Posted on 03/04/2023 9:59:31 AM PST by TigerClaws
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - “I mean it was throw me something mister and she was throwing ‘get out of free’ cards 15 times to gun cases,” says Rafael Goyeneche.
The Metropolitan Crime Commission obtained and shared with FOX 8 the Magistrate Court transcripts of Orleans Assistant District Attorney Emily Maw refusing more than a dozen gun cases on Mardi Gras Day.
The cases involve people arrested for illegally carrying guns during the carnival season.
“These transcripts prove that she committed prosecutorial misconduct in my opinion. I don’t understand how she’s still employed because any prosecutor that did this should lose their job,” says Goyeneche.
When Keaton Manghave appeared before a Magistrate Judge, arrested for carrying a machine gun, Emily Maw in the transcript said, “A machine gun is a pretty serious weapon. I just want to make sure, Mr. Manghave is from Tennessee. Is that right?”
The defendant says, “Yes, Ma’am.”
Maw says, “Is he planning to go back to Tennessee?”
The Public Defender says, “yes”.
Maw says, “Okay. So as long as you’re okay going back without the machine gun, then we’ll refuse the charges.”
“So, this is an individual with a prior record that she is saying, as long as you surrender your weapon and go back to Tennessee, you get out of jail for free,” says Goyeneche.
“The machine gun guy could have gotten 10 years in federal court, and they let all of these guys go home,” says FOX 8 Legal Analyst Joe Raspanti
“That’s a felony offense, a federal offense, and she refused charges and this guy is gone now,” says Goyeneche.
In the case of Frank Harvey, Maw admitted, " There was probable cause (for the arrest) as a result of a visible bulge.”
She even says, “I’m really concerned of how many bullets you had with you. I don’t think it’s a good idea at all.”
She goes on to say, “But I’m gonna, as long as you’re okay to forfeit your weapon—you’re not going home with it back to Texas—we’ll refuse the charges in this case.”
The Defendant, Harvey, says ‘okay’, and the Magistrate Judge responds, “Well played, Mr. Harvey.”
“They were almost making fun of it in the court proceeding. It got to be sort of a banter back and forth between the Magistrate Commissioner and Mrs. Maw,” says Goyeneche.
Emily Maw didn’t take much time to refuse Damien Brumfield’s case.
The Commissioner said his name and Maw said, “We’re refusing this,” with no further explanation.
But clearly we need more gun laws.
Sheesh.
Emily Maw
Her grandkids in S. Louisiana must call her MawMaw Maw
We're after power and we mean it... There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals.
Well, when there aren't enough criminals one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.
Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone?
But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced or objectively interpreted – and you create a nation of law-breakers – and then you cash in on guilt.
Now that's the system, Mr. Reardon, that's the game, and once you understand it, you'll be much easier to deal with.”
I don’t want to hear another Demoncrat politician call for gun control…EVER!
If they are not “prohibited persons” who cannot legally possess a firearm, then as far as I’m concerned, the 2nd Amendment is their permit to carry, and leniency should be the standard against unjust laws.
If they were prohibited persons, or were committing a felony while carrying the weapon, then they should be treated (fairly) in accordance with the law.
Sorry Rafael. You don’t make the rules.
Any idea what that would be and the type of handgun?
Glock switches are not particularly hard to get.
Some are available on the Internet from China. There are plans where people can print them on 3D printers.
A good way to waste ammunition.
But they are illegal, right? In order to purchase one, wouldn't the purchaser be required to go thru the same steps required to purchase a full auto weapon?
I doubt some street thug is going to buy a Glock and some Chinese gadget. There are a lot cheaper older hicap 9mm that are relatively easy to convert. And that’s assuming anyone in NOLA governance has a clue about what constitutes a ‘machine gun’.
She even says, “I’m really concerned of how many bullets you had with you. I don’t think it’s a good idea at all.”
Why is that the court's concern? Carrying ammunition is legal.
Who is getting all the confiscated weapons? The bailiffs and other court employees? Da Judges? Connected lawyers?
The number of full auto firearms legally available to ordinary people was frozen in 1986, by federal law.
“I doubt some street thug is going to buy a Glock and some Chinese gadget.”
You’re right, they’re not. But someone else is buying them, assembling them, and selling them in the hood. If some videos I’ve seen are real they are becoming common.
“Any idea what that would be and the type of handgun.”
Yes. There’s a device that can be easily attached to a Glock 19 that makes it full auto.
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