
Originally Posted by
glocktogo
This is incorrect. Any rookie worth their salt could make this case. You're on national TV in your studio, which is located in DC. You're holding an illegal magazine. You admit on tape that it's an illegal magazine. Ignorance of the law is no excuse (if only I had a nickle for every time I've heard that in my life). What's that? You say it wasn't real? Show it to me now. You don't have it? Where is it? Who did you transfer possession of the illegal magazine to? Your producer? So you are stating for the record that your producer also had possession of an illegal magazine? Where is your producer? Let's go talk to the producer...
And so on and so forth. You dig until there are no more answers forthcoming. You have credible evidence to support an arrest and you make the arrest as soon as you stop getting answers from people. While it is a technical legal matter, it isn't rocket science. The simple fact of the matter is that there IS a double standard. If you were driving along in DC and a traffic cop saw the exact same unloaded magazine in plain sight, you'd go to jail. You'd get prosecuted. You'd be found guilty and unless you copped a plea, you'd get the maximum sentence. We have created out of thin air, an entire class of elites in America. Congratulations, we now have a caste system.
This country has become a disgusting caricature of it's former self. I can't ****ing stand it.

You are an LE, right? When was the last time you saw someone successfully prosecuted for possession based only on video evidence that they were holding an illegal object for a few seconds AND the police did not have custody of the item as evidence. I ask because that would be the DA's case if they decided to prosecute.
You think that the Metro PD is going to start arresting MSNBC staff for possession of a high capacity magazine that was only seen on TV as a prop? Keep in mind that MPD does not even have custody of this magazine to verify its actual existence as a banned item. Any defense attorney worth a damn will shoot all kinds of holes in the evidence chain. Without the police having the magazine as evidence, it does not matter that Gregory said it was banned since it is expected that he would want the audience to believe it as such for dramatic effect.
I'm no fan of Gregory or MSNBC, but I can tell you there is ZERO case unless the police had taken custody of the magazine when Gregory walked off the set. In addition, I'n not a fan of wasting city resources on cases that can't be won.
Last edited by Sensei; 12-27-12 at 12:32.
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