Kyle Peterson, aka the Brooklyn Juggler, recently beat a bogus NYC traffic ticket and now is suing New York City for $3 million.
It started when police officers issued him a traffic ticket for riding his unicycle on a Brooklyn sidewalk in 2007. The New York City Administrative Code prohibits riding a “two- or three-wheeled device” on sidewalks. Obviously a unicycle doesn’t come within this definition and, therefore, even to a non-lawyer, it is manifest that Kyle’s action did NOT violate this law.
Yet the NYPD issued him the original summons and a second one for disorderly conduct last year. Kyle, who has performed in the Big Apple Circus and at Brooklyn Cyclones games, beat both tickets.
He is now suing in Federal court seeking compensation for being illegally detained during the issuance of the tickets.
About Matthew Weiss
Matthew J. Weiss, Esq. loves fighting any traffic ticket or speeding ticket issued anywhere in New York. He graduated Hofstra Law School in 1984. He was Law Review and won the law school's prestigious Procedure Award. Upon graduation, he became one of the first Hofstra Law School graduates to work at the New York State Court of Appeals (New York State's highest court) working on various appellate matters.
Mr. Weiss then worked for two years at Rivkin, Radler, Bayh, Hart & Kremer, a 200-plus attorney law firm, representing various clients, such as municipalities, insurance companies and large corporations, in various litigation matters. He also continued to do substantial appellate work.
In 1991, Mr. Weiss co-founded his private law practice eventually buying out his former partner in 2000. Through the years, Weiss & Associates, PC has successfully resolved 1,000s of traffic tickets and trucking tickets for its clients by way of dismissal or plea bargain. Mr. Weiss has written many articles on vehicle and traffic law, and lectures other lawyers on this subject. His blog "Confessions Of A Traffic Lawyer" regularly discussions various vehicle and traffic law issues.
Kyle Peterson, aka the Brooklyn Juggler, recently beat a bogus NYC traffic ticket and now is suing New York City for $3 million.
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“illegally detained”? seems there is more to this story than related above …
Nichman,
The “illegal detainment” is the time it took the officer to issue the summons during which Peterson was not free to leave.
Matthew Weiss