Posted on 03/12/2021 5:41:12 AM PST by Red Badger
Tampa Bay Buccaneers players have been enjoying the offseason since their dominant Super Bowl win last month, but wide receiver Jaydon Mickens has found himself in some legal trouble.
Mickens was arrested last week in Los Angeles on a gun-related charge. According to TMZ, the 26-year-old was pulled over on March 5 when police noticed his window tints were too dark. A gun was found inside the car during the traffic stop.
Mickens was arrested and charged with having a concealed weapon, which is a felony. The gun was not on his person at the time.
The Buccaneers said they are aware of the situation.
“He reached out to let us know about the situation soon after it happened and we have been in contact with the league office to ensure they were aware,” the team said in a statement. “We will continue to monitor the situation but will have no further comment at this time.”
Tampa Bay signed Mickens in 2019, and he has served as the team’s primary kick returner. He’s also one of the players Lavonte David mentioned when telling a hilarious story about Tom Brady after the Super Bowl.
Mickens could face disciplinary action from the NFL over the incident.
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2A Ping!..................
Freaking LA. In TX you don’t even need a CCW to carry in your car if it’s out of site. I do believe an insight pistol though could be a problem. Rifles are ok anywhere though, AFAIK.
Cam Newton just resigned with the Patriots.
Say it ain’t so
WTF ?
Into every life an little rain must fall. The Pats’ dynasty is over...............................
What happened to defund the police?
What happened to racist oppression and being pulled over for being black?
Oh- now we can push the scary gun story so screw the black people and the po-po is good again.
Personally, I think the Constitution would prophylactically protect against such prosecution, presuming he doesn’t have a prior conviction that prohibits him from owning/possessing firearms.
But, leaving that argument aside because you have to deal with the law as it is, not as you want it to be, this kid is a millionaire several times over. He lives in a state that is one of the most hostile to the 2A. Had he shown just a modicum of intelligence and circumspection, he would have applied for a CCW and secured it before putting a loaded firearm in his car.
Now, at best he’s going to be a convicted criminal - potentially a felon - and will likely never be able to legally own a firearm again. Is it right? Probably not. But, you have to understand the rules in the state you’ve chosen to live in and behave accordingly...or move.
If the guy’s window tints were too dark, how did the cops know there was a gun in the car? I can think of only two possibilities.
1. When Mickens rolled down his window to talk to the cops, the gun was in plain view. That would make Mickens a dumb guy.
2. Mickens gave the cops permission to search his car. That would also make Mickens a dumb guy.
Charges most likely will be dropped.
Liberals do not want a case like this reaching the SCOTUS, because they would not only lose, but it would overturn ever state law against ccw................
I could care less about the NFL and any of it’s players. However, the 2nd amendment is another thing. Having a weapon on your person, in your possession, home, car, hole in the ground, etc. should be perfectly legal and require no laws. The moment someone uses a weapon in the commission of a crime, now that’s a different problem.
If I’m on the jury: NOT GUILTY.......................
I believe this happened in LA.
If you don’t give the LEOs permission to search your vehicle when they pull you over, they WILL immediately impound your vehicle ...
The charges might be reduced. But, they’re not going to be dropped. LA prosecutes thousands of these cases every year. This one will be no different.
If the Court had any appetite to stop this kind of policing, it would have because people contest these prosecutions on constitutional grounds and lose...all the time.
Yes, but unless he commutes from LA to Tampa, he lives in Florida and might have gotten used to saner gun laws.
I would wager that most of these cases are poor blacks and Latinos that cannot afford top notch legal aid. This guy is a millionaire and a notable personality. They don’t want this case to move forward..................
It was my understanding as a former California resident and gun owner that the first offense was only a misdemeanor.
That’s not factually correct. Granted, the police might *say* they’re going to impound the car if you refuse. But, under existing Supreme Court precedent, without probable cause the car cannot be impounded for the express purpose of conducting a search. If probable cause is cited by the police - and that citation doesn’t withstand judicial scrutiny - anything the police find would be inadmissible.
Now, if you have outstanding warrants, parking tickets if you’re driving without a license or your car is unsafe for some reason, now you’ve given them a reason to impound your car. And, once they have that reason to impound it, they can and will search it for ‘inventory’ of the contents. Now, you’re screwed.
But, simply refusing a search does not cede to the police the power to impound your car.
The window tint gave the cops probable cause to pull him over.
Mickens should have watched that Chris Rick video.
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