Yo, Alan, Lawdog...
I had no idea cops in your state were above the law. Exempt. And like to push around gunnies and veterans for not, 'rezpectin' mah Autoritay!'
What's the story? Is there parts of Texas I should avoid (besides Austin) if I ever come to visit that big state?
(and note, brought to you by the Metrocon Fortnightly. When Manhattan's National Review is looking askance at Texas over 2A issues...)
As much as I hate to say it- yeah... Avoid Austin. It will just make you mad.
ReplyDeleteYou know how in Texas you can have a nest of Fire Ants on your property? You want to avoid that part of your property and eventually douse it with Gasoline.
ReplyDeleteThe state has a nest of hippies inside it's borders. You want to avoid that part of the state and eventually douse it with Gasoline.
Just about anything on I-35 between Temple and San Antonio should be avoided. Along with the 30 to 50 miles on either side. College Station should be avoided at all costs...There be AGGIES.
ReplyDeleteSo Texas is Hiring Canton, Ohio-Trained Cops now, eh?
ReplyDeleteMany Parts of Dallas also have an infestation we are trying to remove.
ReplyDeleteFort Worth is struggling to keep an outbreak contained but...it appears to be a long struggle.
Joe The Fat Man has a point about the I-35 Corridor unfortunately.
NOT defending the police, but there's a couple of problems with the story and MSG Grisham's arguments.
ReplyDeleteThe "we're exempt from the law" phrase comes in reference to specific statutes governing the lawful concealed carry of a firearm (which MSG Grisham was trying to argue). On-duty police officers are not governed under that statute. In that context, limited to that "law," exempt is not inflammatory or inaccurate.
Some of MSG Grisham's arguments about the right of the police to disarm a citizen are inaccurate. There is some question about applicability to openly carried long-arms, however there is no requirement for probable cause or reasonable suspicion for a peace officer to disarm a licensee for the duration of a lawful contact.
I have philosophical and practical concerns with the way the statute is written, but that doesn't change it.
I think there's a great deal of concern about the officer's behavior in the video, and I think their stance and assumption that a citizen is a threat until proven otherwise is problematic and chilling.
I'd rather see the community hammer them for those errors rather than jumping on a more inflammatory but less accurate comment.
Thanks,
JSG
The guy arrested refused to show any ID. He also challenged their authority. Just talk nice and don't challenge the cops. Cops everywhere don't like their authority challenged.
ReplyDeleteBTW no open carry of handguns.
The non-MP enforcement in any base town is usually full of moronic bullies who hate anyone with a short haircut. This happened right outside of Ft. Hood, so there you go.
ReplyDeleteCollege towns are the other problem, and face it, Austin, you're just another college town. Mrs. Eberly preventing the Rangers from moving the state archives didn't magically make Austin a real city.
Word is the dude is a douche. But we gotta respect the rights of douches ESPECIALLY. Miranda was a douche, after all.
ReplyDeleteRefusing to ID is NOT an offense in Texas. Several large departments have ended up paying large settlements in lawsuits to learn that lesson. Unless the cop had articulable probable cause to make an arrest, there was no duty to show ID.
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