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Murdering Cop's AR-15 Dust Cover Inscription Used Against Him in Court
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Cop Nuttery
Jul 22, 2017, 3:00:02 AM7/22/17
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“The Mesa [Arizona] police officer charged with second-degree
murder for an on-duty shooting in January pleaded not guilty
during his first court appearance Tuesday,” tucsonnewsnow.com
reports. Officer Philip Brailsford [above] was released without
bond. ‘He is not a danger to the community,’ Craig Mehrens,
Brailsford’s attorney said. ‘He has honorably served the
community as a Mesa police officer and he was honorably serving
the day he received the call [to the shooting scene].'” Yes,
well . . .
Attorneys for the victim, Daniel Shaver, argued Brailsford was
malicious during the shooting and raised questions about the gun
used.
The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office said Shaver was on his
hands and knees when Brailsford shot him five times inside a
Mesa hotel. The gun used was a personal AR-15 assault weapon
that had been approved for service use by the Mesa Police
Department. However, Mesa police noted that their investigation
of the shooting turned up a vulgar inscription on the rifle that
doesn’t meet department policy.
“Inscripted on the officer’s gun, and I hate to use profanity,
but it said, “you’re f*****,”’ Laney Sweet, Daniel Shaver’s wife
said.
According to several sources, the rifle’s vulgar inscription is
on the inside of the rifle’s dust cover. The inscription is only
visible if the dust cover is open, which happens automatically
in order to eject spent rounds while the weapon is fired.
“That statement tells me this is a person who’s enthusiastic
about killing people,” Marc Victor, lawyer for Sweet and her
late husband, argued. “That’s what that inscription means.”
So, it seems that those aggressive gun inscriptions can and will
be used against you in a court of law, as some have warned. My
advice: just as you shouldn’t have a tattoo where a judge can
see it, don’t go all Molon Labe on your firearm. Still, freedom
of speech and all that. Right?
[h/t JY]
http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2016/03/robert-farago/cops-ar-
15-dust-cover-inscription-used-against-him-in-court/
murder for an on-duty shooting in January pleaded not guilty
during his first court appearance Tuesday,” tucsonnewsnow.com
reports. Officer Philip Brailsford [above] was released without
bond. ‘He is not a danger to the community,’ Craig Mehrens,
Brailsford’s attorney said. ‘He has honorably served the
community as a Mesa police officer and he was honorably serving
the day he received the call [to the shooting scene].'” Yes,
well . . .
Attorneys for the victim, Daniel Shaver, argued Brailsford was
malicious during the shooting and raised questions about the gun
used.
The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office said Shaver was on his
hands and knees when Brailsford shot him five times inside a
Mesa hotel. The gun used was a personal AR-15 assault weapon
that had been approved for service use by the Mesa Police
Department. However, Mesa police noted that their investigation
of the shooting turned up a vulgar inscription on the rifle that
doesn’t meet department policy.
“Inscripted on the officer’s gun, and I hate to use profanity,
but it said, “you’re f*****,”’ Laney Sweet, Daniel Shaver’s wife
said.
According to several sources, the rifle’s vulgar inscription is
on the inside of the rifle’s dust cover. The inscription is only
visible if the dust cover is open, which happens automatically
in order to eject spent rounds while the weapon is fired.
“That statement tells me this is a person who’s enthusiastic
about killing people,” Marc Victor, lawyer for Sweet and her
late husband, argued. “That’s what that inscription means.”
So, it seems that those aggressive gun inscriptions can and will
be used against you in a court of law, as some have warned. My
advice: just as you shouldn’t have a tattoo where a judge can
see it, don’t go all Molon Labe on your firearm. Still, freedom
of speech and all that. Right?
[h/t JY]
http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2016/03/robert-farago/cops-ar-
15-dust-cover-inscription-used-against-him-in-court/
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