Thursday, March 05, 2020

You want a red flag law?

Ok, but only if it includes:
'Criminal charges WILL be(not 'may be') filed against anyone who makes a false charge.
Criminal charges WILL be filed against law enforcement officers involved who make no investigation of the charges before taking them to a judge.
Those who file false charges WILL be liable for civil penalties, including the legal costs of the accused.'

If you don't want those things, then screw you and your red flag laws.
Even allowing for Citrus County's inexperience with the red flag law at the time it sought the orders against Morgan, one has to ask why a law enforcement agency would go to court with a case so weak that its own attorney ended up throwing in the towel at the end of the hearing. Police should not seek ex parte orders without evidence of an imminent threat, and they should not seek final orders unless they are confident they can meet the law's requirements. Such caution is especially important when judges can be expected to rubber-stamp ex parte orders and approve nearly all of the final orders police request.

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