FL Sheriff Arrested, Charged With Felony & Suspended For Protecting Citizens’ 2nd Ame

[cyclonescott]

In a developing story, Sheriff Nick Finch was arrested, charged with a felony and suspended without pay for supporting a citizen’s 2nd Amendment rights. It’s not a story you hear every day. It’s certainly not a story you’d expect out of a county named Liberty.

The events began when Floyd Eugene Parrish, a Florida resident, was arrested and detained by one of Finch’s deputies for carrying a firearm without a permit on March 8th, 2013. In the state of Florida, this lands you a 3rd degree felony charge. Finch released Parrish because, in his assessment, Parrish was not a violent criminal and was acting innocuously. Finch called the clerk and told her not to draw up arrest documents until he was there to assess the situation. Note, Parrish had not been officially booked into jail- only detained.

http://benswann.com/exclusive-fl-sheriff-arrested-charged-with-felony-suspended-for-protecting-citizens-2nd-amendment-rights/

[dcs13]

I would have thought the state would have learned their lesson when they stuck their nose in the tRAyvon case... Seems they didn't like how that chief was handling that one...how'd that work out for em ?

[stevo]

carrying a firearm without a permit on March 8th, 2013. In the state of Florida, this lands you a 3rd degree felony charge.

Florida = Chicago?

Stevo

[David]

Sounds like another dirty politician.

[stevo]

Sounds like another dirty politician.

One would think, but the rest of the article reads as below. Now, I'll go ahead and pull a Matt and say there is two sides to every story, but there is some credence to the story.

The arresting deputy had multiple complaints for overstepping his authority from citizens over the past several months before Parrish’s arrest. A month after Parrish was released from jail Sheriff Finch decided he needed to launch an internal investigation against the deputy due to multiple complaints and phone calls he had received. Once the deputy found out that an investigation was going to be launched against him, he resigned to keep the investigation from occurring. On May 1st, the deputy, who was no longer employed in the state of Florida, filed a complaint against Finch for the Parrish arrest that took place more 2 months beforehand.

Stevo

[03trubluGT]

One would think, but the rest of the article reads as below. Now, I'll go ahead and pull a Matt and say there is two sides to every story, but there is some credence to the story.


Stevo

Man, I think you guys are finally getting it!!!!!

[matts5.0]

Man, I think you guys are finally getting it!!!!!

but the second side you present usually sucks.

[Kimmypie]

I say we get the gun's side of the story!