaendler, he drove to work when he decided to stop at Walmart for a few fast items. He left his helmet behind and listened to music in the helmet, which means he couldn’t hear anyone.
A store manager tried to ask the man, whose identity was completely darkened to remove his helmet while he walked through the store, but Pfaendler claims that he did not hear or saw the man. What the man may not have known or realized was only a few days earlier, someone walked into a Walmart and did a massive shooting.
The equipment of PFAendler, including the helmet, looked intimidating. Some thought it was like military tactical equipment. The backpack could have contain a small arsenal. That is why the Walmart manager called the police. When officers arrived, they found PFAendler who placed the items he bought at a cash register in his backpack, using a sofa in front of the store.
People are divided on how the exchange between the police and PFAendler went. We have included the Bodycam images so that you can make a decision. Some claim that officers escalated the situation and that the sergeant on the spot violated the civil rights of the motorcyclist.
But others believe that PFAendler has broken a serious item of courtesy and courtesy, follow decent motorcyclists to remove their helmet when they enter a company.
In the end, Pfaendler was arrested for disorderly behavior, but the charges were withdrawn. Pfaendler, in turn, complained to the city of Sahuarita and five members of the police. The case was rejected by the judge, but the motorcyclist’s lawyer recaptured it two weeks later.
The case was connected to the courts for years.
In May 2024, the US Court of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit confirmed the decision of a lower court, in which the PFAendler lawsuit was rejected. The judge said that officers actually had a likely reason to arrest the motorcyclist and search his backpack, reports Green Valley News.
What this case means for motorcyclists, and everyone who wears a helmet is that you always have to remove your helmet before you go or go to companies or a establishment. That should be common sense, but apparently that is not so common.
Images via Green Valley News & Sun/Youtube
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