Illegal Detention By Putnam County Sheriff’s Office Of West Virginia
BY Herschel Smith
4 years, 9 months ago
This is a remarkable video for a number of reasons.
First of all, the cop who conducted the detention is a vile, foul-mouth, nasty, mean individual, who clearly hasn’t the temperament, education or intelligence to be a cop. In my estimation he has the temperament to be a ditch digger, and probably nothing more until he grows up.
Second, this detention was illegal. The video commenter keeps referencing U.S. versus Black, and that’s a good one to use since the Fourth Circuit determined that the simple act of carrying a gun openly in an open-carry state isn’t reason enough to stop and detain a man on suspicion of anything (Nathaniel Black and the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department).
But it shouldn’t even have to get that far. West Virginia is not a stop-and-identify state based on every resource I could find on the subject (not that I believe stop-and-identify is constitutional, but it seems to be recognized by the courts in the case of a “Terry Stop” where there is legitimate suspicion of a crime). So the cop broke West Virginia state law. He no more has the right to stop someone and force them to answer questions or provide identification for no reason than I do.
Third, based on what this cop says, he does this all the time. Seriously. Watch the video. Based on what I heard, I think he confessed over video to multiple violations of constitutional rights of citizens of West Virginia.
Your contact information for this is the following.
sdeweese@putnamwv.org (Steve Deweese, Sheriff of Putnam County)
prosecutingattorney@putnamwv.org (Mark A. Sorsaia, Office of the Prosecuting Attorney
Putnam County Judicial Building)
Oh, and by the way, Putnam County is a so-called “Second Amendment Sanctuary” county. It looks to me like Sheriff Deweese isn’t on board with that and needs to be replaced.
On February 9, 2020 at 11:04 pm, JFP said:
I see this more and more in these types of videos. The police now attribute “sovereign citizens” to those daring to assert their constitutional and civil rights. Gotta slander people as domestic terrorists for daring to open carry or carry and weapon.
On February 9, 2020 at 11:45 pm, Longbow said:
You said, “So the cop broke West Virginia state law.”
Not so! The cop opens his mouth, and whatever turd falls out magically becomes the Law!
On February 9, 2020 at 11:54 pm, Longbow said:
These parasites are proud of themselves.
“At this point I have the ABSOLUTE (sic) right…” Permit me to paraphrase the rest, “to force you to prove to me you haven’t committed a crime before I decide to stop molesting you. How dare you bear arms in my presence? You will submit to me!”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malignant_narcissism
“Malignant narcissism is a psychological syndrome comprising an extreme mix of narcissism, antisocial behavior, aggression, and sadism.[1] Grandiose, and always ready to raise hostility levels, the malignant narcissist undermines families and organizations in which they are involved, and dehumanizes the people with whom they associate.”
On February 10, 2020 at 7:54 am, Ned said:
And – a 2nd Amendment sanctuary dies a mewling death at the hands of Only One armed costumed clowns.
I hope they prevail in the lawsuit – so taxpaying citizens can pay for this abomination and the deputies can get a short paid vacation.
On February 10, 2020 at 1:36 pm, 41mag said:
Some context. The video is from 2017. Not recent. So the 2A sanctuary movement hadn’t started yet.
On February 10, 2020 at 1:44 pm, Herschel Smith said:
Recent in that it just high this guy’s radar recently because the lawsuit has only recently been filed.
On February 10, 2020 at 5:52 pm, Fred said:
OBVIOUSLY it’s NOT a 2A sanctuary. That’s not irony, that’s lying.
And the police did not break the law. Qualified immunity means they don’t follow your laws. ABSOLUTE RIGHT! Muh job.
Then he cusses God, not even knowing that qualified immunity is cussing God. Then he cusses God about his Godless judge.
Anybody in the world? Global Police of the NWO.
The future is very dim indeed.