Posted on 04/17/2014 7:32:58 AM PDT by mandaladon
An Air Force captain discovered he was banned from Naval Post Graduate School in Monterey, California, due to pending charges against him from a previous encounter with a cop who had tried to arrest him for entering his own home.
The charges — resisting arrest and obstructing an officer — have infuriated Captain Nicolas Aquino, a first-generation immigrant whose parents came to the United States from Paraguay as political exiles.
Last December, an officer paid a visit to Aquino’s Monterey residence. Apparently, a neighbor had seen a man entering Aquino’s home, and reported a possible burglary to the authorities.
The “burglar” was Aquino himself. No one else was in the house.
The officer told Aquino that he needed to see identification, according to KSBW.
“At that moment I’m like, ‘Excuse me sir, but who are you? And why are you here?’” said Aquino in a statement.
Aquino, who is well aware of his Constitutional rights, asked the officer if he was being detained. The officer said that he was.
“And so I said, ‘OK, then my name is Nicolas Aquino. I live right here. I’m in the military,’” said Aquino.
Aquino showed the officer — a deputy with the Monterey County Sheriff’s Department — his military ID, but did not hand over the card. The officer interpreted this move as a hostile act, and proceeded to tackle Aquino, slam his head into the ground and put him in a choke hold.
The police report described the officer’s actions more favorably.
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With many of them there is no acting involved.
The Naval Postgraduate School has standards such that the Obamadork and his minions would only qualify to clean the latrines. Holder wouldn’t even be let in the latrine door...idiot that he (or it) is.
That captain is smart.
As for that policeman.......
Let’s track this and see where it goes. The cop could be in the right....but I highly doubt it.
Looks like he is guilty of insufficient groveling.
Will there be a White House “beer summit”?
Ping!
Are you believing this? Good grief!
Sounds like a CYA belated arrest to defend against any civil lawsuit. Now the case and complications can be held over the defendant to try and wait him out or force a settlement.
God bless this soldier. It is crazy to charge a man with entering his own home.
‘roid tests for LEO’s?
One of these days the LEO isn’t going home to his family that night.
Is he being charged with entering his own home?
We always had a tenuous relationship with the local LEOs while at NPS. If he was on base, then the cop has ZERO jurisdiction to even ask for ID. Out in town, producing his ID is sufficient. We are not required to surrender our ID to anyone unless we are POW (Geneva Convention) so the good Captain was correct in not handing it to the cop. The LEO stands to lose a good deal over this, should the facts reflect the article correctly.
Aggressive overly testosteroned “prosecutors” fresh from law school act like asses to get their street cred to be picked for judge.
There was a time when I respected and trusted the police. I think the jack boots are the majority now.
It sure seems that way lately.
Technically charged with resisting and obstruction, but for what? Simply being in his own home? The cop escalated a call and then charges the soldier. Pathetic.
Otherwise known as “extortion.” The officer as well as the prosecutors should be jailed.
You may be on to something here. Any, and I mean any interpretation or lack thereof by the LEO that the person is resisting, is taken down and charged. This then puts the person in the position to then fight it, which can take a long time.
Looks like he is guilty of insufficient groveling.
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Yep. Probably some professional envy in there too.
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