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My yearly detainment in Portland.(ME open carry)
opencarry.org ^ | 26 May, 2012 | boyscout399

Posted on 05/27/2012 7:20:05 AM PDT by marktwain

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The police here are looking for a lawsuit for deprevation of rights. Numerous other people carrying openly have received compensation when the department was sued for similar activity.

Clearly, the stop was meant to have a chilling effect on the exercize of the Constitutional right to bear arms.

Please note that I am not writer of the letter.

1 posted on 05/27/2012 7:20:18 AM PDT by marktwain
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Here is the youtube video mentioned in the letter:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfdEbe7e9GE


2 posted on 05/27/2012 7:21:11 AM PDT by marktwain
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If what the letter writer states is true, he should sue the police if he hasn’t already.


3 posted on 05/27/2012 7:25:32 AM PDT by Fiji Hill (Deo Vindice!)
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The dude knew his rights and stood by them peacefully.


4 posted on 05/27/2012 7:31:27 AM PDT by Gaffer
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5 posted on 05/27/2012 7:32:04 AM PDT by deoetdoctrinae (Gun free zones are playgrounds for felons.)
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If the police in his area are anything like the police in my area, he’s in for some harrassment soon due to his speaking up.


6 posted on 05/27/2012 7:32:21 AM PDT by Darksheare (You will never defeat Bok Choy!)
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Judgments against the city or the police department are not a deterrent. The judgment will only be paid by the city's insurance company or the taxpayers. It is only when there is specific judgment against individual government officials that this behavior will stop.
7 posted on 05/27/2012 7:36:48 AM PDT by Truth29
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Here is the email for Chief Sauschuck: mjs@portlandmaine.gov

If we email Chief Sauschuck, with a link to the video, we can reinforce the message.

8 posted on 05/27/2012 7:37:00 AM PDT by marktwain
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Here is the email that I sent:

Chief Sauschuck:

I recently viewed a video which shows Officer J. McDonald illegally
stopping a citizen who was legally exercising his right to bear arms.
It appears that the purpose of the stop was to create a chilling
effect against the exercise of that right.

I believe that better training can prevent the commission of such
illegal and unconstitutional activity by Portland P.D. officers in the
future.

Here is the link to the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfdEbe7e9GE

9 posted on 05/27/2012 7:43:35 AM PDT by marktwain
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Makes one wonder what the OWS is saying when they are against Corporate culture legal protections. I think they want total anarchy followed by arbitrary violent dictats without consequences.

... and basically we are letting these interfering proto-terrorists Ayers-Satan children get free park housing when they should be going to the gallows, “adults” acting worse than spoiled children. Just great.


10 posted on 05/27/2012 7:55:40 AM PDT by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security Whorocracy & hate:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
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.... and it is no wonder the foolish government is enamored by these “activists”, letting them crap on their own cop cars in obvious self hate and depression.

Wow, the proud to wear the NYPD uniform after 911 have been infiltrated by the Mayor Bloomberg communist bull crap.


11 posted on 05/27/2012 7:58:23 AM PDT by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security Whorocracy & hate:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
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True. This young man is awesome. I hope all of the NRA members appreciate the fact that this brave American is doing more to secure your rights than 10,000 “lifetime” cardcarrying members will ever do. This is what you HAVE to do to secure your rights. According to the Supreme Court you must be a “beligerent claimant” in ALL matters when your rights are challenged, or you cannot reclaim those rights at a later date in a court of law. In other words, free countrys are not for pussys, they are for real men.


12 posted on 05/27/2012 8:22:45 AM PDT by HMS Surprise (Chris Christie can still go to hell.)
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"According to the Supreme Court you must be a “beligerent claimant” in ALL matters when your rights are challenged, or you cannot reclaim those rights at a later date in a court of law. In other words, free countrys are not for pussys, they are for real men."

Amen brother.

13 posted on 05/27/2012 8:42:37 AM PDT by IYellAtMyTV (Je t'aime, faire du bruit comme le cochon.)
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My guess is that the LEOs involved will enter some dubious NCICs codes against his name so that the next time he applies to renew the license, it will be rejected. LEOs don’t like to be confronted peacefully with the laws as they are (not how they imagine), especially where there is no overt physical resistance - they ‘hate’ that. It takes away their ability to claim they were afraid for their lives.


14 posted on 05/27/2012 8:43:11 AM PDT by Gaffer
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bttt


15 posted on 05/27/2012 8:56:10 AM PDT by TEXOKIE
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I am not a litigious person, but I do not appreciate violations of my rights.

He's just a kid, so there is no reason to brate him for his idealism, but what he said was

"Keep up doing what you're doing"

16 posted on 05/27/2012 9:05:26 AM PDT by Balding_Eagle (Liberals, at their core, are aggressive & dangerous to everyone around them,)
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I would bet he makes the TSA no fly list....


17 posted on 05/27/2012 9:10:54 AM PDT by BubbaJunebug
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And a lot more.


18 posted on 05/27/2012 9:11:56 AM PDT by Gaffer
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Yeah, they are coming for us with their entitlement one way or another. Being proactive like this is savings ahead. And where corrupt cities cannot be taught and self dignify, then they can be submitted. THat’s the essence of the Constitution and the need to stop this corrupt “uniform worship” pay for it arrogance, when we know we pay for it, but not like this, sheesh.


19 posted on 05/27/2012 9:18:00 AM PDT by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security Whorocracy & hate:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
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This cop and many like him, are assholes and shouldn’t be allowed to carry a gun or suck off the taxpayer for their license to bully.


20 posted on 05/27/2012 11:30:43 AM PDT by thethirddegree
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