Burbank (Calif.) detective Angelo Dahlia blew the whistle after he witnessed his fellow officers engaging in abusive conduct against suspects, including physical beatings, grasping a suspect around the throat, and placing a gun directly under a suspect’s eye; and after officers threatened Dahlia himself to keep him quiet (for instance, one officer called Dahlia into his office, brandished a gun, and stated, “Fuck with me and I will put a case on you,… [read post]

The case in question involves Angelo Dahlia, an officer who at one time worked at the Burbank Police Department. [read post]

Rodriguez, the Court held that the alleged speech of plaintiff Angelo Dahlia was made pursuant to his “official duties” as a member of law enforcement and accordingly that the speech could not have First Amendment protection. [read post]