Posted on 02/06/2014 4:03:05 PM PST by marktwain
in News, Uncategorized, Video
8 days ago 6 Comments 2,966 Views
On the evening of November 30, 2013 Joey Posey, a veteran of the Army’s 101st Airborne was arrested and jailed by police in Andrews, TX. He had taken a walk with his children to get ice cream and french fries and decided to openly carry his AR-15 in addition to his legally concealed handgun. Although the open carry of a longarm is legal in Texas, it was for this reason that he and his children found themselves forced to the ground as soon as the police arrived on the scene. For two months now SPC Posey has been in legal limbo. There have been no charges filed yet, his weapons have not been returned and his concealed-carry license has been suspended. What Joey didn’t know when he left his house that night was that he was not the first person whose firearms rights have been suppressed in Andrews.
To show support for Joey Come and Take It Midland/Odessa organized an open carry walk in Andrews in the weeks after Joey’s arrest. As the walk was coming to an end, Andrews police approached the group of demonstrators telling them that if they did not disperse they would be in violation of a municipal code that pertains to motor vehicle operation.
Following that incident, three members of Come and Take It Texas met with Andrews, TX Police Chief Bud Jones to ensure that the rights of Texans would no longer be suppressed by his department and to get permits signed for their upcoming demonstrations in Andrews. In that meeting the Chief assured them that and understanding had been reached. He gave his word that he would do everything in his power to protect the legal rights of gun owners in the future.
At one time, when a Texan made a promise and shook your hand, you could rest assured that he would keep his word. Unfortunately, Chief Bud Jones failed to keep his word, and he failed to honor the oath that he swore to the Constitution.
On January 22nd, 2014 former Army Sergeant Michael Keoughan, one of the CATI members that met with Chief Jones, went to Andrews to survey the approved route for their next open carry walk. Given the multiple reports that Andrews PD had used intimidation to ‘convince’ people not to open carry in Andrews, Michael also wanted to film himself open carrying that day and prove to the members of the the new CATI chapter in Andrews that they no longer needed to fear their police department. Sadly, Michael was illegally arrested that day, and his weapons were unlawfully confiscated. CATI recorded their meeting with the Chief, and have posted some of that interview on their YouTube channel but the local media refuses to address this part of the story. It seems the ‘good ol’ boy’ system is still alive and well in West Texas.
When a local news station posted a story on their Facebook page about Keoughan’s arrest and the upcoming CATI demonstration to be held in Andrews, a resident of that town made threats against the group in the comments section of the post.
Two of CATI’s members were so concerned by the threats that they contacted Andrews PD to file a report in case the man did make good on his threats. One of the members, an over-the-road trucker, was told that a report would not be taken. The officer went on to inform the caller that the town was full of “rednecks” that would likely shoot members of CATI and that the victims could expect that the person would never be found or brought to justice. After that the officer hung up and did not answer again.
A Sheriff’s Deputy was recorded as he made a similar comment to CATI members while they were waiting for Keoughan to be released from Andrews County Jail.Another CATI member was told that a report could not be made over the phone but, if she would make the seventy mile drive to Andrews, that a report could be made in person. She immediately drove to Andrews only to find that the entire police department was too busy “in a meeting” to speak with her. A Texas Ranger stationed in Andrews made it clear that no one was going to take a report, calling the posts a “perceived threat”.
Local media has ignored these two cases of dereliction of duty, just as they have refused to report the facts showing that both of these veterans have been victims of Official Oppression.
Come and Take It Texas will be holding another demonstration in Andrews, Texas on February 15th, 2014 as they continue to seek justice for these soldiers. However the struggle is far from over. If you would like to contribute to their legal defense, click on the following links for Joey Posey and Michael Keoughan. Please help this story go viral! Spread this link and these [one] [two] [three] to everyone you know including other news outlets. You can also contact Police Chief Bud Jones and help us respectfully educate him on the meaning of the oath that he swore to uphold.
James Franklin – CATI TX
I smell typical cops. They don’t care about parties. In fact, I doubt the majority even vote. And if they do, they don’t know what they’re voting for. Believe me, I grew up with cops in the family. The ones I knew were dumb as hell.
What needs to be done in this situation is people need to get elected to the city council and fire the chief. And make sure his replacement knows the constitution and intends to explain it to his cops.
If you are carrying a rifle around, I am going to think you are nuts.
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I believe it is legal under Texas Law. Thus in your senario
the law must be wrong?
Is that correct?
/johnny
Good deal, Basil. Thank you.
Tell me about it. I got arrested for three trumped up charges-Fail to carry ID (I was on foot demonstrating Abbott’s SILENCE on immigration), Disobey officer (I refused to sit on the ground as COMMANDED) & a jaywalk. all of these dismissed. I had to get an ACLU attorney to represent me on this false arrest at the hands of a METRO officer. We await their response. Conservative judges apparently gave us the Ruling in Atwater (TX CASE) where a mother and her kids were not wearing seatbelts. She gets taken to jail. As a result of conservative ruling in this SCOTUS case cops can now arrest for throwing bubblegum out of a car window. it was a BAD THING!
When the Feds were doing the stop and swab roadblock in Ft. Worth, the FWPD chief got whacked pretty hard and publicly apologized for allowing his personnel to get involved with that.
Lots of Texas Freepers sent emails and sent phone calls over that issue, too.
/johnny
Now that there is enough blue in Texas they can start creeping their leftist/globalist agenda. If we let them get away with changing culture like this it’s all over. These directives are probably coming down from Holder himself.
You are barking up the wrong tree on that. Abbott has filed a brief with the Supreme Court, supporting Arizona's position on enforcing immigration laws.
/johnny
“Texas needs to get its house in order.”
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I personally know two flaming libs who moved,from MA,to Midland-Odessa a few years back.
I hope Texas doesn’t go the same way NH has.
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Don't color Texas blue just yet.
/johnny
The TRT t shirt is a nice homage to passed Freeper Dr Raoul.
There are a lot of statists in high places. There are a lot of people who have been lied to by the old media. There are a fair number that are waking up and trying to wake up the rest. We are winning in Texas, but it is not a sure thing, and good Texans can use all the support they can get.
Amen!! Bump!
So? What he was doing was perfectly legal. One hundred percent legal. Who gives a crap how many people called the police? That's a separate thing.
The cops' job is to uphold the law. The cops' actions were in direct violation of the law.
Pretty black and white.
BUMP TO THE TOP.
Thank you for the ping and post.
Purge the jack-booted thugs.
I’m not sure I want to go to the shoot if the cops are going to steal our guns from us. We have some VERY expensive pieces, and replacing them would cost us a pretty penny.
sarahfloerke@gregabbott.com michael@gregabbott.com
These are the people we relayed our outrage at the illegal stops a couple months ago near FW.
That would be the definition of "conservative" that means "to protect from harm or decay." These judges are all for using law enforcement to protect "immoral" people from harming or decaying themselves.
Not to be confused with the definition of "conservative" that means "to use sparingly." THIS variety of conservative judge would have ruled in favor of limiting the reach of government, hence a mom whose kids weren't wearing seatbelts would be, horror of horrors, left to run wild and propagate! Chaos would ensue as people, even children, went riding around in cars with no seatbelts. That's the kind of thing that happens when you use government sparingly, you know!!!!
/johnny
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