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NYC Police Throw Navy SEAL Into Psych Ward for Claiming…He’s a SEAL
The Blaze ^ | 1/23/12 | Buck Sexton

Posted on 01/23/2012 12:44:11 PM PST by Nachum

A Virginia man claimed to be a Navy SEAL to talk his way out of a gun possession arrest on Thursday, and the New York Police Department committed him to a psych ward thinking his claims of elite military status were the rantings of a lunatic.NYC Police Throw Navy SEAL Into Psych Ward For Claiming... Hes a SEAL

Turns out the guy was in fact an elite Navy SEAL.

But as the New York Post put it, telling the NYPD “I’m in an elite military unit, you can’t arrest me,” doesn‘t help much when the city’s draconian gun laws are at issue.

Twenty-nine-year-old Shaun Day was on a leave from his duty as a Navy SEAL duty when cops nailed him for running a red light in Manhattan, New York on Thursday.

NYPD officers searched Day’s pickup truck and found a 9mm semiautomatic pistol and three magazines full of ammo.

During the arrest, police claim

(Excerpt) Read more at theblaze.com ...


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KEYWORDS: 101seastories; navy; navyseal; nyc; police; seal
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Eeeeyy Sarge, we got us uh real wack-a-doo here! Tinks he's a SEAL. Next he'll tell us he's Captin' Amerikuh or sompin'....
1 posted on 01/23/2012 12:44:23 PM PST by Nachum
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To: Nachum

Why are they searching his car for running a red light?


2 posted on 01/23/2012 12:46:39 PM PST by BradtotheBone (Moderate Democrat - A politician whose voting record leans left and whose vote can be bought.)
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To: BradtotheBone

My first thought, too. I thought they needed a cause to search.


3 posted on 01/23/2012 12:48:52 PM PST by USMCWife6869
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To: BradtotheBone

—Why are they searching his car for running a red light?—

My thoughts exactly. It’s the first thing that hit my mind, actually. There is more to this story.

I get pulled over by cops several times a year and get cited about once every 18 months. I’ve never had my car searched. Ever.


4 posted on 01/23/2012 12:49:10 PM PST by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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To: Travis McGee
oh boy...
5 posted on 01/23/2012 12:49:33 PM PST by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: Nachum
I'd like to see a little more detailed reporting on how the NYC cops made the leap from pulling him over for running a red light (a relatively minor traffic infraction usually resulting in a traffic ticket) to searching his vehicle.
6 posted on 01/23/2012 12:50:50 PM PST by WayneS (Comments now include 25% MORE sarcasm for no additional charge...)
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To: Nachum

Just after 9-11 he would have been given a police escort to wherever he was headed. Running a red light ... the nerve.


7 posted on 01/23/2012 12:51:10 PM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: cuban leaf

Your map indicates you’ve never been to the People’s Republic of New York....
That would explain a lot!


8 posted on 01/23/2012 12:51:52 PM PST by G Larry (We need Bare Knuckles Newt to fight this battle.)
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To: Nachum

Military members are exempt from firearms laws when they are ordered to carry. Local yokels need to mind their place.


9 posted on 01/23/2012 12:53:40 PM PST by CodeToad (Islam needs to be banned in the US and treated as a criminal enterprise.)
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To: Nachum

If this guy is INDEED and US Navy SEAL then an overnight in a NYC lockup should be just a walk in the park. He could EVEN call it “training”!


10 posted on 01/23/2012 12:54:33 PM PST by US Navy Vet (Go Packers! Go Rockies! Go Boston Bruins! See, I'm "Diverse"!)
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To: Nachum
Since when are members of the military exempt from following the laws of these United States?

He shouldn't be arrested for carrying a pistol in Noo Yawk $#!++y ... because the Sullivan Act is blatantly unconstitutional.

His being a US Air Force Ranger SEAL in Force Recon from the Spanish-American War is irrelevant.

11 posted on 01/23/2012 12:54:54 PM PST by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: Nachum

Why on earth would anyone want to visit NYC? I mean it’d be like going to San Francisco.


12 posted on 01/23/2012 12:55:21 PM PST by SkyDancer ("If You Want To Learn To Love Better, You Should Start With A Friend Who You Hate")
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To: WayneS
Who could dare to question Bloomberg's New Amsterdam?

Maybe he was a dead rabbit and as well as a SEAL ...

13 posted on 01/23/2012 12:56:52 PM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: G Larry

I’ve seen NYC flying out of Newark. That’s as close as I ever want to get, though I suspect there are nice places in upstate NY.

And since I never need to go to Parsippany again, I’ll probably never see New Jersey again either. I hope.


14 posted on 01/23/2012 12:58:00 PM PST by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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To: Nachum
Paging Scott Coleman, there's an extraction assignment for "SEAL Demolition and Salvage Corporation" in NYC...
15 posted on 01/23/2012 12:58:00 PM PST by DTogo (High time to bring back the Sons of Liberty !!)
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To: cuban leaf
perhaps alcohol was involved...

Shaun Day, 29, was on a two-week leave when cops harpooned him for running a red light at 12:30 a.m. at Second Avenue and East 26th Street. When cops searched his pickup truck, they discovered a 9mm semiautomatic and three ammunition clips. During the arrest, Day was rambling incoherently and harped that he was a SEAL — but had no proof for cops.

He claimed he was an elite commando with “top- secret clearance,” cops said.

Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/arrested_guy_the_real_seal_zltbTtNkgqINfp4pstK98O#ixzz1kJfx9Wq6


16 posted on 01/23/2012 12:58:23 PM PST by Wayne07
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To: WayneS

—I’d like to see a little more detailed reporting on how the NYC cops made the leap from pulling him over for running a red light (a relatively minor traffic infraction usually resulting in a traffic ticket) to searching his vehicle.—

Now that I think about it, in most states you are required to tell the officer that you have a weapon. In NYC, that admission will get you a search, and maybe a complimentary “rough up”.


17 posted on 01/23/2012 12:59:46 PM PST by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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To: Liberty Valance
Bloomberg even confiscated my photo! Rat B******!

;o)

18 posted on 01/23/2012 1:02:24 PM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: Nachum

Damned shame.

New York is a swell place-—to stay away from.

Other than great Deli’s there isn’t much reason to go there.


19 posted on 01/23/2012 1:03:02 PM PST by Venturer
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To: Nachum
Tinks he's a SEAL. Next he'll tell us he's...

Client: "Doc, uh, my brother's crazy; he thinks he's a chicken."

Doctor: "Well, why don't you turn him in?"

Client: "I would, but I need the eggs."

20 posted on 01/23/2012 1:09:49 PM PST by C210N (Dems: "We must tax you so that we can buy your votes")
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