84-Year-Old Former Cop and Korean War Vet Has Guns Seized over Comments Taken Out of Context Oct 14, 2019
By: Teresa Mull
An 84-year-old Korean War veteran who served as a policeman for sixty years has had his firearms seized, despite no criminal charges being filed.
Stephen Nichols was, until recently, working as a crossing guard at Tisbury School in Massachusetts.
MVTimes.com reports:
Nichols said he was unimpressed with the Tisbury School resource officers alleged trips to Xtra Mart to get coffee when children came to school in the morning. While dining at Linda Jeans a couple of weeks ago, Nichols said he told a friend about this and suggested somebody could shoot up the school in that officers absence, which he described as leaving his post.
Nichols said the waitress made a complaint to Tisbury Police about what she overheard and on the strength of that, (Tisbury Police Chief Mark) Saloio and another officer relieved Nichols of his crossing guard duties while he was in the midst of performing them and subsequently drove to his home and took away his firearms license and guns.
He came up and told me what I said was a felony but he wasnt going to charge me, Nichols said of Saloio.
In a lengthy interview with The Times, Nichols explained his concern about Tisbury School.
When I was in the United States Army, and it wasnt just me, its anybody whos in the United States service, if you are on guard duty for eight hours, you didnt leave that position, Nichols said. And Im just so accustomed to that, that when I see someone whos supposed to be protecting kids
leave the school unguarded if youre on guard duty, you stay there.
The Times reports Nichols is beloved by all who know him, that he is known to love the children he serves, and that he doesnt have any violations on his record.
Poster Comment:
They are turning this country into a veritable 1984 novel with thought crimes for speaking in the wrong manner.
I had a girl online tell me, "All these other guys only want sex, but you show me love."
I told that story to my boss's 18 year old daughter. The Secretary was there and her eyes bugged out. Then later my boss told me to apologize to her daughter for saying the wrong thing.
I told her, "I am sorry for saying a three letter word and not a four letter word."