Missouri law prohibits O'Connor from being charged with a felony because he is a law enforcement officer, according to a statement by Ed Postawko, chief warrant officer for the circuit attorney's office.
You got that, right?
Being an "Only One" guarantees a lesser charge. By law.
Had enough yet?
Here's another account that just adds insult to injury:
[Via Bruce W. Krafft]
UPDATE:Here's another account that just adds insult to injury:
" A civilian in similar circumstances could have been charged with unlawful use of a weapon. State law makes it a felony when a person "exhibits, in the presence of one or more persons, any weapon readily capable of lethal use in an angry or threatening manner."
Police officers have been exempt from prosecution for that violation for
Here's another account that just adds insult to injury:
[Via Michael G]
" A civilian in similar circumstances could have been charged with unlawful use of a weapon. State law makes it a felony when a person "exhibits, in the presence of one or more persons, any weapon readily capable of lethal use in an angry or threatening manner."That seems ripe for challenge under "the supreme law of the land's" equal protection guarantee. Or it would be in nation where justice mattered.
Police officers have been exempt from prosecution for that violation for some time. In 2003, legislators included off-duty police officers in the exemption.
[Via Michael G]