Mayor opposed to guns and civil rights
Cedric Glover, Mayor of Shreveport Lousiana believes he and his jackbooted thugs state police have the authority to wantonly violate your civil rights.
Mayor Glover believes that his brownshits state police have authority to “suspend” your rights.
From the blog Pro Libertate:
Any time a motorist is stopped by a police officer, insists Shreveport, Louisiana Mayor Cedric Glover, “Your rights … have been suspended.” This includes not only the freedom of movement, but also, in the event the officer inquires as to whether the driver is carrying a weapon, “Your right to be able to hold on to your weapon and say whether [you] have a weapon or not” — as well as the right to retain possession of that weapon, should the officer decide to confiscate it from you.
Should you choose not to answer the question, or answer it in the negative, the officer could still choose, “in the interest of officer safety, to secure you in a safe position” — this most likely means outside the car with your hands cuffed behind your back — “and then do an appropriate inspection of your vehicle.”
The phrase “appropriate inspection” is more honestly rendered “Unconstitutional” warrantless search.”
Should the police officer then turn up a firearm or other weapon in the car, the driver “would be guilty or potentially guilty of even a more severe offense” than whatever he had allegedly done to precipitate the traffic stop, according to Mayor Glover. Police officers, according to Glover, are invested with “a power that the President of the United States does not have … and that is the ability to be able to suspend your rights.”
This is “one of the things that I say to each and every one of the police officers who graduates from the Shreveport Police Academy since I’ve been mayor.” Fortunately for the public, one supposes, Mr. Glover remembers the lesson that Peter Parker learned from his kindly and sagacious uncle Ben — that is, with great power comes great responsibility.”You have to understand there is a great deal of power that is vested within … the law enforcement personnel of this country,” Glover insists. “It’s why there is a great deal of responsibility that has to go along with it.”
Glover offered those remarkable observations, and many others like them, in a recorded phone call with Shreveport resident Robert Baillio
Mr. Baillio had called to complain about a recent traffic stop in which an SPD officer, who– before dealing with any other matter of business — asked if Baillio had a firearm, then temporarily seized it from him.
Louisiana law recognizes the right of the state’s residents to carry loaded weapons in their vehicles, and Baillio has a state-issued concealed carry permit — that is, a piece of paper in which the state generously recognizes one facet of Baillio’s innate right to bear arms.
According to Baillio’s account, he was cordial and polite when he was stopped after supposedly neglecting to use a turn signal. That this was almost certainly a pretext stop is illustrated by the fact that Baillio never received a ticket. Supplemental evidence is offered by the fact that the conversation between the officer and Baillio focused entirely on the issue of gun ownership, including a question about Baillio’s membership in the National Rifle Association.
Glover is a member of New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Mayors Agaisnt Illegal Guns, however it looks like Glover is opposed to all guns.
You hear the entire audio of Mr. Baillio’s conversation with Mayor Glover here.
Let me ask you this, is Mayor Glover black, and is the SPD officer black, and is Robert Baillio white? Maybe this is more of a racial profiling situation. I know nobody wants to say it because if you do you will be called a racist, but I don’t care. The fact is I have noticed a difference since Obummer has been elected potus. This isn’t about guns only, it’s about power, it’s about WHO RULES. It seems that the people in this country are becoming obsessed with trying to tell each other what to do. The NRA needs to sue both Glover and the SPD officer, and we need to demand their resignation!!!
Mr Baillio,
You rightly mentioned proudly that your uncles and other family members fought and died for your freedom. Why not you? To busy enjoying those freedoms.
Taxes at Work?
It sounds like this Govener uses 80 grit sand paper for Butt wipe. He’s bleeding all over the place, and useing his Personal Bill of Rights for BANDADES!!
This is pure abuse of power!!! Domestically attacking Citizens, for being American.
What a predigist Socialist Commie!!
I wrote this some time back, and it might, have a point too it.
I served for our contry and proud of it!!!
And I Salute the FLag, (The Stars and Bars) that represents
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!!
I swore too, and pleaghed an oath, to protect from Foreign and Domestic attacts against, Our Constitution of Freedom. Property, The Land That I Love!!!
And I think, this is a Domestic attack on the above.
I also think this person needs a glasscectamy,so that he, or she, can see where (they) are going. With head in a**!!
* SENT TO FIELD AND STREAM *
Are you going to write an article on HR-45.
The TAXES have already been paid on the sale of these items, along with the purchase of ammo.
WHAT GIVES!!!???
It sounds like another way to collectively steal, from PATRONS of AMERICA, the U.S.A.
The person that came up with this idea.
Should be tried for treason, and hung.
Benedict Arnold died many years ago. but lives in infancy as a traitor to the United States of America.
There is an empty space, where he should have, been placed, in the Monument of Our For Fathers.
This space is a reminder of what happened, during the time of Rebellion, against Foreign interlude, for Our Freedom.
This empty place is a reminder of what not to repeat again, for ourselves and others that entice such a notion, to embellish its meaning of conspieracy, to inflict such a burden against Patron’s is inexcusable!!.
Apparently there is a New Breed arising in the Obama regime.
(K.K.K.)Kalusly Kollecting Kindeling, too burn our Freedom of Rights.
Excuse me, for being to bold.
Maybe that should have been labled, (C.C.K.) Cant Count on Knuckleheads.
Is the platform set forth, by Our Fore Fathers (WE THE PEAPLE), (THE BILL OF RIGHTS), carelessly chucked out the window, and into the trash?
I wonder?! How many NRA members are employed, in the IRS fraternity?
I aplogise too the Govener.
I was refering to Mayor Glover
This mayor is an idiot who has no clue about the law. I was trained in the Missouri 470 law Enforcement Academy. I know a little bit about the law.
Under federal law, your rights are NOT suspended when you have been detained by a Law Enforcement officer.
Mr Baillio’s rights were violated. The Officer wrongly questioned him based on this gentleman’s pro-gun views and made no effort to ask about license, insurance or the reason he was pulled over.
The officer is in need of a repremand, at minimum, and the Mayor is in need of a brain.
unacceptable! no writ of habeus corpus!
Hi I lived in Shrevport for 17 years , so i am not supprised at this.
I think it had to do with he had posted on his auto, it kind of like putting a rebel flag on your truck and going into black area, I say he was asking for it.
Hasn’t this guy contacted The American Center for Law and Justice?
This is their kind of constitutional battle…
http://www.alcj.org
Please attach your web pages with a share button it would be easier for old ladies like me (I’m still teaching myself how to use the computer) to share this kind of blatant oppression of our civil rights to sights like twitter, facebook, stmble upon stc. I’ll try to figure out how to copy and past and embed? The more America knows the more they are warned to vote this type of discrimination out of office. If I didn’t live on such a meager budget I would be glad to donate. Sincerely yours, Jackie turner
Constitutional rights are only surrendered when one is lawfully being apprehended for a dangerous crime. Operating within the law never gives an official the right to remove or suspend out rights.
After reading this account of illegal search and seizure, I will think twice before surrendering my weapon to an official. The point at which an armed official over steps his or her bounds is where I or my family or those around me are in personal danger of bodily harm from said official and need my protection. An official who grossly oversteps their bounds is no longer duly appointed by the state.
When law abiding citizens become criminals by caveat, a citizen’s revolt is not far behind.
Do not profile me because I am leaving a comment but that type of enforcement is ridiculous. I think that people need to stop relying on the government for everything and we will not have laws like this one. Everyday we give away our rights more and more because we keep looking to the government for answers when we need to look at ourselves for the answers of our every day lives.
When we fought England to have our own country with our own rules it was so that we could all be sovereign and be our own Kings of our house hold as well as carrying a gun. What happened to that and all the rights that we fought for?
Stop voting in all of these people into the office that want to take away our rights and we need to stop needing the help of the government or we will be slaves. People need to stand up for there rights whether it be small or big. The best slaves are the ones who do not know that they are slaves and this story makes one feel like a slave who’s rights can be taken away at anytime and if one were to react in a free way than they would be jailed. I just do not like that but to get the word out one would have to get there rights back in a civil and none violent way, just make sure your voice is heard.