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I see just anothe government/LE abuse of power here. They are making an example out of this guy. One tbat says all citizens will fully comply with LE, at all times and in all situations. LE demands are above reproach and no arguement will be tolerated.
Failure to totally submit will result in force being used, should you survive said force, you WILL be prosecuted and incarcerated.
Had I been the homeowner here, I would have been likely to have acted similarly. I would not be inclined to allow the cop to order me around, in my own yard either. As whether the guy was actually "waving his gun around" I'm refraining from comment.
The burden of explanation was on the cop here. Not the homeowner. The cop could easily have been someone just dressed like a cop, and he WAS trespassing. I would not have been inclined to be cooperative with him at all. Ok, he's looking for a missing girl. Alone? No help at all? It's late at night, and he's prowling my yard, and I can just safely assume, because he has a badge, that he's who he says he is? This notion that LE is to be totally complied with, without question, israther chaps me. I'm not buying. But, this is the goal, and, here is an example of what happens when uou don't just blindly accept that. Another example, I should say. Seems we are seeing a LOT of incidents of LE totalitarianism these days.
The cop was neither "prowling" the yard nor trespassing. "The officer was standing on the sidewalk next to his patrol car speaking with Connely’s wife" (Appeal document, page 2).
The cop was neither "prowling" the yard nor trespassing. "The officer was standing on the sidewalk next to his patrol car speaking with Connely’s wife" (Appeal document, page 2).
OK...where is this? The link just showed me the article which highlights the story. Irregardless, this is completely excessive, for dealing with an irrate homeowner, who may have been acting like an azz here, but since when is that a felonious crime?
May 2009, Shannon Connely was asleep in his home when squealing tires and barking dogs awakened him.
Connely grabbed his holstered handgun and ran outside to find a police officer.
The officer, who was looking for a missing child, drew his gun and ordered Connely to drop his weapon.
Connely cursed, said his gun was holstered and ordered the officer off of his property.
The officer shouted at him to drop it and lie down, Connely complied.
He was hit with a Taser, then arrested.
Connely, a real estate agent who had never before had a run-in with the law, was offered probation if he would plead guilty to a felony.
Instead, he opted to take his chances with a jury, who convicted him of aggravated assault and disorderly conduct,the judge gave him 10½ years in prison.
April 2011, the Arizona Board of Executive Clemency recommended that his sentence be commuted to the seven months already served. The vote was unanimous. Gov. Jan Brewer turned him down flat.
Today, Connely will remain behind bars until December 2020. Our tax dollars at work.
Brewer has been tampering with the supposedly independent clemency board.
After he dropped his weapon. What a freaking chump move.
If you read the entire document and still have that opinion then I submit the move isnt chump but your assessment of the situation.
If some frigging idiot comes out of the house holding a pistol in his hand screaming and yelling at me as an officer of the law while I am conversing with potential witnesses he most likely would have been dead with two in his centermass.
Lucky for him the cop decided to wait a few seconds (could have been deadly fo the cop and witnesses) and get the suspect to submit.
He'll be out in a few years given time for good behavior. I suspect he has some anger management issues to work on.
OK...where is this? The link just showed me the article which highlights the story. Irregardless, this is completely excessive, for dealing with an irrate homeowner, who may have been acting like an azz here, but since when is that a felonious crime?
The guy acted like a fool, however, 7 months in jail was time enough. A lot, perhaps most, cops are really good, professional, and act as public servants, but a lot of cops are punks, too. I won't comment on this cop, I will comment on the sentencing laws that is sending an idiot to prison for 10 years for being an idiot. His sentence would be overturned in most places, Arizona not being one.
In all honesty, acting like an idiot can surely get you arrested, even killed, but 10 years in prison is clearly excessive to any rational person, of which Brewer is not one.
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