Who Wins When Both Are "Only Ones"?
Who wins when both parties to a dispute are "only ones"? The one breaking the law?
The attorney for the Detroit police sergeant hit with a Taser in December by a Farmington Hills police officer after a traffic stop is hoping the Oakland County Prosecutor will drop misdemeanor charges against his client.Here is the background of the incident, involving a 12-year veteran of the Deeeetroit Police Department. The officer is accused of:running a red light in his personal automobile in the Detroit suburb of Farmington Hills - and he wasn't on Detroit Police business. He was in uniform.
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Arnold Reed said his client maintains his innocence on the charges of running a red light and interfering with a police officer.
A Farmington Hills officer followed [the Detroit cop] to his home and used a Taser to subdue him after [the Detroit cop] refused to give up his gun and later reached for it. An internal investigation cleared the Farmington Hills officer of any wrongdoing.If found guilty, the "running a red light" charge should only set him back a couple of hundred dollars in fines... plus higher insurance rates. The other charge, "interfering with a police officer," is a misdemeanor.
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