Comments on: Cantonment Woman Charged With Punching Deputy In Face

By: 429SCJ

429SCJ — Mon, 14 Nov 2016 14:41:39 +0000

I just show them my ID before they even ask for it.

Be courteous, go with the flow and do not be conspicuous/suspicious as appearance is everything when interacting with Law Enforcement.

If it looks and quacks as a duck?

By: Jcellops

Jcellops — Mon, 14 Nov 2016 12:58:27 +0000

TJ…proceeding on with your potential scenario.. not only would the officer be deemed the “bad guy”, the Sheriff’s office/county/tax payers would be on the legal and financial hook, had she gotten hurt (or, another bystander gotten injured) when the officer could have/should have intervened. You can rest assured that any lawyer would argue that the officer was negligent in preforming his duty to protect an individual who showed reasonable signs of compromised behavior.

By: TJ

TJ — Sun, 13 Nov 2016 22:54:00 +0000

Just another thought concerning detainment. Suppose the officer suspected she might be under the influence of something and thought she was in danger. If he does not detain her and she gets run over then he’s the bad guy for not protecting her.

By: john

john — Sun, 13 Nov 2016 12:56:35 +0000

First Corinthians, 10:23 – All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.

By: HC

HC — Sun, 13 Nov 2016 01:13:00 +0000

As a society most of us want, among other things, to be protected from drugs, crime and other dangers to society. We have established law enforcement agencies and we want them to maintain order and enforce the law. Yet, some members of our society choose to oppose law enforcement officers (LEO), ridicule them, put them on trial and generally do all they can to make the LEO’s job even more difficult and dangerous. This creates a more dangerous world for the rest of us. Most of us are good people who obey the laws, and most of us are reasonably intelligent people. While we will not know ever letter of every law, we should at least know enough about our rights and the laws to make good and logical decisions.

In the case of this particular story, none of us have all the details. The deputy, Miss Farrell and any witness each have their own perspective about what actually happened. The deputy had the duty to investigate the scene and the legal right to talk with Miss Farrell, ask her questions and ascertain the circumstances. Had she been polite, respectful and cooperative he may have assisted her and she’d be free to go. Instead, she chose to walk away and said she did not have to speak to him. That and Florida Law gave him the right to detain her for reasonable suspicion and to ask her identity. She is required to give him her name. She made a poor choice by being disrespectful and uncooperative and a bad decision by hitting him. The original intent of his being there went out the window immediately as he had to deal with that. I wonder what would have happened if she had been armed with a knife or gun?

By: Virgie Krick

Virgie Krick — Sun, 13 Nov 2016 01:09:43 +0000

She knew she had to obey leo shes on probation

By: That Guy

That Guy — Sat, 12 Nov 2016 21:39:36 +0000

28 years old?! She looks about 40 something in that picture!

By: Jim

Jim — Sat, 12 Nov 2016 21:25:16 +0000

What we have here is a failure to communicate

By: mike

mike — Sat, 12 Nov 2016 20:42:36 +0000

@molinojim:

Unless it’s been repealed, Obama signed into law that you can be legally detained indefinitely, without being charged with anything. I can’t recall when, but it’s been a couple or 3 years ago at least.

Also of interest to you possibly: civil forfeiture, will make you think twice about carrying cash while you are out & about.

By: Citizen

Citizen — Sat, 12 Nov 2016 20:04:52 +0000

@ molinojim
For the record I am no civil rights expert either.
To answer your question, if it were me, I would wait around until I was dismissed and show my ID if he asked for it.
I sympathize with the duty of LEO because, I believe he has to access the situation and make a determination as whether to arrest…someone or let them go,
then allow the system to DETAIN . It is not up to the suspect to determine this time frame. Legally define Detain please.
I believe a police office can arrest someone for suspicion and take them down for questioning.
I believe yes, you are innocent until proven guilty in a COURT of law but not on the streets. To a LEO, everyone is probably a suspicious person.
How one acts during that confrontation or whether they avoided it to begin with is up to that individual and from that they face the consequences of their decisions, up to during and after.