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Originally Posted by tstew
I know that there are plenty of possible scenarios and I do look forward to finding out more. I'm just saying that if he did indeed demosntrate that he was the homeowner, I don't see why he would be arrested even if he wasn't polite.
Given the nature of the call, I don't see how the police would even approach it as a hard and fast "crime in progress" call. Now if the alarm was going off, that's a different story. If someone was saying "somebody is breaking into my house, that's a different story. If someone was saying "I know the homeowner and this is definitely not the homeowner", that's a different story. At the most, all that was justified here was a knock on the door and a courtesy check. I don't see why the cops were even in the house to begin with.
As far as disorderly conduct, I think the key phrase is "behaving in a disruptive manner". There is nothing to indicate that he was behaving in a disruptive manner before the officers arrived, and nothing to suggest that he would be a threat to anyone after they left.
Unless he physically accosted them, I think cooler heads should have apologized and defused the situation.
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Let me preview this by saying I have been away for a few days. Haven't read the whole thread - and haven't been updated by the media regarding this situation.... However, while reading through this thread, the above comment just grabbed me and I couldn't resist responding before finishing my read.... I apologize if this has already been discussed......
Stew - you are cracking me up here! Obviously, you have never had someone you love take an oath to protect their city - put their life on the line every single day to fulfill that oath!
1) Night
2) Neighbor call someone breaking in
3) Yeah, right - we just calmly walk up to the door, knock and give a "courtesy call" to verify identity......
Officer: "Sir, we received a call that someone was breaking in here. Do you live here?"
Possible criminal: "Oh, yes I certainly do!
Officer: "Thank you kind sir. Sorry to have bothered you."
You think criminals always tell the truth????
Until someone you love dearly is the one putting their life on the line each and every day - you cannot understand what these men and women go through! Is there sometimes police abuse of power? Absolutely - however, from my knowledge of this situation, it appears that this officer has an impeccable record. When I catch up on the past three days news and if I find out differently, I will be back to apologize.
My problem with all this.............. All the professor had to do was present his ID (calmly and politely)
when FIRST asked for it!!! Had this been me, I would have felt bad that I had caused the officers to be taken off the street to check out my situation - simply because I had "stupidly" locked myself out of my home.
Also......... as an aside, we were never allowed to use the word stupid or any derivative of it in our home. It went against my grain to type it in the above paragraph. For the POTUS to have described the Cambridge police department's actions as such overrode my mother's voice! He is a man totally without class to have used his position and spoken in such a manner!
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