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John and Martha King held at gun point by police
I am sure alot of you out there, myself included have seen their videos. You think that the police could tell the difference between a 172 and 150. (www.avweb.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
The Kings are too nice I'd be owning me some tin over this little incident and my lawyer would have a field day with the police department. I don't wanna hear how the police were just doing their duty. My sister is a cop and this is a case of police not doing enough homework first plain and simple. They should have had ALL their ducks in a row before they went after the Kings. That means talking to the FAA to make sure the resgistation was current and who the current holder is. Sloppy police work they were looking for a big bust that wasn't there. End of story because every department wants to show the public that they are clamping down on drug trafficing and drug offenders.
Im sure the " POLICE " just didnt show up..The dummies from the FAA caused this.. Dont hate the players.. Hate the game
The police should not have even been there. Funny thing the checking they did in 30 minutes to clear the Kings couldn't have been done in the three hours they had to prepare their response.
Typical of where we're headed in North America.
Typical of where we're headed in North America.
The PD acted like Nazis ("just doing there jobs"). Sick and tired of hearing that lame excuse. It did not work for the Nazis and it should not work in the US today. A little common sense would work just fine. Once out of the plane hands up they should have been patted down to make sure they are not armed. Police are now reasonably assured of there safety, unless they are incompetent at searching a person for weapons. Now start TALKING like civilized folks. Not everyone is a felon and if a officer cannot get a handle on who is who with in a few seconds of talking to someone then they are incompetent and should be fired. Everyone involved should get some non paid vacation days.
Not an expert here but I've flown both types and i think there may be differences between a 150 and a a 172 that shouldn't go un-noticed,Surely at least one of the coppers must have had some experience of looking at light aircraft????
Oh well, at nobody got "shotted"..
I would recommend people visit their local police department and see if they will run an "NCIC Check" on themselves. It is amazing how many social security numbers are being used out there by the criminal element. Who knows, maybe your number is being used by someone.