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The cop diddnt see it. He wasnt there, it was a witness account.
This witness apparently felt that there should be no guns at a school no matter what. Legal, illegal, permit or no. She was probably thinking that she was doing some greaty public service in testifying against the guy with the GUN.
She was less than credible, but the judge went with her side. He's probably against OC.
The lady said that she called the police because someone, as she put it, was trying to crash a radio controlled airplane into traffic. Hmmm, lets think about this. R/C airplanes are expensive, and typically flown by people with a decent income. Indicates some level of responsibility. they are typically flown by people in their 30's and up. Quite a bit of time goes into constructing one of these planes. If someone were to fly a plane into traffic, they would lose the privledge to use the feild to fly the planes, they would lose the insurance on the plane, they would be charged with a crime, and probably be sued civily for damages and/or injuries.
Then the lady says she thought I was following her, that I was possibly sent to her by the group? Um, OK... The R/C mafia?!?
She admited that she was hiding down in her car with her kid, terrified of me, on the phone a second time with 911. Saying that she was very careful to not take her eyes off of me having a gun. Paranoid!
I diddnt even notice her.
She watches me play with my daughter from the parking lot a couple hundred feet away for 20 minutes, obviously unable to distinguish a threat from the obvious. She said she saw me conceal a gun, yet she was barely able to ID me in court, and she was at such a distance and angle to make this claim impossible. My car would have been in her line of sight.
I watch a police car sit for 5 minutes, then leave at the time she would have been on the phone with 911, yet even though the police get a call about a man with a gun on a playground with a little girl, they dont even check it out?? They said I was gone when they got there, but as I said, I wastched them come and go, and the lady said she was on the phone the whole time.
So, yeah, Im a little P.Oed about the whole thing.
The cop shows up at my house, 2 minutes after I get home, sees that I was OC, then cuffs me in front of my 7 year old, terrifying her. He could see I wasnt a threat, I was co operative, and he knew by the radio breifs. Anyone using such poor judgement shouldnt be a cop. Then he shows up again at my house 2 days later with a ticket!
This was in November, I got suspended in early December, court wasnt until late January, and so my suspension is until July 26. Thats a pretty long 6 months.
As for my attorney, you get what you pay for. I am grateful, but she was a new-b. This should have been a slam dunk.
It was a preponderance of evidence, 51% case. Had I been charged with a crime, it would have been a reasonable doubt issue, and I would have won.
