Kira Fonteneau - Attorney

Kira Fonteneau - Attorney Your rights matter - at work AND on the street. If power got it wrong, we’re talking about it here. ⚖️🎥

I’m an employment & civil rights attorney posting body cam breakdowns, discrimination cases, and the legal truth behind the headlines.

06/17/2026

Teacher completely loses it on body cam 🚨

06/17/2026

Mom Starts Cursing at Everyone in the Shop

06/16/2026

She came in to shoplift and left in handcuffs - and she was shocked the whole time 💀

06/16/2026

Nurse Caught STEALING From Target Before Work!

06/15/2026

She stole $2,000 from Target 8 times - watch what happened when she got caught the 9th time 🎥

06/15/2026

Sovereign Citizen Calls 911 on the Officers Who Pulled Him Over 🚔📞

He refused to show his driver's license, claimed he was "traveling" instead of driving, quizzed officers on the Constitution, and even called 911 to report the police during his own traffic stop.

Here's the legal reality: The Constitution does **not** exempt anyone from complying with valid traffic laws. During a lawful traffic stop, officers can generally require a driver to identify themselves and provide a valid driver's license and registration. Refusing to do so can lead to additional charges beyond the original stop.

Knowing your rights matters-but so does understanding what the law actually says.

Was he standing up for his rights, or misunderstanding them entirely?

06/14/2026

Cops Slammed a Dementia Patient to the Ground

06/14/2026

If an officer says you're being stopped because you're "running your mouth," that's a problem.

The First Amendment protects your right to criticize or question police, as long as you aren't committing a crime. And officers can't legally pull someone over just because they feel like it—they generally need reasonable suspicion that a law has been or is being violated.

Knowing your rights doesn't mean being disrespectful. It means understanding what the Constitution protects and recognizing when those protections may be crossed.

What do you think—was this a lawful stop or an abuse of authority? 👇

06/14/2026

"We didn't know it was protected leave." It's a defense employers love. It's also not the force field they think it is.

An employee was out three weeks recovering from surgery. Her doctor's notes went to her manager. Mid-recovery, she got the call: position eliminated, effective immediately. The company's story was that the layoff was already in motion and they never realized her leave qualified as FMLA.

Here's the legal reality. You don't have to say the magic words "FMLA" for protections to kick in. Once your employer has enough information to know your leave might be for a serious health condition, their obligation to recognize it can begin.

And a reorganization doesn't automatically make a termination legal. A court will ask whether your leave was a motivating factor in selecting you for the layoff.

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