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What were the charges?All charges were dismissed with prejudice and my LTC and pistol returned ASAP.
What were the charges?
Thanks man and not an issue I read your posts and very informative of what im getting my self into the good and law abiding citizen tend to get the shit end of the stick. I contacted a lawyer today and replyed quickly hes gonna get back to me next week. I'LL keep you guys update prob on this thread or ill just make a separate one with the whole story. Ill try to have someone reread it befor i post it for you guys.OP, not trying to hijack your thread man, just providing a stellar example of how badly things can go wrong even for a legally licensed person here. I do wish the best on this issue and plenty of good attorneys out there that can hopefully help.
There is a decent chance a cop in a town where the culture is "all permits issues unrestricted" may look at someone carrying on a restricted Springfield or Brookline permit and react with "looks like a valid LTC to me, have a nice day".
BUT... consider someone with a restricted permit stopped in a town where only important or connected people get unrestricted. The chances of someone getting a "pass" on a restriction are small.
And, if a department was inclined to issue a restricted LTC, it would probably not be inclined to respond with "restrictions don't matter" when it gets a report of carry outside the restriction.
Atty Tassel speaks the truth. You are playing with fire if you decide to take your chances on any encounter you have being with a sympathetic cop from a department that will not hang him/her out to dry if (s)he gives you a pass on a restricted LTC.
Even with Atty Tassel's good reputation for competence, I doubt he got the LTC reinstated for his clients violating the restriction.
I can only imagine if one of your bullets went through your head and killed you what the police report would have read like. Mother of God.
OP, not trying to hijack your thread man, just providing a stellar example of how badly things can go wrong even for a legally licensed person here. I do wish the best on this issue and plenty of good attorneys out there that can hopefully help.
No wonder you were so f*cked up when we worked together...and how the hell did you get a leo job anyways? (lol)
Like the Framingham PD officer who handled parking ticket appeals about 5 years ago (yes, due process is the PD deciding if it's parking tickets were issued correctly). A handicapped person was fined $200 for parking in a handicapped space. Verdict on appeal? No dismissal - placard was not visible, the offense was parking without a valid placard displayed. The person was handicapped, had a valid permit, and proved it - but forgot to hang it. No mercy shown.I can absolutely say that every PD has AT LEAST one a-hole officer who would jack up his own mother for littering.
Pictures can do wonders however when sent to the right people!Like the Framingham PD officer who handled parking ticket appeals about 5 years ago (yes, due process is the PD deciding if it's parking tickets were issued correctly). A handicapped person was fined $200 for parking in a handicapped space. Verdict on appeal? No dismissal - placard was not visible, the offense was parking without a valid placard displayed. The person was handicapped, had a valid permit, and proved it - but forgot to hang it. No mercy shown.
Funny thing - a few months later I saw this officer parking in a handicapped spot when off duty. It was an errand at a post office, so I knew there was not enough time to call and file a police complaint.
No wonder you were so f*cked up when we worked together...and how the hell did you get a leo job anyways? (lol)
** Annnnnd because life loves to throw sh*t in our face sometimes just to f*** with us, about 12 yrs into my time I was now teaching classes at the academy myself, and realize that one of the students is the son of the LT who arrested and shot at me. No shit. I literally looked up at the sky and said “why do you f***ing hate me so much?”
So I had a choice to make. I could easily hate this kid and make him wash out, maybe send him packing with a note to his father for me as the final irony.
Or I could swallow my pride and give him some extra attention (in a positive way) to try to keep him from becoming a jackass too.
I prayed for strength and trained him the best I could and even worked with him for a couple years afterwards and never said a word about it. Figured he didn’t deserve to pay for something that happened when he was still a kid. Hopefully he’s out there still being a good cop, not sure where he ended up and the irony is heavy, him having now both his fathers handprint and mine on how he acts and reacts on the street, but at least I know I tried to do the right thing by him and others.
So, that’s how that all turned out. The end.