Posted on 04/28/2008 3:15:23 PM PDT by radar101
Friday, April 25, 2008
This week’s outrage comes courtesy of Philadelphia Police Commissioner, and former Washington, D.C. police chief, Charles Ramsey.
As we recently reported, the Philadelphia City Council passed five gun control measures, which were subsequently signed by Mayor Michael Nutter in direct violation of Pennsylvania’s state preemption law.
A Philadelphia County court granted NRA’s motion for a temporary restraining order against the new gun control regulations and ruled that Philadelphia is barred from enforcing the ordinances and moving forward on promulgating regulations. But the City opposed the injunction, saying they believed that the ordinances are both necessary and legal.
And while District Attorney Lynne Abraham previously advised Philadelphia’s city council and mayor that their gun control proposals were unconstitutional, the city pressed on, defying the state’s firearm preemption law in its attempt to circumvent the Pennsylvania legislature.
Enter Commissioner Ramsey, whose anti-gun leanings and arrogant, above-the-law mentalities have followed him to the City of Brotherly Love.
Not content with his city passing illegal gun control “laws,” Ramsey is actually encouraging the City Council and Mayor Nutter to ignore the legal advice of city attorneys against enforcing the ordinances. Not only is he in favor of enforcing the illegal measures, he was recently quoted as saying, “As far as I am concerned, the laws are valid, and we will act as if this whole conversation with the D.A. just didn't take place.”
When the City’s Police Commissioner--the top law enforcement official--encourages the mayor and council members to ignore legal advice, that’s not just blatantly arrogant and anti-gun, that’s outrageous.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Former Philadelphia Police Commissioner Willie Williams was hired as Police Chief of Los Angeles several years ago, but couldn’t pass the POST test, therefore couldn’t carry a gun.
Seems as though all Philadelphia Police Commissioners are idiots.
Let the liberals try and enforce the law. The arrest/conviction will be throw out of court.
Then aggrieved party can personally sue the mayor and police chief and all officers involved in the arrest for knowingly and wantonly violating state law. There is no blanket of immunity for a public official if they knowingly break the law. They are open to criminal and civil damages.
Yep. Won’t shed a tear if some thugs in uniform (first and foremost the police chief but also the mayor who commands him) got theirs. Maybe one day it’ll happen and they’ll be less audacious in their attempts to enslave a free people.
Under Ramsey's tenure as chief, the D.C. Police force got worse thant ever and that is saying something.
The rater of identifying murder suspects, SUSPECTS, mind you not arrests and convictions dropped to about 10%.
Philadelphia, you are in for a very tough time.
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Don’t have money to round up illegal alians, they are encouraged. But he has the money for policitcal theatre.
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