Richard Malley helps patrol the sparsely populated Arizona desert to spot Illegal aliens. He has been arrested for refusing to surrender his rifle to deputies who refused to show their ID. The story says that Richard Malley is accused of aggravated assault for allegedly pointing his rifle at a deputy. From abc15.com:
GILA BEND, AZ - Authorities arrested an Arizona Minuteman for allegedly pointing a rifle at a deputy over the weekend.
According to court paperwork, 49-year-old Richard Malley and two other men who are part of the Minuteman militia were patrolling the desert just east of Gila Bend, along Interstate 8, Saturday night.
Two Maricopa County Sheriff's deputies were checking nearby mile posts often used for drug trafficking when they came across mile post 140, court papers said.
When the deputies pulled up to the area, they reportedly flashed their high beams and honked their horn.
Court papers say Malley thought a crime was occurring when the deputies showed up, so he felt the right to flash his rifle and a flashlight at one of the deputies.
An American citizen protect the place where he lives??? How dare he not submit totally at the mere SS order to surrender his rifle??? Sheriff Joe's deputies are as crooked as so many other deputies are in this once great land.
ReplyDeleteWe are now playing a game where the American citizen has no cards and law enforcement controls the entire deck. I'm tired of everyday people being treated like hardened criminals!!!!!
Law enforcement is always on the lookout for the next citizen who can be forced into the system and charged with 'resisting arrest' or some other bogus nonsense. Of course the courts and the thieves in black robes also participate in this too.
Doug
We are now playing a game where the American citizen has no cards and law enforcement controls the entire deck.
DeleteWe've got a few.
"Two Maricopa County Sheriff's deputies arrested an Arizona Minuteman for allegedly pointing a rifle at a deputy over the weekend."
ReplyDeleteWTF?
Their boss is Joe Arpaio.
How the fuck did this happen?
Damn it, he already has enough to do without
having to deal with Oathbreakers in his ranks.
he already has enough to do without
Deletehaving to deal with Oathbreakers in his ranks.
Agreed and were you in Vietnam with the 1st Cav in '68?
Damn Sheriff Joe was about my last living hero, now I might have to scratch him off the list. "say it ain't so Joe!"
ReplyDeleteIn the deputies' defense, it was dark, maybe they thought he was cartel. He certainly knew they were deputies, so, if he did point his rifle, that was uncalled for.
ReplyDeleteBut, I don't know, I wasn't there.
"Nowhere in the story does it say that the deputies turned on their police lights or siren. Such a display would have helped to identify them. It is never mentioned whether or not the vehicle had any official markings.
DeleteMerely flashing high beams and honking does not indicate a police presence.
All of the above occurred in darkness, as shown by the use of vehicle lights and the flashlight, making positive identification even more difficult."
So, the man may not have been sure they were cops.
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" When the additional units arrived, Malley apparently cooperated fully, because there are no charges of resisting arrest or of obstruction of justice.
I find it less than credible that Malley actually pointed the rifle at a deputy. Deputies are trained to react violently to such a direct threat"
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Good point, I assumed marked cars and light bars. I made an ass out of "U" and me, or at least me!
DeleteNope, I miss things everyday, needless to say.:)
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