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Call to Action to support a local citizen
July 28, 2014
One of our citizens was targeted by some in Chautauqua County Law Enforcement. (Names will not be included.) To the best of our knowledge this is a brief description of what occurred earlier this year.
This citizen is a over the road truck driver who drives back and forth all over these United States and has a clean record.
He left work in Ripley and headed for home in Westfield. About half way home a Sheriff’s vehicle started to follow him. Part of the way the vehicle followed so closely its headlights were blinding in the citizens mirrors. The Deputy later alleged that the truck driver crossed the “fog line” (white line on the outside edge of the road) six times (so when is that illegal?).
The Deputy ran the plate number and saw that the citizen had a pistol permit valid in New York State (and valid permits for many other states). The Deputy followed the citizen until they got to the center of Westfield when the Deputy and two Westfield Officers stopped him. This is when it started to get real ugly. In full sight of some locals it was hands up and out the window, they tried to pull him from the vehicle while seatbelted and injured him.
Resisting arrest when they would not let him unbuckle his seatbelt? They wanted his gun which was not on his person. They wanted his pistol permit (in his wallet on the dash, which they couldn’t find because they were too busy slamming the citizen to the ground and injuring him again).
Somewhere during this heated exchange an off-duty Deputy pulled up in his personal vehicle and made threats to the citizen and shoved his Glock pistol under the citizens chin.
What the hell is wrong with our Sheriff’s Department that it employs such a loose cannon? Rumor has it that this Deputy had problems before he came here.
A trial was at Eason Hall in Westfield. The District Attorney’s Office wanted our citizen to plead guilty to a slightly less charge. No deal. Next stop is County Court on Monday, July 28, 2014. This citizen is well thought of by many in the community.
Please be there early to attend and show your support.
The citizen was lied about by the Sheriff’s Deputies and the Westfield Police. Now he has points on his drivers license and has since lost his pistol permit and has been told to turn in any and all guns for forfeiture.
Please come and show your support for this citizen before it happens to you.
Will update this as better information comes in.
