look at the picture of Webb on that site. Maniacal!
Some people are above the law. If it were you or me, the story would be much different.
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A cover up is created
"After reviewing and analyzing all of the evidence in the case, we do not believe the essential elements of the crime of carrying a pistol without a license can be proved beyond a reasonable doubt," said U.S. Attorney Jeff Taylor, top prosecutor in the District of Columbia.
HE WAS CAUGHT WITH THE GUN.
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Man, I agree that it may not be the same treatment you and I would receive... or maybe it would be.
Either way, how does his appearance have anything to do with anything?
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Do you disagree that he looks like a crazy person in that pic?
Don't make it into something it's not
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Every time I have ever seen him he looks like he is wound a bit too tight.
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This is absolutely the stupidest state in the union and corruption here is only second to Louisiana, I swear.
TONI
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Thompson was caught and arrested, with the gun.
(I THINK he is a resident of VA, which has a carry a concealed weapon permit law.)
Jeffrey A. Taylor was appointed interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia by Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales on September 22, 2006. He was sworn in and took office on September 29, 2006.
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/dc/US_Attorney/index.html
IMO, according to his resume, he is well qualified for the position he holds.
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that concealed license is only good for HIS OWN gun(s), not somebody else's, Ang....and it sure doesn't count for bringing it into a Federal (or State/Local) government building that's in VA or OUT of VA, like this was the case.
He got off when he shouldn't have........none of us 'peons' would have.
TONI
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My point was that Thompson could have put the gun in his briefcase, and forgot to take it out. I don't know if DC allows a handgun to be in the glove compartment of a car or not.
I also don't know what sort of fellow he is. Maybe he's arrogant and expects to be treated better than us, or he just plumb forgot it, regardless of whose gun it was.
As taxpayer dollars paid for the investigation, I would hope it was a case of forgetting.
And given the problems created by some senior aides over time, it seemed to be this case would have been a perfect one to have prosecuted, and thus gone after Webb, as well.
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the statement Webb made (I don't like him anyhow) on national tv was that he had 'just' given the gun to his aide (I'm under the impression that 'just' meant within a short period of time prior to the gun being discovered) so I don't honestly believe that somebody like the aide who knows carrying a weapon (loaded or not, and in this case it WAS) into a government building is against the law that he could have 'forgotten' he was in possession of it that quickly. Webb is a newly elected official....I can't believe he got away with such a light slap on the wrist over something so serious regarding security. If his own aide can get into the building with a loaded weapon, why isn't anybody screaming about that issue if nothing else?
I don't understand how there was no outrage cry over this by either party so I won't go into that part of the discussion since it would clearly be a political one....at least on my part considering the headlines being grabbed over the last year especially.
There is no way anybody can convince me that strings weren't pulled and favors promised......and 'joe blow' on the street would be hanged on public square or sent to Gitmo.
TONI
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Angeline, D.C. law totally forbids possession except for rare cases like the duty weapons of D.C police, FBI agents, and the like. The story is pulling a bit of razzle-dazzle. Just like a stage magician with a beautiful assistant to catch your eye, it's a case of misdirection.
The story says "District of Columbia law prohibits carrying a handgun or concealed weapon without a license." This is about DC. law and D.C. property, but the story is about a Federal official not prosecuting for something dealing with Federal law on Federal property. You can't get onto the Hill, let alone into a building on it, without going thru the D.C. area. Got it, you're supposed to see the clearance of the Hill possession and also apply it to the D.C. violation.
I've got a sneaking suspicion about what really happened, based on my years of working in D.C. I automatically walked around metal detectors carrying all sorts of brief cases. Show the badge, wave, say "How's it going?" and walk on by.
Remember the case of Cynthia McKinney who tried to do the same without wearing the ID pin that Senators and Representatives used to bypass the detectors? A Representative could bring a gun in a case an a matter of course, knowing that he could bypass the detectors. Leaving with the gun in the case, had he handed it to the aide to take back to his office, the aide could have not thought about the detector and put it thru the line on his way back to the office. He could have been used to "coat-tailing" on the Representatives bypass of security and forgotten to avoid it.
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One essential element would be "possession"
POSSESSION - A person has possession of something if the person knows of its presence and has physical control of it, or has the power and intention to control it. [More than one person can be in possession of something if each knows of its presence and has the power and intention to control it.]
The law recognizes several kinds of possession. A person may have actual possession or constructive possession. A person may also have sole possession or joint possession.
A person who has direct physical control of something on or around his person is then in actual possession of it.
A person who is not in actual possession, but who has both the power and the intention to later take control over something either alone or together with someone else, is in constructive possession of it.
If one person alone has possession of something, possession is sole.
If two or more persons share possession, possession is joint.
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None of those perps knew the gun/drugs/stolen goods were there either.
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