I will admit that I wasn’t there and I haven’t seen the knife, but: “So when I see big-city cops arresting someone for an apparently legal knife, it tells me they just wanted to slap some charge on him...” apparently you have.
You are making an assumption based on your pre-conceived notions. You have no more knowledge of the legality of the knife than I do.
So I ask you, what was the brand and model of knife that Freddie was carrying. Please tell me so I can look it up and decide for myself. Fact is...you can’t
As for the “drug deal” an officer who says he saw the crime report and also the preliminary toxicology report stated on Hannity’s show that two undercover officers observed Freddie doing a possible drug deal. He also stated the preliminary toxicology report said there was heroin and marijuana in Freddie’s system. Is this gospel? I don’t know. Obviously, the identity of the cop was concealed.
As for the police reports, I haven’t seen all of them. Just for your information, not all information goes on the General Offense report. In some jurisdictions, they generate what is called a “Supplemental Crime Report”. It is part of the case file but is not released to the public.
So there may be additional information that no one but the prosecutor and investigators are privy to.
I say all this only because the only people who KNOW THE FACTS of the case are the police and the prosecutor. The rest of us are speculating based on media reports and personal bias. At the end of the day, the facts will come out. Some of us will be right, some of us will be wrong. But until that time, forget the anecdotal stuff.
You’ve stated in most of your posts the knife was “obviously legal” OK...prove it.
“You are making an assumption based on your pre-conceived notions. You have no more knowledge of the legality of the knife than I do.”
No, I’m judging off the description of the knife that the police gave.
“As for the “drug deal” an officer who says he saw the crime report and also the preliminary toxicology report stated on Hannity’s show that two undercover officers observed Freddie doing a possible drug deal.”
So it’s hearsay based on anonymous, unverifiable sources.
“You’ve stated in most of your posts the knife was “obviously legal””
No I don’t believe I have. I did say “apparently legal”, because a spring assisted knife is not a switchblade and doesn’t fit the description in the ordinance.