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How ironic is this?
When the police get themselves caught by an informed and armed citizen they immediately claim are being "set up". The two West Allis officers who arrested Brad Krause last year for not breaking the law claimed the same thing. Well your acting unlawfully and being caught at it is not someone else’s fault. You cops are setting yourselves up. We know some of you are ignoring the attorney general's advice concerning open carry and the fourth amendment.
If 1,000,000 Wisconsin citizens openly carried a gun daily, I’m betting we would see some serious effort in all police departments to train officers about the law and how to interact with these citizens. So, start carrying a gun so we can get over this training hurdle sooner.
I do not carry a gun all the time, only when my pants are on. I realize how important a voice recorder is to an armed citizen to prove their innocence if they are ever in a defensive gun use. Important evidence may no longer be present. The bad guy will probably break off the attack and run when he sees my gun. I want a record of what he said to threaten me. I can dictate names of witnesses, vehicle information, description of the bad guy, and any other important information I will probably not recall an hour later, and record the actual threat against my life. These are just a few reasons why I recommend to all armed citizens why they should carry a voice recorder with their gun. It just turned out as a unintended bonus, that voice recorders are really handy when talking to Wisconsin’s police too. Sometimes we can’t tell the bad guy’s from the good guy’s but a voice recorder really helps sort it out.
Do police want us to think the little microphone they have on their shirt is just for decoration? Why do you suppose police regularly record their contact with citizens? Are the ploice setting these people up because they are recording them? I think not.
We have the right to remain silent even before they decide to tell us our rights. If you wish to remain silent, then ask for an attorney to be present before any further questions are asked.
We have the right to record everything the police say, how it is said, when it was said, how we replied, and how they responded. Why would the police even begin to think they were somehow being “set up” if they were following the law? Of course, if they think that following the law for them is optional behavior and that attitude ends up getting their badge in a wringer, well so it goes. Those officers can look forward to having a bad day in Federal court as they should, because we will have the proof.
This is not rocket science folks. Police should keep their eyes out for suspicious or criminal activity. Of course, this assumes the police can understand what criminal activity looks like. A person shopping in a store, planting a tree in his yard, sitting on his front porch or just walking down the street are not criminal behaviors. However, all these examples have resulted in someone being arrested anyway.
See the problem? These officers set themselves up because they chose not to know and / or follow the law.
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