A Little Common Sense
once again activists are hinting at an abuse of authority by a police department. Last month a speech made by Minuteman founder Gilchriest was met with violance in the name of so called racism. However a look at what really transpired reveals that the true racists and agressors were those protesting the speech. After a few altercations with the local police the protestors claimed that nbow the police are over stepping their authority, useing political clout to oppress the poor activists who demonstrate time and again the true racism and anti American sentimet that is increasing in this country by left wing scum.
Minuteman Flap Leads to Home Search
A Garden Grove officer's $100 flashlight isn't found in the house of a woman who took part in the rowdy protest in May.
By Daniel Yi, Times Staff Writer
A simmering dispute between Garden Grove police and those who protested a local speech by the founder of the Minuteman Project last month intensified Friday over an allegedly stolen $100 flashlight.
With a warrant in hand, Garden Grove police on Thursday searched the Westminster home of Theresa Dang, 24, for a flashlight that authorities say fell from an officer's pocket during the raucous May 25 demonstration in front of the Women's Civic Club of Garden Grove.
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Dang was one of the nearly 300 people at the rally, which turned violent after one of the attendees forced his van through the crowd that decided to block the driveway.
The search for the flashlight angered Dang's attorney, who called it political retaliation for Dang's open criticism of police tactics during the demonstration. "It's seems bizarre," said attorney B. Kwaku Duren.
But police Lt. Mike Handfield defended the search, saying it was part of a serious criminal investigation. "We have a video of her taking the flashlight," he said Friday. "We are going to try and do everything we can to recover the flashlight ….The fact is, she took something from a police officer."
Handfield said the Maglite flashlight was the officer's private property. "We issue Maglites, but they are not very high quality," he said, so officers buy better ones on their own.
[SAD THAT OUR POLICE HAVE TO PURCHASE THEIR OWN EQUIPMENT THAT HAS QUALITY]
The rally had been called to protest a speech by John Gilchrist, the Aliso Viejo man who in April led a citizen patrol to the Arizona-Mexico border to look for illegal immigrants.
Five people were arrested at the demonstration. Three have have been charged with misdemeanor and felony charges, including attacking a peace officer. But many of the demonstrators blamed police for exacerbating the situation by indiscriminately chasing nonviolent protesters, a charge denied by the Police Department.
"The problem is that police started getting aggressive even with people who were not [throwing things]," said Duane Roberts, one of the rally organizers.
During a City Council meeting Tuesday, about a dozen protesters — including Roberts and Dang — asked the city to investigate allegations of police abuse. The council turned them down. Mayor William Dalton did not return calls seeking comment.
Two days after the City Council meeting, three police officers served the search warrant at Dang's house, which she shares with her parents and two siblings. The warrant, authorized June 9 by Orange County Superior Court Judge Nho Trong Nguyen, sought a single item: a "black full-sized Maglite with small diameter handle."
[GOOD FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO IGNORE THESE ALLEGATIONS AND FALSEHOODS. THE POLICE ARE ALWAYS BEING ACCUSED OF BEING TO AGGRESIVE AND THEN NOT AGGRESIVE ENOUGH. A NO WIN SITUATION THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME.]
[WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE ISSUING AND USE OF THE SEARCH WARRENT]
Handfield said his department acted properly.
"We are 100% within our legal rights," he said.
"We've been accused of taking sides [on the demonstration], but we will apply the law equally to anyone. If they choose to have a thief among them, that's their choice."
[I FOR ONE SURE HOPE THAT THEY DO TAKE SIDES ON THE ISSUE. LIKE HANDFIELD SAID IF THEY CHOOSE TO ACCEPTR A THIEF IN THEIR RANKS THEN THEY SHOULD BE PROSECUTED. NOW IF WE CAN ONLY GET THE POLICE TO CHECK THE LEGAL STATUS OF HALF THE PROTESTORS WE WILL BE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.]
TO READ THE FULL ARTICAL COPY AND PASTE THE FOLLOWING:
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-flashlight18jun18.story
Minuteman Flap Leads to Home Search
A Garden Grove officer's $100 flashlight isn't found in the house of a woman who took part in the rowdy protest in May.
By Daniel Yi, Times Staff Writer
A simmering dispute between Garden Grove police and those who protested a local speech by the founder of the Minuteman Project last month intensified Friday over an allegedly stolen $100 flashlight.
With a warrant in hand, Garden Grove police on Thursday searched the Westminster home of Theresa Dang, 24, for a flashlight that authorities say fell from an officer's pocket during the raucous May 25 demonstration in front of the Women's Civic Club of Garden Grove.
ADVERTISEMENT
Dang was one of the nearly 300 people at the rally, which turned violent after one of the attendees forced his van through the crowd that decided to block the driveway.
The search for the flashlight angered Dang's attorney, who called it political retaliation for Dang's open criticism of police tactics during the demonstration. "It's seems bizarre," said attorney B. Kwaku Duren.
But police Lt. Mike Handfield defended the search, saying it was part of a serious criminal investigation. "We have a video of her taking the flashlight," he said Friday. "We are going to try and do everything we can to recover the flashlight ….The fact is, she took something from a police officer."
Handfield said the Maglite flashlight was the officer's private property. "We issue Maglites, but they are not very high quality," he said, so officers buy better ones on their own.
[SAD THAT OUR POLICE HAVE TO PURCHASE THEIR OWN EQUIPMENT THAT HAS QUALITY]
The rally had been called to protest a speech by John Gilchrist, the Aliso Viejo man who in April led a citizen patrol to the Arizona-Mexico border to look for illegal immigrants.
Five people were arrested at the demonstration. Three have have been charged with misdemeanor and felony charges, including attacking a peace officer. But many of the demonstrators blamed police for exacerbating the situation by indiscriminately chasing nonviolent protesters, a charge denied by the Police Department.
"The problem is that police started getting aggressive even with people who were not [throwing things]," said Duane Roberts, one of the rally organizers.
During a City Council meeting Tuesday, about a dozen protesters — including Roberts and Dang — asked the city to investigate allegations of police abuse. The council turned them down. Mayor William Dalton did not return calls seeking comment.
Two days after the City Council meeting, three police officers served the search warrant at Dang's house, which she shares with her parents and two siblings. The warrant, authorized June 9 by Orange County Superior Court Judge Nho Trong Nguyen, sought a single item: a "black full-sized Maglite with small diameter handle."
[GOOD FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO IGNORE THESE ALLEGATIONS AND FALSEHOODS. THE POLICE ARE ALWAYS BEING ACCUSED OF BEING TO AGGRESIVE AND THEN NOT AGGRESIVE ENOUGH. A NO WIN SITUATION THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME.]
[WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE ISSUING AND USE OF THE SEARCH WARRENT]
Handfield said his department acted properly.
"We are 100% within our legal rights," he said.
"We've been accused of taking sides [on the demonstration], but we will apply the law equally to anyone. If they choose to have a thief among them, that's their choice."
[I FOR ONE SURE HOPE THAT THEY DO TAKE SIDES ON THE ISSUE. LIKE HANDFIELD SAID IF THEY CHOOSE TO ACCEPTR A THIEF IN THEIR RANKS THEN THEY SHOULD BE PROSECUTED. NOW IF WE CAN ONLY GET THE POLICE TO CHECK THE LEGAL STATUS OF HALF THE PROTESTORS WE WILL BE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.]
TO READ THE FULL ARTICAL COPY AND PASTE THE FOLLOWING:
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-flashlight18jun18.story
