This should disturb everyone in how this attempt to illegally enter an establishment just by pure intimidation alone..
The Attorney General in a letter told Gov. Riley he was placing the State of Alabama in great Financial Danger from lawsuits, by going ahead and doing just what he did.
To place a contingency of troopers on private property without legal court documents indicates someone who is either an idiot, delusional or has simply allowed their Political Ego and Agenda to fog over their common sense..This within itself should lead to an impeachment hearing..
The next question is why would the commanding officers of a law enforcement unit put their men in a legal crossfire of the Gov. Office and the Attorney Generals Office, knowing that they do not have the proper court papers to be parked, or standing on someone's private property. To knowingly violate the law, in order to execute an illegal raid is to set ones organization up for severe civil penalty, if God forbid,a physical altercation had occurred and a civilian, employee or trooper got hurt, there would not have been any defense that would have stood up in any court of law.
The Commanders knowingly had their men trespass on property which they knowingly before hand, knew was illegal to do so..It is my opinion those commanders had every right to refuse that order if they knew the proper court documents were not in existence. To do so otherwise, in my mind was a direct violation of their oath to the people of this state, and that is uphold the laws of this state.
I don't believe I ever seen a clause of exception or but for, in that oath. I believe those commanders should be held liable by the Law Enforcement Community itself, as what they did smacked of BIG BROTHER at the highest...
I would love to see their defense..."Well!! Hu! Hu! the Governor told me to do it"
I felt sorry for those troopers who had to be there for the dog and pony show the governor set up that morning...what a waste of manpower and money...
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