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Note: hyperlink and video of incident can be found at linked website article. Man handcuffed in front of daughter at Brighton park for allegedly violating social distancing by: Rob Low Posted: Apr 6, 2020 / 07:06 PM MDT / Updated: Apr 7, 2020 / 06:23 PM MDT UPDATE: On Tuesday, Brighton police apologized to Mooney, saying it was "evident there was an overreach by (Brighton) police officers." ORIGINAL STORY: BRIGHTON, Colo. (KDVR) -- Matt Mooney feels Brighton police owe him a huge apology. The 33-year-old says he was handcuffed at Donelson Park in front of his 6-year-old daughter Sunday afternoon after police told him he violated the state’s social distancing guidelines. Mooney told the FOX31 Problem Solvers he refused to provide his identification to three police officers because he was confident he wasn’t doing anything unlawful by playing tee-ball with his wife and daughter at the park. “She's like, ‘Daddy, I don't want you to get arrested.' At this point I'm thinking, 'There's no way they're going to arrest me, this is insane.' I'm telling her, ‘Don't worry, Daddy's not going to get arrested. I've done nothing wrong. Don't worry about it,’ and then they arrest me." Former Brighton City Councilman Kirby Wallin recorded much of the incident on his cellphone, where you can hear his voice narrate the scene. “He’s being taken by the Brighton police for playing softball with his daughter in an empty park," Wallin said. In an interview with the Problem Solvers, Wallin said, “I find it hard to believe with all the things going on in our communities, the only way to resolve a situation like this was to handcuff a father in front of his daughter.” The sign at Donelson Park said “Closed” but in smaller print reads, “in groups of no more than 4 persons, parks remain open for walking, hiking, biking, running and similar activities.” Mooney was just there with his wife and daughter. He said it was the officers who were violating social distancing guidelines. “During the contact, none of the officers had masks on, none of them had gloves on, and they’re in my face handcuffing me, they’re touching me," he said. Mooney said he was released after spending about 10 minutes in the back of a patrol car but said he still deserved an apology. “If we're going to go ahead and start arresting people for no reason in front of their 6-year-old daughter, you're just going to cause more problems later on," he said. Brighton police posted a vague statement on its Facebook page Sunday night that made no mention of Matt Mooney or his arrest. Instead, it simply stated, “The Brighton Police Department is conducting an investigation into a situation that occurred late this afternoon at Donelson Park. This is an active investigation and so we are unable to provide additional information until the investigation is complete.” The Problem Solvers emailed follow-up questions to a Brighton Police Department spokesperson asking if it was the officers' conduct and judgment, regarding Mooney’s short-lived arrest, that was being investigated. As of Monday evening, we have not received a reply. | ||
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Shut up, comrade, and do what you're told. It's for your own good, you know. | |||
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It's more than inappropriate. It is the quintessential example of false arrest. I hate the sue-happy society we live in, but suing this police department and these officers individually [if possible] would be absolutely appropriate. _____________ "I enter a swamp as a sacred place—a sanctum sanctorum. There is the strength—the marrow of Nature." - Henry David Thoreau | |||
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hate reading 'police state' articles like this one absolute travesty the road we are going down ------------------------------------- Proverbs 27:17 - As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. | |||
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Now that right there is pretty darn scary.  .....never marry a woman who is mean to your waitress. | |||
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He did not show an ID. He could have just left the park. | |||
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Damn shame it escalated to that point. This stupid virus is brining out the best and unfortunately also the worst in some people. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The price of liberty and even of common humanity is eternal vigilance | |||
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Oh, he didn't show his papers, eh?  ~Alan Acta Non Verba NRA Life Member (Patron) God, Family, Guns, Country Men will fight and die to protect women... because women protect everything else. ~Andrew Klavan | |||
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| I Am The Walrus |
In a way I feel bad for the cops because they’re put in a tough situation. But you have to use some common sense. This virus shit has shown us that we are still vulnerable, I do not believe we have been threatened like this since 9/11. We need to get off the Chinese tit sooner rather than later. _____________ | |||
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What tough situation? The park was empty. The guy was playing with family, violating nothing. The JBTs (yes, JBTs right there) should not have even approached them. Btw,
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Sounds like you are Okay with what happened. You know, it's sad that so many are okay with throwing personal liberty out the window in the name of safety. It's hard to get those in power to give back what some so easily give away. ___________________________ No thanks, I've already got a penguin. | |||
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Yeah, since when do you have to show an ID to walk in a park, or to leave your house? We are surrendering our freedom at an alarming rate and most people are just waiting for the government cheese. FYI: Ryanp225 posted this story yesterday in the Chinese Virus thread, page 335. https://sigforum.com/eve/forums...5/m/9320007564/p/335 "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." -- Justice Janice Rogers Brown "The United States government is the largest criminal enterprise on earth." -rduckwor | |||
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| Oriental Redneck |
Perfect time to remind some in class this old quote. Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. - Ben Franklin Q | |||
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Sounds like? No I am not. But if the guy wanted to make the news or some sort of political statement in front of his daughter when all he had to do was leave that is his problem. | |||
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| Tinker Sailor Soldier Pie |
How about the LA Mayor taking a page straight of the Soviet era playbook encouraging citizens to rat out fellow citizens to the State? I work with a guy from Romania who escaped that communist shithole in the mid 80's. He tells me stories about being careful about what you said to your neighbors or even family member because you never knew who was a commie snitch. If you said the wrong thing, you might suddenly find yourself disappeared. LA Mayor Garcetti encourages residents to report violators of stay-at-home order: 'Snitches get rewards' By Brooke Singman | Fox News The mayor’s office said that city officials, with officers from the Los Angeles Police Department, had visited more than 500 businesses that had not complied with his order. His office said four businesses have already been referred for misdemeanor filings. “You know the old expression about snitches,” Garcetti said this week. “Well, in this case, snitches get rewards.” He added: “We want to thank you for turning folks in and making sure we are all safe,” he said. “Your decision to stay home may mean that there’s one less person who needs a ventilator we do not have,” Garcetti added. As of Friday morning, California had the third-highest number of positive cases of COVID-19 in the country, behind New Jersey and New York—which has become the epicenter of the virus in the U.S. California reported more than 11,100 positive cases of the novel coronavirus and more than 240 deaths. https://www.foxnews.com/politi...s-stay-at-home-order ~Alan Acta Non Verba NRA Life Member (Patron) God, Family, Guns, Country Men will fight and die to protect women... because women protect everything else. ~Andrew Klavan | |||
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| Oriental Redneck |
He didn't do a fucking thing wrong. Why would he have to leave? Yeah, I know, I shouldn't have posted here. Shame on me. No more new corona threads. Q | |||
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You're okay with arresting someone because they didn't show ID? An ID that wouldn't have been asked for on an ordinary day? Only reason they asked for it was because he was outside playing in a park with his daughter? I get it. You're okay with the police state that becomes more prevalent every day. ___________________________ No thanks, I've already got a penguin. | |||
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LOL. Where is the panic gif??? Where are in police state! And please don't tell me what I am okay with, first, you are incorrect with your assumptions on me. Secondly, we don't know what happened. | |||
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We do know what happened. Read the article. A sign in the park said no more than 4 people. It was only him, his wife and daughter. The police didn’t even practice social distancing. Go back and read the ENTIRE article. The cops were pissed off he didn’t show his ID, which he is not required to do. It’s sad to see people support these JBT’s. And that’s what these particular cops are. ——————————————— The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Psalm 14:1 | |||
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