cato
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On the Manassas thread, Mike brought up an angle that wasn't fully discussed. He intimated that, all other misconduct and violations of policy aside, the removal of the 7 patrons from their lawful gathering, after the officer's unsuccessful attempt, either based on mistake of law or color of authority, to intimidate the 7 into stopping their VA protected constitutional open carry rights and to break the law, the patron's 1st Amendment Right to peaceably assemble was violated.
This charge I think hinges on whether or not the manager was pressured or even forced into agreeing to expel the patrons, and there is, I believe, ample evidence to support this claim from the FOIA documents and witnesses.
I've had a little interaction with the FBI, but my understanding is that conspiracy under color of authority to deny rights is a Federal felony. Does anyone here think the Feds would find the facts compelling enough to investigate? Police corruption is also high on their interests. Their web site is interesting to read.
On the Manassas thread, Mike brought up an angle that wasn't fully discussed. He intimated that, all other misconduct and violations of policy aside, the removal of the 7 patrons from their lawful gathering, after the officer's unsuccessful attempt, either based on mistake of law or color of authority, to intimidate the 7 into stopping their VA protected constitutional open carry rights and to break the law, the patron's 1st Amendment Right to peaceably assemble was violated.
This charge I think hinges on whether or not the manager was pressured or even forced into agreeing to expel the patrons, and there is, I believe, ample evidence to support this claim from the FOIA documents and witnesses.
I've had a little interaction with the FBI, but my understanding is that conspiracy under color of authority to deny rights is a Federal felony. Does anyone here think the Feds would find the facts compelling enough to investigate? Police corruption is also high on their interests. Their web site is interesting to read.