85 year old arrested in the middle of the night

[<MADDOG>]

Automatically felony assault BECAUSE he is a police officer. And yes a cane, baseball bat, etc can be and will be considered a deadly weapon in instances like this. I love the cop bashing threads, I really do. However, the law still applies to the elderly. If this person hit anyone else and there was PC to write a warrant the same circumstances would hace occurred.

I have two problems with this:

1. How does "assaulting" a LEO, regardless if he/she is a volunteer, uniformed or non-uniformed, be somehow placed into an immediately higher penalty than a "civilian" assault?

2. Would the same argument for "it's against the law" be made if the offender was a 10 year old girl with a broom handle? Would she too face the incarceration and $50K bond?

I won't get into the rest of this, because this whole scenario is bullshit, "cop bashing" or not.

[Cameron]

Some guy in plain clothes tries to grab any of my shit and he would get more than a whack from a retirees' cane that's for sure.

[KevDen2005]

I have two problems with this:

1. How does "assaulting" a LEO, regardless if he/she is a volunteer, uniformed or non-uniformed, be somehow placed into an immediately higher penalty than a "civilian" assault?

2. Would the same argument for "it's against the law" be made if the offender was a 10 year old girl with a broom handle? Would she too face the incarceration and $50K bond?

I won't get into the rest of this, because this whole scenario is bullshit, "cop bashing" or not.

First, I didn't write the law. Second, I guess the legislature feels that police officers and fire fighters are placed in dangerous situations and have to become confrontational that they become a victim of felony assault a little easier than the average person, however the police cannot be victims of other crimes. If this person wasn't a police officer the charge would still be felony because of the use of the cane. And to put it simple, as a police officer, I don't allow anyone to touch me, no matter your age, gender, race, religion etc. I am perfectly equal with this. If you swing a weapon at me, I will probably do something in return.

[alxone]

i still say throw the book at that assault cane waving senior , hell lets get a group of people to surround that awful blood crazed lunatic and pelt him to death with books !

[<MADDOG>]

First, I didn't write the law. Second, I guess the legislature feels that police officers and fire fighters are placed in dangerous situations and have to become confrontational that they become a victim of felony assault a little easier than the average person, however the police cannot be victims of other crimes. If this person wasn't a police officer the charge would still be felony because of the use of the cane. And to put it simple, as a police officer, I don't allow anyone to touch me, no matter your age, gender, race, religion etc. I am perfectly equal with this. If you swing a weapon at me, I will probably do something in return.

Didn't answer my questions...

[hatidua]

Home Depot in Denver must have rather significant issues with their handicapped spots if they are hiring cops to monitor the spaces.

DPD seems to be 'on it' though, this should put a stop to anyone haphazardly using those spaces with an expired handicap tag!

[Ashton]

Didn't answer my questions...

They're government servants. The govt is going to hold them in a higher regard then a normal civilian and thus the penalties are stricter.

[KevDen2005]

Didn't answer my questions...

Okay, since you are having trouble reading your answers are as follows:

1. Because the law is written that way, read my statement again.

2. Yes, she's 10 and would most likely be charged.

And I never pointed what I thought about the situation, only the black and white of it, "Idiot bashing" or not.

[alxone]

and we should take away the price is right and matlok reruns . make that old man regret every day he ever lived . i cant believe the potus has not had him shot yet or at least made a public statment on the dangers of old men with canes and how they threaten even the most hardened leo .

[Sharpienads]

Okay, since you are having trouble reading your answers are as follows:

1. Because the law is written that way, read my statement again.

2. Yes, she's 10 and would most likely be charged.

And I never pointed what I thought about the situation, only the black and white of it, "Idiot bashing" or not.

This made me lol.