Posted on 09/24/2013 12:41:36 PM PDT by Nachum
A man in Somers, N.Y., hatched a plan to catch the individual responsible for allegedly stealing his pro-gun signs repeatedly from his front yard. He bought a trail cam, set it up near the sign and then waited.
When he learned that his sign had been taken yet again, he was elated because he knew he had finally caught the person responsible on camera.
He just didnt expect that person to be a uniformed police officer.
Assuming the photos are entirely authentic, a police officer with the Somers Police Department appears to have been caught on camera ripping the sign, which reads: Protect the Second Amendment, from the mans front yard. It wasnt immediately clear if the police officer had removed the sign previously too or if the action was ordered by Somers PD.
TheBlaze has left messages with the Somers Police Department as well as the man who claims his signs were removed from his property on multiple occasions.
Heres the photo evidence, which the man posted on the pro-gun forum NYFirearms.com on Monday (also notice the timestamps of the photos):
(Excerpt) Read more at theblaze.com ...
CV joint grease is better. It’s already black, and filled with powdered moly. Gets right down into your pores....
Home repair companies always put advertising signs out in front of houses when they do jobs, and the cops never remove them. They are every bit as much an eyesore as this person's sign. There's obviously something else going on here.
Ummm, the police department doesn't have the right to steal the sign like a thief in the night... This is an outrage.
“ground up poison ivey “
Very clever. I’m gonna hang on to that idea.
“Home repair companies always put advertising signs out in front of houses ..”
Yes, but if the business advertising sign is on a public easement the municipality CAN, MAY, COULD, remove it but they generally do not because in the end it is all about revenue generated in building fees, permits, property value taxes, etc.
And personal signs unless they are to praise the municipality and its politicians will be removed at will from public easements. Especially any signs criticizing the local politicians or signs that show that the homeowner is resisting their authority.
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