Police kicked to the curb after unlawfully entering private property
By Madison Ruppert
Editor of End the Lie
This is a great example of people calmly, rationally, and respectfully asserting their rights over their private property even when a police officer attempts to make it seem as though they have the right to not only enter private property but also handle private property without a warrant.
I believe that everyone should take this as a perfect example of how to deal with police. Clearly, these officers were familiar with the individuals filming and likely knew that they’d better get off their property and move along before they added to the already quite powerful complaint.
I also think it is worth noting that they said they didn’t need the supervisor to show up since they all work together. This is an often overlooked, but quite important point.
If you are expecting a supervisor to show up and publicly shame their buddies, you will be sorely disappointed. Unless you have time to kill, it is usually a better idea to just capture the events on camera for posterity and file a formal complaint with the internal affairs division of the police department or sheriff’s office.
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Good for you great job, God Bless
what planet do you live on where you can not sell a gun?or selling a gun is a crime..what???i dont know where you live but thats insane..
Wow…that was f’n amazing. Good for them!
I know a lot of police tend to overstep their authority or if they know you plain out harass you and try to blur a line to make an arrest. It helps not only to know your rights but to also have an attorney that can back those rights.
The only problem I see is “if” you were selling guns shouldn’t a private seller be just as responsible as say a store owner selling them and do a back ground check? And the buyer also be subject to the what ever state their in laws to the waiting period from private sellers?I stand up for your right against illegal search and seizure and also against cops coming onto your place without probable cause.Just make sure on your end your not selling to a felon to protect yourself.
After a horse show on a hot Sunday afternoon, I returned to a friend’s farm with a trainer full of sweaty, tired and thirsty horses, only to find a police car pulled back, off the road, in the driveway as the officer wrote a ticket to a driver who was caught speeding on their radar gun. When the cop refused to stop and move the car, I pulled into the driveway and began unloading the four English jumpers.
The officer demanded I move the truck, which I ignored and was threatened with arrest for interfering with police business. The owner of one of the steeds called the station and complained of an irate woman with a gun, who was trespassing on private property. Between that call and the officer’s urgent call for backup, the road was quickly filled with flashing lights and blue uniforms.
Their first order of business was to order the horse owner to stop videoing the incident, which she refused and returned to her car to keep recording from inside the locked vehicle. It soon became a moot point as the local TV news van, which had been in the area, rolled up and the news team sprang into action.
The sargeant showed up and added to the threats, but was soon joined by a lieutenant. Despite being told I was under arrest, I was still dealing with unloading the trailer and the situation worsened as one of the officers tried to pull the lead from my hands. The action spooked the horse, the horse spun, kicked and broke the window of a cruiser, narrowly missing the cop. Several of his fellow officers pulled guns and were threatening to shoot. (To this day, we don’t know if they meant me or the horse).
The Lt. sized up the situation, realized that they were wrong and ordered the guns holstered and the backups back on patrol. Hoping to save face, he ordered me to back up and let the original cop retrieve her squad. By this time I was thoroughly pissed and refused, adding that if it wasn’t backed up to allow me to pull forward, I would push the car through the open gate. When I started the truck and pulled up to the PD vehicle’s bumper, he finally took the keys from the officer and moved it.
The story aired at 11 and the follow up story included apologies by the police chief and the county administrator. The incident resulted in an order to the police not to conduct police business from private property and the officer was assigned to work days at the local high school.
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It’s funny, because they always have the same excuse: “Somebody” called in a complaint about something or another. That “somebody” supposedly gives them the right to walk all over private property “investigating” an accusation that “somebody” made against you. The law requires that you be faced by your accusers, and yet “somebody” can get the cops to do what they want? The only “somebody” involved is in their head, so that they can have cause to illegally search and seize at will.