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Posted on 02/24/2005 7:06:18 PM PST by Mr. Mojo
Teen boy, mother with baby had been arrested after confrontation with shouting, 'crazy' officer
Not only have the charges against a South Carolina teenage boy and a homeschooling mother stemming from a confrontation with a plainclothes police officer been dropped, but the officer involved has been fired.
The two were arrested – the boy for carrying a concealed weapon and the mother for assaulting a police officer – after the cop confronted the boy in a picnic shelter where a homeschool support group had gathered for socializing and play.
As WorldNetDaily reported, the incident occurred at Simpsonville Park in Simpsonville, S.C. Feb. 16. A group of mothers and children from Upstate Homeschoolers Unlimited were meeting together when a plainclothes policeman rushed into the picnic shelter where some of the homeschoolers were gathered, reportedly after a call came in to police about someone in the park having a knife.
According to parents who witnessed the event, the policeman began shouting at two teenage boys, pushing at least one to the ground. When he went to grab one of the boys, a mother, who at the time was holding another woman's baby, stepped in to stop him, not realizing he was a police officer.
Priscilla Adams and Jan Blanchard were two of the other moms present.
"(The intervening mother) turned to Jan and said, 'Call the police.' That's when he told us that he was the police," Adams said.
The 16-year-old boy was arrested for carrying a concealed weapon, a small hunting knife on his belt, and the mother was arrested for assaulting a police officer, even though witnesses say the man's badge and gun were not in a place where they easily could be seen.
Continued Adams: "The plainclothes officer was incredibly belligerent and angry right from the moment he rushed under the shelter. He could so easily have stopped as soon as he came up to us, announced that he was a police officer and needed to talk to the boy with the knife, but he didn't do any of that. Instead he shouted, shoved, verbally abused, intimidated. He acted so horrible it never occurred to me, or to any of us, that he was a police officer. He just seemed like a crazy man."
Police Chief Charles Reece told WND today that charges have been dropped.
"I am in the process of dealing with it right now," he said.
A press release Reece issued also mentions that the plainclothes officer, identified in earlier press reports as Investigator Michael Snow, "has been terminated."
Adams, reflecting on the latest development, told WND: "This is great news!"
Amen!
Soon to be touted as another casualty of Bush's economic policies.
I am not for suing, but in this case, The police department should not be sued, but the "Fired Officer" should be sued.
No matter what, we have to remember that this former police officer was in the class of people Liberals believe should be the ONLY ones to have access to guns.
I think those homeschoolers are psychos!
:) Hehe!
Denote sarcasm for those about to pounce.
I don't know South Carolina's concealed carry laws, but that cop may be lucky he's just unemployed instead of embalmed somewhere.
In most towns I have lived in half the town could be arrested on any given day for carrying a hunting knife on their belt. Especially during hunting season.
Even is they won, the fired officer could file for bankruptcy, and pay nothing.
Justice!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1349213/posts
The above is the link to the earlier article on this issue. I'm glad to see that some common sense and respect for civil liberties prevailed.
"Outstanding!"
Agreed!
:)
I commend Police Chief Reece for doing the right thing by firing Officer Snow.
The officer did not identify himself. I'm quite confident that had he done this he would still have a job with the force today. And to respond in the way he did was completely unprofessional. According to the article, the officer appears to have some problems with controlling his anger. Not what we want in a law enforcement officer.
Libertarian ping.To be added or removed from my ping list freepmail me or post a message here.update to the story from the other day
"Instead he shouted, shoved, verbally abused, intimidated."
This clown should be arrested for simple assault.
Let him try the same bullying in the lockup room with his new found 'friends'.
Alright. Kudos for that Chief.
Our country is in desperate need of more homeschooling psycho's....seriously. ; )
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