Hey, bbell,
aren’t you the same guy who wanted Grisham strung up
for not being polite and licking their boots?
Nah, can’t be you...
I must have you mixed up with someone else.
Sorry for my mistake.
Some of the backstory over here.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3080237/posts?page=221#221
200+ replies. Also click keyword grisham for many other previous threads.
A jury trial for a misdemeanor charge seems like a waste, especially since he seems to have been doing nothing illegal.
If one follows Terry vs Ohio, the officers should have stated that they were detaining him, taken TEMPORARY possession of the rifle, and then questioned as to his actions to establish if he was a treat. Then, once determined that he was within his legal rights, returned the firearm and been about their merry way.
A few minutes before you posted this update on the Grisham trial, I was searching for an update and stumbled across this blog by someone who served with MSG Christopher Grisham, and it makes interesting reading to say the least: http://www.michaelyon-online.com/stalking-soldier-arrested-disarmed-by-texas-police-some-facts-opinion-and-analysis/Page-2.htm
And a local cop said he thought the Sarge was “completely in the wrong.” the cop here said as former military he “should have known that he was asking for such toruble by carrying his rifle in public.”
I wonder if the law could be changed so that if a six person jury found 5-1 for acquittal, that the judge could grant the acquittal. No equivalent for a guilty verdict, of course.
Even if a jury convicts, a judge can direct an acquittal in most cases, so I don’t see why a single juror should be able to force a retrial because they obstinately want to convict.
>> “but hopefully after this is over there will be some training done in the police force to where it doesn’t happen again to someone else.” <<
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I hope nobody is holding their breath.
cops think they are the only ones with a right to a gun and they are wrong
According to him who cannot be named on this site initials AJ californian’s have been moving to TX in droves and when they get there they bring their nanny state attitudes with them and its ruining TX.
I can say all the New Yorkers and other yankees who have moved to GA have not done us any favors. Atlanta is now nanny state central. They leave the chitholes they came from and then create a new chithole where they move to.
If you’re walking in the woods where there are wild hogs then you should go armed.