Florida Sheriff Arrested For Refusing To Violate The Second Amendment

7 Responses to Florida Sheriff Arrested For Refusing To Violate The Second Amendment

1. John B., M.D. says:

   June 7, 2013 at 4:34 am

   Interesting name for a county.

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2. Blade says:

   June 7, 2013 at 5:24 am

   What an amazing story. Are these Sheriffs elected? If so, how the hell can they be arrested and removed. If that was legal we could be doing this all over the country, especially in Congress and Governorships.

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   • Richard T. Fowler says:

     June 7, 2013 at 1:41 pm

     Yes, Florida sheriffs are elected. He wasn’t “removed” per se, he was suspended. If it is found by a court that he was unlawfully prosecuted, I am certain he will be able to resume his post. If it is determined that the prosecutorial discretion involved was warranted by the known facts, but he is acquitted by a jury for whatever reason, then that becomes a state constitutional question as to whether his suspension has to be lifted, and I have not looked into this question.

     I would note that he is accused of having “destroyed or removed official arrest documents from the Liberty County Jail, making it appear as though an arrest never occurred.” If that is true, it is a serious offense, and he should not be the sheriff any longer, regardless of the fact that he was elected. I would note that his lawyer made a statement but did not directly address the accusation, and that is never a good sign, though it is also of course not probative of anything.

     To your implied question, is it lawful under the Constitution for citizens to arrest legislators and governors who break the law, that is a very complex question, and I would have to say that the answer is sometimes, but it depends on a lot of factors, and in this day and age, it just doesn’t matter what is legal because the White House and its military claim supreme authority over all others in all situations. Furthermore, the governors are commanders-in-chief of state security forces and militia when not federalized, so that’s an additional impediment to the rule of law.

     I would note that in this case the sheriff was not arrested by a posse, but by the Florida Dept. of Law Enforcement which reports directly to the Governor, and which went and got a warrant signed by a judge. If a group of citizens wanted to arrest, for example, Pelosi for trying to “deem” the Obamacare bill “passed”, and they went to a federal judge requesting an arrest warrant, what do you suppose the judge would tell them? I’m not even sure if someone like Scalia would sign such a warrant, because judges know that the Judiciary is no longer nearly as independent as it used to be, i.e. there might be Hell to pay. It is much more like the Chinese judiciary of today than like the American Judiciary of times past.

     It really doesn’t matter what is lawful any more when it comes to VIPs, because the law as written has hidden loopholes that get activated without warning and applied without rhyme or reason, and the rest of us are not even allowed to read the loopholes, let alone witness the proceedings where the final decisions are made. That doesn’t even strictly meet the definition of “law” as I understand it, but people call it law, and it is enforced at the point of a gun. It certainly is government, but in my opinion it is not law and never has been. In such a situation, it is best to just turn back to the Bible and pray for guidance in Jesus’ name.

     RTF

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     • Blade says:

       June 9, 2013 at 7:34 am

       RTF,

       Thanks for that thorough and thoughtful reply.

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       • Richard T. Fowler says:

         June 9, 2013 at 2:01 pm

         You’re very welcome, sir. Thank you for all of your efforts to educate us. They are appreciated.

         RTF
     • TheAmerican says:

       October 14, 2013 at 10:21 pm

       RTF, … Excellent post … However In this particular case there is both the absence of DUE PROCESS and extreme variance from the norm equating to unequal protection under the law..

       “As a free and diverse people of many faiths, we choose to be governed under the law by certain fundamental principles or beliefs, among them equal protection ….. …

       Sheriff Finch was suspended WITHOUT pay prior to any court hearing . In every case I am aware of suspension is WITH pay until the defendant there is a verdict,

       The Florida statutes were not followed. Governor Scott suspended Sheriff Finch solely on
       allegations that have strong political implications .. Sheriff Finch only few months before his suspension was elected by a very small margin, He won against the incumbent sheriff
       running as an independent with absolutely NO PARTY AFFILIATION. The deputy making the accusations was very active in the campaign to reelect the incumbent.

       The events began when Floyd Eugene Parrish, a Florida resident, was arrested and detained by one of Finch’s deputies for carrying a firearm without a permit on March 8th, 2013. In the state of Florida. Sheriff Finch released Parrish because, in his assessment, Parrish was not a violent criminal and was acting innocuously. Sheriff stated that he had sworn to uphold the Constitution and believe Mr Parrish had the right to bear arms under the second amendment.

       Sheriff Finch called the clerk and told her not to draw up arrest documents until he was there to assess the situation. Note, Parrish had not been officially booked into jail- only detained.

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3. kim2ooo says:

   June 7, 2013 at 10:06 am

   Reblogged this on Climate Ponderings.

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