Detective wanted arrest warrant for NBC's David Gregory
Source: USA Today
Detective wanted arrest warrant for NBC's David Gregory
Yamiche Alcindor, USA TODAY 5:36 p.m. EST January 24, 2015
The controversy over former NBC anchor David Gregory's display of a high capacity gun magazine got new legs this week.
An affidavit shows a Washington Metropolitan Police Department detective requested an arrest warrant for Gregory, according to Conservative website Legal Insurrection. In December 2012, the then host of NBC's "Meet the Press" broke the district's laws by waving the 30-round ammunition magazine at the network's studio during an interview...
...According to the affidavit, a NBC editor exchanged several e-mails with authorities who informed the editor that possessing the magazine would violate the law and be a misdemeanor. Police recommended using a photo instead of the magazine during the interview.
Gregory later displayed the magazine. In response, police investigated the incident. And, Wayne Gerrish, a Washington Metropolitan Police Department detective, requested an arrest warrant for Gregory. It was declined in January 2013.
Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/01/24/detective-wanted-arrest-warrant-for-nbcs-david-gregory/22275317/
Naturally it was declined- Gregory could be trusted with that magazine, he's not
one of "those people..."
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rocktivity
(44,576 posts)that it WOULDN'T have been declined against Maddow, Schultz, or Sharpton? And how much do you want to bet that Gregory would have "done the right thing?"
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bobclark86
(1,415 posts)with their piece of stamped aluminum with a spring in it.
friendly_iconoclast
(15,333 posts)to certain people. Their logic goes somewhat like this:
Have one that holds 10 or fewer rounds? You're a responsible gun owner.
Have one that holds more? You're liable to snap at any moment...
Lurks Often
(5,455 posts)descending on the Mayor, the D.A. and the Washington D.C. police department looking for anything to embarass them.
Us peons would have been arrested
Duckhunter935
(16,974 posts)certain people get a break from laws, I do not think the same would be true for a poor person.
friendly_iconoclast
(15,333 posts)It was always quite easy for a rich and/or well connected person to obtain a handgun
permit in Michael Bloomberg's New York City. Joe or Juana Schmoe from the Bronx?
Fuggedaboudit!
In no way whatsoever was an employee of one of the largest media companies on the planet
going to be gigged for breaking that law.
JohnnyRingo
(18,634 posts)At one point in our conversation he said the most sensible thing I ever heard an officer say: "Intent is everything when I consider an arrest".
Technically Gregory broke a law meant to protect citizens, but he obviously wasn't intending to hurt anyone. It was basically a prop. What purpose would be served by hauling him out in 'cuffs?
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I'm not a fan of "Stretch" by any stretch of the imagination, but to me there seems to be a lack of common sense in seeking a criminal trial for this. Sounds like this cop has the kind of Joe Friday stick up his ass that could land his mother behind bars if she forgets to renew her license.
Duckhunter935
(16,974 posts)That is what it would prove
JohnnyRingo
(18,634 posts)As a gun owner myself, I understand that switching mags takes so little time when everyone has their heads down that murder rates will likely be unaffected by banning them, but I also understand the cosmetic issue. It's harder to be terrified of gangs if they're armed like Elmer Fudd. hahaha
friendly_iconoclast
(15,333 posts)...enforcing it? One can do bad things with any size magazine, not just
one of the >10 round ones.
Let me ask you this:
Should anyone posessing one of these things that isn't hurting anyone- IOW, committing
a crime with a gun- get similar leniency?
JohnnyRingo
(18,634 posts)If someone has an extended mag laying on the floor of their car during a traffic stop at 2:00AM they may deserve further investigation. Some network tool displaying one to spur a studio discussion isn't even close to that level of suspicious behavior.
Such discretion is why RoboCops are only good for traffic light enforcement, and even then...
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,330 posts)So yeah, a journalist doing a story on the magazines is absolutely different than someone possessing the magazine as part if their arsenal.
Duh.
Why people are confusing intent to posses with intent to do harm is beyond silly. Nothing in the law stipulates you have to be intending to do harm for possession to be a violation.
One wouldn't guilty of possession if the magazine was slipped in to your back pack without your knowledge. On the flip side, one would be absolutely guilty if they ordered the item on line and paid with a credit card and was found with the item in their collection with all their other toys.
Sure it's a gray area where a reporter doing his job is involved. Big fucking deal. We give the press conducting a story more latitude. Always have.
Now I have to go throw up for calling "Stretch" the press.
Adrahil
(13,340 posts).... And I don't intend to hurt anyone, why is it a problem?
Magazine bans... Oy!
christx30
(6,241 posts)and no gun to use them in, you have some stamped aluminum and some springs. Might be able to hurt someone by throwing one at them. But that's about it.
Darb
(2,807 posts)Don't think that nobody noticed.
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)Adrahil
(13,340 posts)minivan2
(214 posts)But seriously, This hopefully will change my moms mind from thinking that he's a good "liberal" to a bad conservative.
MurrayDelph
(5,299 posts)was they were going to arrest him for impersonating a journalist.
Hubert Flottz
(37,726 posts)thinks he's above the law. Maybe he is?
wordpix
(18,652 posts)having an actual magazine. Doesn't the District's detective have anything better to do, like investigate a real crime?
cynzke
(1,254 posts)was to punish Dick Gregory. I think he was trying to retaliate against the law restricting this magazine. He and his gun nut buddies can't have them, therefore, why should Dick Gregory have possession of one. It tit for tat mentality and retaliation.
father founding
(619 posts)Wrong Gregory !