Posted on 10/21/2014 7:36:09 PM PDT by therightliveswithus
A Missouri state senator was arrested after causing a disturbance at a Ferguson police station. The senator, Jamilah Nasheed, had a fully loaded 9mm handgun and eight additional rounds on her person.
Senator Nasheed refused to take a breathalyzer test, despite having a strong smell of alcohol. Nasheed was arrested and charged with violation of a Obey Lawful Order of Police and Manner of Walking in the Roadway. Nasheed claims innocence, stating that:
“It was a symbolic arrest – sending a message to the protesters that we can protest peacefully and that we must protest peacefully and that we want justice for Michael Brown, but we don’t want it in vain,” Nasheed said outside the jail Tuesday morning.
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they could have given her a field sobriety test if they had pc..
As I said earlier, public intoxication is not illegal in this state so they had no grounds for a field sobriety test when they arrested her. I suspect they didn't find the gun until they got her to the station. At that point they asked her to take a Breathalyzer and she was within her rights to refuse. So they can't charge her with something they have no evidence for.
they would have found the gun when the patted her down and she should have told them she was armed..you are out in left field.
That's not making any kind of logical sense to me.
Mostly laws have a decent degree of logic attached to them.
I'm not buying this story at all, that she could be arrested and not tested.
Yeah if you say so.
You have that backwards. She was arrested and only afterwards was found to be carrying. She wasn't issued a field sobriety test because there was no reason to. And once arrested you have the right to refuse to cooperate with the police. You don't have to answer questions. You don't have to provide a blood sample. You don't have to take a Breathalyzer.
That's not making any kind of logical sense to me.
Don't confuse what police can do when they suspect you of DWI with what they can and can't do under other circumstances.
Mostly laws have a decent degree of logic attached to them.
The law is the law.
I'm not buying this story at all, that she could be arrested and not tested.
Even people like her have Constitutional rights.
Missouri does not require ccw holder to notify le while carrying, but if being arrested it would be foolish not to as one might get shot. intoxication and carrying only applies if mishandle weapon while intoxicated..
it is standard police procedure to search for weapons before placing arrestee in police car or transporting them not to do so is mistake of highest order.
Well I doubt that Jamilah Nasheed is the sharpest tool in the shed under the best of circumstances. So it wouldn't surprise me if she didn't tell them she was carrying when arrested.
Just read elsewhere about an open carry march in MO.
No mention that conceal carry was legal there.Open carry yes, concealed carry, no.
Did the drunken State Senator have a permit to conceal carry a weapon or not?
Concealed carry is legal in this state with a permit.
Did the drunken State Senator have a permit to conceal carry a weapon or not?
She says she does. I haven't seen any reports she was lying about it.
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