By The Free Thought Project Rule the Wasteland
The host of a popular preparedness and survival channel on Youtube, recently received a $10k settlement from the city of Gainesville, FL (of which he will receive $7,500 after attorney’s fees). The settlement was for a false arrest that originally occurred in November 2013. As part of the settlement agreement, Eric English also received an apology letter from Gainesville Police Chief Tony Jones.
Mr. English filmed the initial encounter and arrest and posted it to his Youtube channel, along with several other video updates on the case in the following months.
Interestingly, after making an initial settlement offer of $2,500, …read more