Civil Rights Activist Merle Rutledge detained by Danville, Va Police Department for reporting mold to state and local officials!

Civil Rights Activist Merle Rutledge detained by Danville, Va Police Department for reporting mold to state and local officials! March 23, 2014 by merletrutledge | Edit Merle Rutledge Jr was detained today for reporting mold at Woodside Apartment complex by 10 of Danville, Va Police Department finest! Claim Notice for Merle Rutledge Jr detained and banned for reporting mold at Woodside Apartments in Danville, Va with the help of Danville, VA police Add star MERLE RUTLEDGE Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 5:02 PM To: Suzanne Claxton , “Whitfield, Clarke” , DanvillePD Bcc: Justin Ward , Jessica Robinson , news , news , news , newsroom , news , news , news12 Reply | Reply to all | Forward | Print | Delete | Show original Merle Rutledge Jr vs. City of Danville, Va 7 John Doe Officer including Hairston, Limpkins, and Supervisor and Today 3/20/2014, I visited the Woodside Apartments to see John Doe tenant and will address whom at the appropriate time at about 2:30 to 3:30. Officers entered John Doe Jessica apartment without consent with the assistance of the landlord name Chrissie to retrieve and seize Merle Rutledge Jr without a search or arrest warrant. The officers informed Mr. Rutledge that he was on the ban list and was to come with them to the office. Merle Rutledge Jr was never on any ban list and never been served any prior notice and this was a direct invasion of my privacy. Merle Rutledge was not involved or about to be involved in any criminal activity. Merle Rutledge was detained and taken straight to the Woodside Apartment rental office. As a result Merle Rutledge Jr requested to be free to leave. The officers did not answer and stated I had to stay until I was served with ban notice papers by the apartment complex. They remained silent on the question for at least 10 minutes so when I was about to get up and leave. Chrissy, the landlord, blocked my path and than I ask the officers to have a supervisor come because I was in fear of offensive contact. Merle Rutledge was under durress and was under false imprisonment by the hands of the Danville, Va police department and the management Chrissy at the apartment complex in a building that Merle Rutledge had to be escorted into to remain. Chrissy laughed when I brought up that she was retaliating against me when I stated that Suzanne Claxton, whom is her supervisor and also works for the parent company of the apartment complex when I told her that she had to told me to address all complaints or issues directly to her that may be of my concern. At no time did she state that I was banned from the apartment complex. Chrissy stated to the officers that I was on the ban list and she had numerous complaints from tenants. When I asked her to show me or the officers, she said it was for privacy concerns. I ask the police officers had I commited any crime and repeated whether I was free to leave. The officers remained silent and stated that I was being detained until the paper work got there. The supervisor showed up about 20 to 30 minutes later. He asked me what was going on and I explained to him what had happen that the officers illegally entered the residence that I was invited to go to based off information and assistance from the landlord which is highly illegal. I told him this was retaliation for reporting mold in the apartments which can be a danger to guests as well as tenants. Chrissy was out of control. The supervisor asked Chrissy directly did she notify Mr. Rutledge independently that I was banned. She first say yes and when officers in the room looked at her than she said no. I do have this encounter recorded and the officers notified me that they was recording also. This was direct retaliation with the assistance of the Danville, Va police department. She also wrote on the ban document the reason was because i was at the apartment complex without a tenant which was false and I would like for her to be arrested for making a false report in the presense of police officers and that tenants complained about me. She has no proof of any complaints file or that I did anything criminal at the apartment complex. This was defamation per se in front of sworn police officers and video from the premises will prove that I was there with a tenant with permission. Also a police officer wrote on the ban document my name which was not part of his job while on duty. I never presented any threat to the officers or the residential management and was only polite and asserted my rights. The apartment complex has a policy that it has hired the Danville, Va Police Department, so their actions was under color of the law and of the apartment complex. I have address complaints about mold in these apartments and this was no need to have this type of side show because I am Merle Rutledge Jr. I feel very sorry for the officers that was involved in this mess but they still owed a duty to act in a reasonable and competent manner. They was polite but these mistakes have to be corrected. Claims Against the City of Danville, Va and the Woodside Apartment Complex 1. Defamation per se by Chrissy and the Woodside Apartments in Danville, Va for making statements known to be false that could have put Mr. Rutledge in jail. Documentation from the ban paper work proves this assertion. I ask for $ 100,000 because under the respondeant superior theory than I can recover for the wrongful acts of employees against their employer. 2. Unlawful search and seizure by the DAnville, Va Police Department officers by walking into a place without permission with the landlord to retrieve Merle Rutledge without a arrest or search warrant or any kind of cause to detain Mr. Rutledge and assert control over his freedom or movement. 3 officers entered without permission into the premises and unlawfully detain Merle Rutledge for a unnecessary amout of time. A direct violation of Mr. Rutledge 4th and 14th Amendment rights to be free from unreasonable search and seizures. Danville, Va Police Department had no reason to be involved in this matter unless Merle Rutledge refused to leave upon request and notice. I ask for 100,000 in relief. 3. I would like Chrissy to be arrested for making a false report to Danville, Va Police Department officers over the 911 call, dispatch call, and in documentation that she knew to be untrue and it was proven in front of the police officers that I had never been notified of any ban. This includes Defamation per se This is a claim notice and I ask for damages and a declaration that the Danville, Va Police Department violated my civil rights. I want a full and lengthy investigation and I ask that this matter and all the information requested is brought to the March 24, 2014 meeting. Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged apartments, arrest, ban, christy, city, clay, custodial, damages, danville, defamation, defamation per se, detained, detective, false, false arrest, false imprisonment, hairston, interrogation, joe, king, list, merle, mold, notice, report, reports, rutledge, search, seizure, simpkins, va, virginia, woodside | Leave a comment