Another New Mexico Story

[esigler]

Unlawful Detainment in Artesia New Mexico | Cop Block

So far I have been here six months, and I only open carry here police have seen me carrying and I have had no problems. But stops like these are insane!

 

[mrortega]

This makes you realize how good we have it here in Hoosierland.

 

[monitor51]

Wow. I like this response that someone entered.

In The Prince, Machiavelli wrote that a leader only disarms his subjects when he fears the people, and he fears the people because he has earned their hatred somehow.

 

[jgreiner]

Unlawful Detainment in Artesia New Mexico | Cop Block

So far I have been here six months, and I only open carry here police have seen me carrying and I have had no problems. But stops like these are insane!

I find the double standard that we civilians aren't allowed to use ignorance of the law as an excuse, yet it is acceptable for law enforcement.

Police officers that violate search rights like this, need to be charged.

 

[MrSmitty]

<------Former New Mexican......But they gave him his weapon back and let him go on his way, they realized they were wrong!!

 

[actaeon277]

I find the double standard that we civilians aren't allowed to use ignorance of the law as an excuse, yet it is acceptable for law enforcement.

Police officers that violate search rights like this, need to be charged.

I like that "ignorance of the law" arguement.

 

[hoosier1104]

I know the guy personally. What makes it even worse was the fact that they disarmed him at his van and in front of his oldest daughter. His daughter was yelling 'Please do not shoot my daddy!'.

 

[Jack Burton]

Tech is going to change these encounters. The tipping point is not here yet but is soon coming when enough people carry pocket video cameras (or learn how to use their cell phone properly ) so that a cop doesn't know if he's going to be on Youtube, Facebook and everywhere else.

Remember what we always say about a gun in the hands of just a few percentage points is a deterrent to criminals since they don't know WHO has one? Trust me, it will be the same exact principal with the cops when we hit that magical, not yet known percentage with recording devices.

 

[jgreiner]

Tech is going to change these encounters. The tipping point is not here yet but is soon coming when enough people carry pocket video cameras (or learn how to use their cell phone properly ) so that a cop doesn't know if he's going to be on Youtube, Facebook and everywhere else.

Remember what we always say about a gun in the hands of just a few percentage points is a deterrent to criminals since they don't know WHO has one? Trust me, it will be the same exact principal with the cops when we hit that magical, not yet known percentage with recording devices.

Maybe we all need to install windshield and trunk cams.