Sarah Schielke

Civil rights and criminal defense attorney in CO. Bodycam advocate. Good cops don’t need mute. #BillsMafia

[Sarah Schielke @LifeLibertyLaw]

Fun day at the office today, watching so many news outlets run stories on our record-breaking $500k wrongful DUI arrest settlement for the record-breaking lack of accountability at Fort Collins PD. Oh and spoiler alert - we got more coming in weeks ahead
https://t.co/9jXl66IWr7

[Sarah Schielke @LifeLibertyLaw]

Today we sued Fort Collins for ANOTHER wrongful DUI arrest. 6th suit in 3 yrs. A sober 20-yr-old student who blew zeros, arrested by cops who muted their bodycams and searched his car "just for the rep." They found a water bottle. Press release here: https://t.co/XarBR66e5F

[Sarah Schielke @LifeLibertyLaw]

As far as we can tell, $500,000 is the most any city in America has ever paid for a single wrongful DUI arrest. Ft Collins didn't set that record by accident. It set it by incentivizing DUI arrests and ignoring years of red flags from this former officer.
https://t.co/UJ6gGvhmFh

[Sarah Schielke @LifeLibertyLaw]

$500,000. That's what Fort Collins paid my client Jesse Cunningham – believed to be the largest wrongful DUI arrest settlement in American history. A sober combat veteran. Blood: "None detected." For everything. And stay tuned - tomorrow, there's more. https://t.co/zkJGI77p9n

[Sarah Schielke @LifeLibertyLaw]

As always, our friends at @LackLusterYT did an extraordinary job with this deep dive into the tragic facts and historic outcome of our clients' case involving a Loveland PD cop who shot and killed their puppy Herkimer. Thank you @LacklusterYT! https://t.co/qYULFiB30p

[Sarah Schielke @LifeLibertyLaw]

I’ve been busy

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[Sarah Schielke @LifeLibertyLaw]

Let’s go

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[Billy Binion @billybinion]

People would be horrified to know how often cops kill pets that pose no threat. In this case, a family dog ran over to an officer with his tail wagging, and the cop responding by executing him. Unreal cowardice. Glad to see this family get $675,000, as many get nothing at all.

[Sarah Schielke @LifeLibertyLaw]

Great coverage of our clients' case by @reason - A Colorado Town Will Pay $675,000 To Settle a Lawsuit After a Police Officer Shot a Family's Dog https://t.co/iKlA20AJRS

[Sarah Schielke @LifeLibertyLaw]

An officer pepper-sprayed our client Andru's eyes from two inches away for refusing a paper summons. FCPS exonerated cop and gave him a Medal of Merit. Fort Collins now pays $397,000 to settle. The problem isn't a few bad apples – it's the leadership. https://t.co/NVD4HDIwKf

[Sarah Schielke @LifeLibertyLaw]

Wendy and Jay are two of the bravest people I’ve ever represented. They’ll never get their puppy back. But thanks to their courageous fight, they got policy/training changes and the highest settlement ever paid in Colorado history for a dog shooting. https://t.co/vJxuNmoFm3

[Sarah Schielke @LifeLibertyLaw]

SETTLED: Loveland Police will pay $675,000 — the largest dog-shooting settlement in CO history — plus new policies & recurring Dog Protection Act training, after Officer Grashorn killed our clients' friendly dog Herkimer. Case details, video & docs: https://t.co/asW7LyJcLE

[Hayden @the_transit_guy]

"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."

― George Orwell, 1984

[Andrea Junker @Strandjunker]

“Get it all on record now — get the films — get the witnesses — because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.”

Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945

[Kris Cromwell @IngleWitch]

Alex Jeffrey Pretti. White male born in Illinois. University of Minnesota graduate, medical professional employed at the US Dept. of Veterans Affairs, avid outdoorsman & dog dad, legal gun owner with no criminal record.

Murdered by his government 01/24/2026

[LeKing Is A Sixer @TiaNoTamara1]

The amount of people who think civilians should always remain calm around law enforcement but give “trained” law enforcement passes to be scared or excitable is truly astounding

[Matt Schick @ESPN_Schick]

I no longer understand football.

[Scott Greenfield @ScottGreenfield]

Field sobriety tests
Field drug tests
Dog hits

All junk, but used and believed despite science.

[Phil Holloway ✈️ @PhilHollowayEsq]

We’ve known for years that “field sobriety tests” are junk science

“after giving roadside field sobriety test officers classified 49% of the placebo group –the sober group - impaired”

“You’re seeing a level of false positives that if we were grading in a classroom, you would not pass”

[Nico Perrino @NicoPerrino]

This is a 9-0 Supreme Court decision from just last year.