Get an extra 10% off Ekster’s smart wallets and accessories with code TCRL at checkout on top of current sitewide discounts: https://partner.ekster.com/thecivilrightslawyer
On August 5, 2025 in Huntington, West Virginia, Chief Deputy Chuck Zerkle of the Cabell County (West Virginia) Sheriff’s Office grabbed a woman filming the arrest of a homeless man from a public sidewalk near the courthouse. He forced the woman, a social worker, to stop filming what she perceived to be police officers engaged in a gratuitous use of force outside of view of surveillance cameras (while not wearing body cams). Fortunately, another woman was also recording…
Details: https://thecivilrightslawyer.com/2025/08/14/chief-deputy-grabs-woman-on-a-public-sidewalk-forces-her-to-stop-recording/
Cabell County Sheriff’s Office: https://www.cabellcounty.org/departments/sheriff.php
Attorney Tyler Haslam: https://www.haslamlawfirm.com
Video to submit? https://forms.gle/HmwnDQKvwvYPxe967
MERCH: https://tcrl.creator-spring.com
Donate to the Institute for Justice: https://ij.org/support/give-now/thecivilrightslawyer/
For business inquiries: ci***************@****fy.com
Blog: https://thecivilrightslawyer.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/johnbryanesq
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JohnBryanLaw
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/johnbryanesq/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@thecivilrightslawyer
#lawenforcement #bodycam #lawyer #police #law #legaleducation
FAIR USE NOTICE This video may contain copyrighted material; the use of which has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available for the purposes of criticism, comment, review and news reporting which constitute the fair use of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work for purposes such as criticism, comment, review and news reporting is not an infringement of copyright.
NOTE: We don’t condone threats or violence of any kind. If you are upset or outraged by acts of government misconduct featured in this video, we encourage you to utilize lawful means of expression, including becoming involved in the political process, as well as seeking accountability through the judicial system.
NOTE ALSO: The information you obtain here is not, nor is it intended to be, legal advice. You should consult an attorney for advice regarding your individual situation. We invite you to contact us and welcome your letters and electronic mail, or other submissions or messages. However, contacting us does not create an attorney-client relationship. Please do not send any confidential information to us until such time as an attorney-client relationship is established and documented in a written agreement.
Get an extra 10% off Ekster’s smart wallets and accessories with code TCRL at checkout on top of current sitewide discounts: https://partner.ekster.com/thecivilrightslawyer
Details/Lawsuit: https://thecivilrightslawyer.com/2025/08/14/chief-deputy-grabs-woman-on-a-public-sidewalk-forces-her-to-stop-recording/
Cabell County Sheriff's Office: https://www.cabellcounty.org/departments/sheriff.php
Attorney Tyler Haslam: https://www.haslamlawfirm.com
I got hemmed up for pushing a dude that I then beat the brakes off of shortly thereafter… The beating of brakes portion was warranted, but the shove 10 minutes prior to it being an actual threat, was charged as simple assault, which I was found guilty of. Simple assault, it turns out… IS ANY UNWANTED CONTACT! This blue hair literally accused himself of a crime. On camera. TWICE! He's gonna get SMOKED behind bars.
25 years a wv troop and it shows
what a SHAME . . . a nice, quite town like this having to bend -the-knee and kiss-the-ring to some knucklehead grabbing you and screaming "GEEEET, GEEEET Y'ALL"
Man how did we get to a place where half of the cops in the U.S are corrupt or violent criminals
If he wants to talk about trash , he is definitely trash !! I know homeless people do leave a lot of trash behind regardless they are human beings who are so down that most never get back up . Why beat them down even more !!! That deputy Sheriff is a waste of space!! God bless the homeless â¤
We all know Trump has emboldened every racist hateful white person out here.
Wont be going there with those tyrants
Revolt is needed now
You are a good dude
Sounds like you have another higher calling, John.
Pulls her closer to the scene then tells her "get out of here".
Is this cop one of the owners of this earth?
West Virginia at it again ! What a gang of pukes this PD is !!
I guess luckily when he grabbed her, she didn’t make any attempt to pull away, that probably saved her from a use of force on her. Maybe that was what he was trying to setup but she didn’t play along.
“It’s county property, it’s not yours†Ummm, that makes it THEIR PROPERTY because they pay taxes bud! Wild…
their distain for citizens, u americans have so much led, use the fukn thing
They think they own you.
And…..nothing will happen
Recording isn't obstruction, it's documenting, this cop should be fired for what he did.
Damn it, if I'd known you were headed to Florida, I would have invited you to lunch. Burgers and beer.
Kristi Noam has stated anyone who films law enforcement is committing a felony
as it is spoken so it shall be
Obstruction is a physical act.
Someone change that man's depends
liar! Obstruction is a physical act, and they know that, but they will threaten their own grandmothers with every lie they can.
Lol sorry but he just brought her closer to the scene with a better spot to record from, and she walked away ðŸ˜Å
Old boy is so used to violating rights because the town allows it
Your a awesome guy man. God bless you.
Is he insane????
Cops hate the public
Early retirement
I can understand wanting to clean up the streets in Huntington, it’s bad. However, with the way things are nowadays the police need to be above reproach the good old boy shit doesn’t fly anymore.
Come on USA when police officers can spit into someone in mouth and the person who received that spit gets arrested and this is another example of a police officer the power
Texas City cop slams man to the ground and starts punching him in the face.
https://youtu.be/r1ybAb-U9DE?si=khK_GryWUVjB4g4H
Theres a whole under world of corruption and abuse
Chief Deputy needs to see a Buick in his future.
If anyone wants to help the homeless in Hunnington, make sure to support a community support there called Harmony House!
They needlessly victimized a homeless man?
I say pick up his case for free. Sue the heck out of them.
Get justice for the guy.
Zircle jerk
It seems various videos is that homeless gets extra ruffing up from cops? Ladies videoing may have saved a life?
It seems various videos is that homeless gets extra ruffing up from cops? Ladies videoing may have saved a life?
A respectful citizen giving plenty room for police to do their jobs was assaulted and deprived of her 1st Amendment rights while it appears the sheriff's deputies were doing their damnedest to violate the homeless man's Fourth Amendment rights. This is a very ugly look for the entire law enforcement community.
Watch the police department try to make that girls’s life a living hell! If you look at the videos, they probably were at the January 6 convention
Old enough to remember when cctv was first installed, and when the public complained, stating it was an invasion of privacy, the police replied
"You have nothing to fear if you have nothing to hide."
Isn't it ironic.
We have the word of a 7 yr sober woman uninvolved with the incident vs a lying dirtbag who exhibits symptoms of alcohol abuse. Hmmm