..."A group of state Alcoholic Beverage Control agents clad in plainclothes approached her, suspecting the blue carton of LaCroix sparkling water to be a 12-pack of beer. Police say one of the agents jumped on the hood of her car. She says one drew a gun. Unsure of who they were, Daly tried to flee the darkened parking lot.
"They were showing unidentifiable badges after they approached us, but we became frightened, as they were not in anything close to a uniform," she recalled Thursday in a written account of the April 11 incident."...
"All of these officials are quite chuffed with themselves, having come to a right and just conclusion in their own mind - they are actually posing for the camera and expecting some kind of righteous praise. It would appear it hasn't occurred to anyone that there are law officers running around loose acting exactly like armed thugs in a war zone, ambushing a peaceful and unsuspecting populace.
No where, no way, should any badged officer be allowed to ambush a citizen like a thug. No where, no way, should any of these thuggish officers be allowed to retain his badge, his authority, or his freedom having been found guilty of terrorizing an innocent after such an outrageous display of incompetence.
Increasingly in our age law enforcement officers enjoy complete autonomy with displays of ruthless shock tactics designed to subdue anyone - anyone -for any arbitrary reason, without fear of reprisal or legal recourse.
How many here think that jumping on the hood of someone's car with a drawn and aimed firearm is a suitable tactic for confronting potential underage drinkers?"
How many here think that jumping on the hood of someone's car with a drawn and aimed firearm is a suitable tactic for confronting potential underage drinkers?"
Not me!
Experience enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again - Jeanne Pincha-Tulley
Comprehensive is Latin for there is lots of bad stuff in it - Trey Gowdy
