Title: Cop Says “Open Carry” Advocates Should Be Shot Source:
[None] URL Source:http://republicbroadcasting.org/?p=6759 Published:Feb 13, 2010 Author:KTVU Post Date:2010-02-13 20:36:29 by christine Keywords:None Views:651 Comments:29
A controversy was brewing in East Palo Alto Tuesday night after a police detective made apparently joking comments through his Facebook account saying “open carry” advocates who visibly carry guns in public should be shot.
Now East Palo Alto has become a reluctant testing ground for a battle of constitutional amendments: one police officer’s ‘freedom of speech’ versus a group’s ‘right to bear arms.’
Area resident Adnan Shahab is an “open carry” advocate who frequently goes out in public displaying an unloaded gun on his belt. Such activity is legal in California with certain restrictions, such as staying clear of schools.
Shahab said he was offended by Facebook remarks posted by East Palo Alto detective Rod Tuason. Tuason published a comment that said he agreed with a friend that open carry advocates should come to Oakland, Richmond and East Palo Alto and — in an apparent joke — said officers should shoot the advocates.
Now East Palo Alto has become a reluctant testing ground for a battle of constitutional amendments: one police officer’s ‘freedom of speech’ versus a group’s ‘right to bear arms.’
Freedom of speech does not apply to words that incite violence, to threats, nor to calls to perform illegal acts (violent or not). This cop should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, and with additional charges pertaining to "under color of authority."
Freedom of speech does not apply to words that incite violence, to threats, nor to calls to perform illegal acts (violent or not). This cop should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, and with additional charges pertaining to "under color of authority."
In 2010 duhmeriKa, it is simple as identifying the enemy (easy in most cases, but not all) and kill them.
That's where we're at in our nation now...shame and pity the generations that allowed us to get here.