TCSO: Deputy shouldn't be charged because he confused his weapons (video)

[magna19]

They filing charges against dead dudes now?

What charges are they filing on a dead dude. All I see is filing on his property.

 

[TedKennedy]

If he's a convicted felon, then several laws had to be broken for him to be in that car to even ATTEMPT a sale.

a. He had to obtain a gun. Which he can't legally do since he's a felon. So since he can't walk up to an FFL to buy one, then he had to make a private purchase, have someone give it to him, or steal it.
b. He was physically in possession of said gun, which was illegal for him to have on his person.

So they already had a reason to arrest him. The "sale" of the gun would have just been icing on the cake. Depending on how he got the gun, they may have had multiple infractions that made him eligible for arrest.

So, he was prevented by law from posessing a firearm, I get that.

My question is - WAS THE GUN STOLEN?

If it was, then you can produce a real victim.

If it was not, then you have a fellow shot and killed during the attempted enforcement of a "rule".

 

[okdzb]

...That's the only crime committed and it's all on video or audio.

Did they do away with the 'Attempting to elude' felony??

 

[Foghorn]

Did they do away with the 'Attempting to elude' felony??

Only applies to fleeing and placing others in danger. High speed pursuit through a playground type of stuff. His attempt to elude would be a misdemeanor at best.

Nothing screams poor craftsmanship like wrinkles in your duct tape

 

[JD8]

So, he was prevented by law from posessing a firearm, I get that.

My question is - WAS THE GUN STOLEN?

If it was, then you can produce a real victim.

If it was not, then you have a fellow shot and killed during the attempted enforcement of a "rule".

He had also sold meth to the undercover previously...... so there's another attempted enforcement of another "rule."

Whomever the victim it was, won't be getting their firearm back as it will be in the evidence locker for some time.

 

[_CY_]

a bit of OT ... but here's the latest video from a cop .. err creatively using his patrol car ...

 

[Poke78]

a bit of OT ... but here's the latest video from a cop .. err creatively using his patrol car ...

Soon to be known in cop training circles as "PIT the Pedestrian" with extra points for backflips...

 

[Lurker66]

If he's a convicted felon, then several laws had to be broken for him to be in that car to even ATTEMPT a sale.

a. He had to obtain a gun. Which he can't legally do since he's a felon. So since he can't walk up to an FFL to buy one, then he had to make a private purchase, have someone give it to him, or steal it.
b. He was physically in possession of said gun, which was illegal for him to have on his person.

So they already had a reason to arrest him. The "sale" of the gun would have just been icing on the cake. Depending on how he got the gun, they may have had multiple infractions that made him eligible for arrest.

Here's why your argument doesn't work. "If he's a felon" and committed crimes it has to be proven in court. If you go to court, the rule is innocent until proven guilty. This was a supposed "sting" that went wrong. That means there was probably a hundred chances to arrest this guy before this happened.

If this was a sting type setup the cops got it wrong. Should a just arrested the guy as soon as a law was broken, instead of trying to set him up for a bigger fall.

 

[Cavedweller]

Here's why your argument doesn't work. "If he's a felon" and committed crimes it has to be proven in court. If you go to court, the rule is innocent until proven guilty. This was a supposed "sting" that went wrong. That means there was probably a hundred chances to arrest this guy before this happened.

If this was a sting type setup the cops got it wrong. Should a just arrested the guy as soon as a law was broken, instead of trying to set him up for a bigger fall.

Maybe I've watched too many "cop" movies, but I think you are on to something. They were probably using this guy to get to a bigger fish.

 

[JD8]

Here's why your argument doesn't work. "If he's a felon" and committed crimes it has to be proven in court. If you go to court, the rule is innocent until proven guilty. This was a supposed "sting" that went wrong. That means there was probably a hundred chances to arrest this guy before this happened.

If this was a sting type setup the cops got it wrong. Should a just arrested the guy as soon as a law was broken, instead of trying to set him up for a bigger fall.

If anything it's your argument that lacks any logic. By your theory, nobody outside of street criminals would ever be arrested.