Did you mention the misuse of handcuffs and potential complaint for physical damages? Again Officer training needed or did they just come from washing out of TSA training?
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Did you mention the misuse of handcuffs and potential complaint for physical damages? Again Officer training needed or did they just come from washing out of TSA training?
For last night, said that the Trespassing charge was actually what they should have been charged with last night.
I'm not sure how many folks MCP has actually had to arrest, both last night and this afternoon R&R & Deep Lurker made the officer put on the triplicate version of their citation that the location of the arrest was a "public sidewalk".
Can't leave that pesky LOCATION OF ARREST box empty doncha know....
For last night, said that the Trespassing charge was actually what they should have been charged with last night.
I'm not sure how many folks MCP has actually had to arrest, both last night and this afternoon R&R & Deep Lurker made the officer put on the triplicate version of their citation that the location of the arrest was a "public sidewalk".
Can't leave that pesky LOCATION OF ARREST box empty doncha know....
Good. Trespassing on a public f’ing sidewalk.
Only so much time in the day, Bro.
Deb Rey was standing by to find out what in the actual Hell happened and sending her support.
Right?!? I'm sure that will play well in court.
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Id like to to give Delegate Deb Ray a shout out in response to my letter not only did she contact me once but twice today looking for additional info . Jerry Clark also responded. Good people from Saint Marys County
I'm just reading they issued the guys additional citations today too? I wonder if anyone with a brain involved in that realizes that all that serves to do is make it look to all the world like they realized they were wrong last night and are now grasping at straws to try to make this a good arrest. I can tell you that's what it's going to look like to just about any judge. And I have a feeling the State's Attorney is not going to be impressed with this case either. That was just doubling down on stupid.
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The States Attorney isn't going to like this ... it makes them look stupid to support these citations ... especially with the shifting reasoning as Zoo pointed out. Also a trespassing on a public sidewalk charge makes the state look incompetent and wildly authoritarian.
If the States Attorney was involved, there would have been a much more cogent argument from local law enforcement from the beginning. If local law enforcement also made this decision on their own, they also would have had a better plan of action. In addition, I think there would have been an effort to give the PP crew a heads up with what reasoning they were applying.
When the Chief claimed the complaint wasn't "called in", it doesn't mean that a legislator or legislator's aide didn't speak directly to some of the officers on site. They moved quickly without a clear plan. The Chief is now scrambling to legitimize their actions, support his men, and not out whomever made the complaint (and in general, this is a good practice, except when law enforcement is being used as a tool to further a political viewpoint).
If this gets any court time (meaning more media coverage), the state government and capital police are going to look pretty bad.
That's a pretty damning photo. Lucky we have you as an archivist.
I'll be glad when the PP Brothers get some Maryland taxpayer money for their Civil Rights being Violated..
Edited my post ... was using "state" as a noun referring to the state government ... assuming folks from the legislature put pressure on the capital police ...
Working on getting my schedule to allow me to pick my son up from school at 3 and get there before the pickets starts. 3.5 hrs from Garrett County. Obviously would love to be able to make it for dinner and to meet and greet everyone. I’ve been on the sidelines for too long and want to get involved. Also, want to use this opportunity to teach my 11 year old about what rights he has and for him to see first hand how civil action words in a representative republic. Although, MD is a very poor example at the moment. Jeff
Gonna do my best to get the wife’s blessing on a school night. I feel very strongly about attending an event. Although I am fortunate to live in a sane conservative county, we are not immune to the punitive judgements handed down from those chosen few in Annapolis.
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You have some very good legiscritters out in Garrett Co, they thank us repeatedly when we see them out on the bricks.
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