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To: Sabertooth
(From the other article)

He had also made quite a nuisance of himself in the Ohio state courts, often clearing them entirely by threatening to impeach judges who had not timely filed an oath of office. He frequently appeared in state court as a champion of poor defendants and, on rare occasions, was even granted standing as counsel even though he was not a lawyer.

The error was set at the very first moment when Matthews refused to show his drivers license. Once the chase took over and the police had him corned pointing guns at him Matthews knew that it was over for him. He had no chance in the Courts, I'm sure that any judge who took his case would've been more than happy to send him to jail.

I'm sorry about the outcome. This doesn't help second amendment advocates, and it doesn't help their cause. This is not the way to fight a battle.

May both souls rest in peace.

124 posted on 08/10/2002 1:56:37 PM PDT by Victoria Delsoul
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To: Victoria Delsoul
From the previous article,it was stated he did show a license,but only with the window slightly rolled down.
129 posted on 08/10/2002 2:01:26 PM PDT by eastforker
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To: Victoria Delsoul
The error was set at the very first moment when Matthews refused to show his drivers license. Once the chase took over and the police had him corned pointing guns at him Matthews knew that it was over for him. He had no chance in the Courts, I'm sure that any judge who took his case would've been more than happy to send him to jail.
I'm sorry about the outcome. This doesn't help second amendment advocates, and it doesn't help their cause. This is not the way to fight a battle.
May both souls rest in peace.
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Well said. -- Hot pursuit of obviously deranged individuals is not a winning strategy for cops, imo.
- A year or so ago, another hiway cop was killed in texas by a tax protesting weirdo, that everyone in the county was aware of. We had quite a thread discussing that one.
- Upshot? -- The cops should have handled the situation differently, from day one.
- There are lots of crazies out there, [FR is proof of that], -- and confronting them on the hiways is not a wise move.
175 posted on 08/10/2002 2:33:06 PM PDT by tpaine
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