He cooperated fully with the police. He showed them his Georgia firearms license and his driver's license and submitted to being disarmed. The result? The police officers arrested Mr. Woodard, charged him with carrying a concealed weapon and disorderly conduct, and seized both Mr. Woodard's firearm that his was carrying, and, inexplicably, a firearm that was in a case inside his car. [More]That kind of takes throws the incentive for cooperating right out the window, doesn't it?
Do the police think they live and work in SOVIET Georgia?
ReplyDeleteI hope the chief, attorney general and governor get an earful, and change this. Because SOMEBODY is going to.
The short answer is you have to make the officer & department pay. Ignorance of the law is no excuse. Once criminal charges are cleared, the appropriate action is to sue the department and officer in civil court. Once they lose a few of these, they will get the idea.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if Mr. Woodard has recovered his illegally seized property as yet?
ReplyDeleteVery often once a LE agency seizes someone's guns he never sees them again.
Motion for summary judgment for Woodward here: http://www.georgiacarry.com/county/paulding_carry/Brief%20in%20Support%20of%20MSJ.pdf
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to read the decision.