Vem Miller, a supporter of former President Donald Trump, filed a lawsuit against the California sheriff’s office that arrested him outside a rally, claiming he wanted to assassinate Trump.
Miller alleged Riverside County, Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, Sheriff Chad Bianco, and others in the office violated his rights protected under the First and Fourth Amendments:
The evidence will establish that the officers were trained to act in precisely the manner they acted and, thus, were trained to do precisely the wrong thing. If the officers had been properly trained in the fundamental principles of search and seizure and safekeeping private information, this incident would not have happened. In short, the officers’ actions were contrary to proper police practices. Riverside police practices were diametrically opposed to proper police procedures, out of synch with the rest of the police profession, malicious, and plainly unconstitutional.Riverside police engaged in deliberate and wrongful conduct and compromised police protocol violating Miller’s constitutional rights for the purpose of promoting and engaging in a meritless and gratuitous sensational story.
“The actions of Defendants against the Plaintiff were carried out with (a) actual malice and/or (b) a conscious, reckless, and outrageous indifference to the health, safety, and welfare of others, thereby justifying an award of punitive damages to the fullest extent permitted by law,” added Miller.
On October 13, Bianco told the press that Miller had fake VIP passes and illegally possessed “a shotgun, a loaded handgun, and a high-capacity magazine.”
Biano even said, “We probably stopped another assassination attempt.”
Miller accused Bianco of “intentionally, maliciously and with blatant disregard for the truth” who “wanted to create a narrative” so people would view him as “heroic” for saving Trump.
Miller listed the “preposterous allegations” Bianco leveled against him:
Miller pointed out that the United States Secret Service and FBI agents didn’t want to interview him.
The USSS and FBI told Bianco the agencies “did not believe Miller was a threat.”
I mean, the officers booked Miller and released him on $5,000 bail.
Miller claimed that due to the sheriff’s actions, he continues to “suffer substantial past and future damages, both compensatory and general, including, but not limited to, loss of income, severe emotional distress, mental anguish, embarrassment and humiliation.”
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