RaleighReloader
Well-Known Member
I see everyone blaming the board for her arrest. The board only removed her from the meeting, which also means the building. What happened after those doors closed between her and that deputy city marshall is what caused her arrest. Out LEO community can correct me if I am wrong, but once he decides to make an arrest, there is nothing that board can do as he is acting as an officer of the law. What happened after that door closed is not on any videos, prior to the handcuffs.
The board should never have ejected her from the meeting in the first place. And someone from the board could have easily walked over to the deputy and asked that he not arrest her, since the board had no intention of actually pursuing legal action against her.
And the deputy could have changed his mind about arresting her at any point. At all points in this encounter he acted on his own (poor) discretion.
Mike