Posted on 11/03/2011 2:27:23 PM PDT by marktwain
Odd. The Dead Kennedys were punkers, not rappers.
If they were lawfully taken, nobody cared what happened to them.
I seriously doubt that. Private property was and still is private property. Once the cases had been adjudicated, you believe no one wanted their property back? For non-firearms cases you think that if a cop takes a gun, the owners just needs to shut up about it?
Fortunately not all cops are as corrupt as your friends. Around 1982 I had a Colt Trooper .22 LR revolver stolen from my vehicle. I reported it to the Norfolk, VA. PD.
Around 5 years later, I got a call from my old supervisor in Norfolk. The cops had recovered my revolver and they needed me to call them to get it back.
I went to the Garden City, KS PD and an officer phoned Norfolk PD and within a few days I had my revolver back, still like new.
It’s the police version of “National Security”.
If he kept them himself, it’s a slam dunk. Any seized property has to be logged and placed in the custody of the department, usually in their evidence storage facility. Anything not turned over to their property custodian is pretty much by definition: stolen.
We don’t know why the pistols were seized, so maybe that was legit, but keeping them was nonsense. If they were seized legally they should have been entered into the PD’s evidence system with a letter going out to the owners stating what the disposition of the weapons was going to be and what, if anything, the owners had to do in order to get them back. They should not have remained in the possession of the officer.
He’s not “more equal than others”. He was reported, he was charged with a crime and convicted by a jury. Just like it should happen.
Sounds like he was a thief.
I bet the rightful owners cared. I detest corruption, whatever the form.
Always remember, there are two types of cops in this world --those who've been caught in their lies and those who have yet to be caught lying.
It just goes to prove that not only are cops liars, but they're also thieves.
Never, ever trust a cop --any cop!
How often do cops actually face the penalty for these kind of crimes?
I wouldn’t do 10 hours of community service for a 9mm Llama.
Ahem.
Cops always say that for every crime a crook is caught, he has committed many more for which he wasn't caught.
So, by using their own standards, we can presume that this lyin', thieving, sack of excrement has committed many, many more.
And, you can also bet your bottom dollar his lyin', thievin' cop buddies either participated or looked the other way.
Never, ever trust a cop --any cop.
This time.
The holier-than-thou goons with badges like to point out that when a criminal has been caught for one crime, there are many others he's committed for which he wasn't caught.
So, by that standard we can presume this lyin', thievin' sack of excrement has committed many, many other crimes that he got away with.
Ping. Somewhat close to you, I believe.
And you know this to be true... How?
These "disappeared" right into the possesion of the cop who "legally confiscated" them.
That's simple theft, and that cop needs to do hard time.
I guess you're going to like our coming police state. After all, these guns were confiscated for the common good, right? Take them out of criminal hands and turn them over to criminal cops.
I know about cops keeping guns confiscated as evidence. A friend used one of my revolvers to lose a solo game of Russian roulette in my apartment, and the friendly officers took the gun for testing. I waited a bit, and then started to track it down. I got the usual run-around, but persisted until I was assured it was in the police station evidence locker, and I could pick it up.
I went there with the proper paperwork, and watched an officer empty the very large bin of confiscated handguns, but my .357 was not there. I made it clear to the officer that I would not let this matter drop, and he told me to come back tomorrow and try again.
I guess he called the thief and told him to bring that gun back, because, lo and behold, the very next day that gun was in the middle of the same bin I saw emptied the day before.
That gun is here in my hand now, but it wouldn't be if I hadn't played hardball with crooked cops.
Most guns that police come into possession of are guns that are turned over to them by citizens who want the police to "dispose" of them.
The disposal of property was less strict 40 years ago, than it is now.
Police are presented with more temptations than most people.
The fact that this officer ignored a court order shows that he was way out there.
Oh yeah, if this guy is guilty, then most cops I’ve known are guilty as well. One of my childhood friends had a father on the force, and he had a collection with everything from switchblades and brass knuckles up to Tec-9’s and a live hand grenade.
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