Saturday, July 06, 2013

Bottled Water Purchase Brings Aggravated Assault

In Virginia, buying groceries brings outlandish assault by federal police:

... student Elizabeth Daly was with her roommates picking up some bottled water, ice cream, and cookie dough ...
A group of state Alcoholic Beverage Control agents clad in plainclothes approached her, suspecting the blue carton of LaCroix sparkling water to be a 12-pack of beer. Police say one of the agents jumped on the hood of her car. She says one drew a gun. Unsure of who they were, Daly tried to flee the darkened parking lot.

Agents charged Daly with two counts of assaulting a law enforcement officer and one count of eluding police, all Class 6 felonies carrying a maximum penalty of five years in prison and $2,500 in fines per offense.

Will these over-bearing and out of control agents for the federal government be charged with aggravated assault and deprivation of rights?  Or are rogue government actors above the law?





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