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The Form used by the Caddo DA to Acquire Firearms

The link below is to a PDF of the 1033 submitted by Caddo Parish District Attorney Charles Scott to Louisiana LESO 1033 Program to obtain the automatic weapons from the DLA program.'

http://www.pdf-archive.com/2012/03/13/dam16/

 

Interesting Points:

• Charles Scott certifies the information contained in the document as valid and accurate
• Charles Scott states that there are 11 full time officers employed by the Caddo Parish District Attorney's Office who have powers to arrest and apprehend
• Charles Scott certifies that the BATFE will be/has been informed of the acquisition of the weapons
• Charles Scott states that the reason his office needs the weapons: "This office recently staffed a Special Investigations Section which handles predominantly high profile and dangerous drug offenders.  We routinely participate in high-risk surveillance and arrest activities with the Shreveport Police and Caddo Sheriff, and do not currently have the funds to provide rifles to those involved in these high risk activities."  One would think that Sheriff Prator would be aware of the need for such guns by the ADA's and DA Investigators who were working with his office and under his authority as deputies. 

I'm Just Saying

 

 

Given what is going on with the Caddo Parish District Attorney's Office and if the Government thinks it's a threat maybe, well .... I'm just saying

 

Assistant District Attorney Lea Hall Prepares for Court

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Caddo Parish District Attorney Calls A Press Conference to Discuss New Weapons Purchase

Caddo Parish District Attorney explained the acquisition of new weapons systems by his office.

Scott said his agency wanted the weapons mainly because they were a bargain.

Decisions about what would be done with the guns, which are being securely stored, or how they would be used have not been made yet, Scott said. His office also has shotguns and rifles — some acquired from seized evidence — and several Caddo district attorney vehicles are outfitted with police-type lights and sirens, he said.

That equipment is needed, Scott said, because assistant district attorneys and district attorney investigators often must go into dangerous neighborhoods and interview potentially dangerous individuals.

"I want them to go home safe to their families at the end of the day," Scott said.

Lea Hall, one of the Assistance District Attorneys, said the machine guns also are a preventive measure. While not necessary most of the time, district attorney investigators could be put in a situation where increased firepower would be needed. Criminals have access to more powerful weapons; a pistol is a poor match in those cases, Hall said.

"The idea was that if something very bad would happen and we hadn't equipped our people the best we could — that was something we wanted to avoid," said Hall, noting the agency's investigators who would be the only ones to use the machine guns or other weapons are trained former police officers and sheriff's deputies. "We hope we never have to use them." Shreveport Times

Rat a tat tat - Rat a tat tat - Rat a tat tat

"Scott said his agency wanted the weapons mainly because they were a bargain." The Times, Shreveport, Louisaina, March 9, 2012

 

Caddo Parish District Attorney Charles Scott has Armed his ADA's with Federal Government Surplus Automotic Weapons

It was recently revealed that the Caddo Parish District Attorney's Office has acquired several automotic rifles (M-16's) from the Federal Government DLA Program.  The Shreveport Times broke the story:

Sheriff asks for investigation related to DA machine guns

Concerns raised about DA use of sheriff commissions

A local blog, MyBossier,  also has a post about the story, a great photoshop picture and one interesting comment from Anonymous.

The issue is whether the DA's Office is an eligible agency to even receive these type of surplus items from the DLA:

"(A)suitable for use by the agencies in law enforcement activities, including counter-drug and counter-terrorism activities ... (d) ... the Secretary shall give preference to those applications indicating transferred property will be used in the counter-drug or counter -terrorism activities of the recipient agency." Title 10 USC, Section 2576a

The Louisiana Federal Property Assistance Agency's website states, "Agencies with law enforcement activities are defined as government agencies whose primary function is the enforcement of applicable federal, state and local laws and whose compensated law enforcement officers have powers of arrest and apprehension."

The 1033 Louisiana LESO Application contains a "Memorandum of Understanding between the State of Louisiana and the ___________ Sheriff/Police Department". The Application also ask the Law Enforcement Agency to list the "Number of Compensated Officers with Arrest and Apprehension Authority".

The duties of the DA are defined by LSA-R.S. 16:1 which states, "...shall represent the state in all civil actions, and shall have charge of every criminal prosecution by the state in his district, be the representative of the state before grand juries in his district, and be the adviser to the grand juries". No where does the law state that the District Attorneys "have powers of arrest and apprehension."

In regard to DA Investigators LSA-RS 16:13.1 states, "... they shall not have the right to make arrests, except as citizens under the Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure Article 214."

In other words, the DA is not a law enforcement agency nor does its employees, in their role as employees of the DA's office, have the powers of arrest and apprehension. If a DA, ADA, or DA Investigator arrests someone, then they are doing so under authority other than that provided to the DA (i.e as a part-time Sheriff Deputy). It appears that the DA's office does not have the power to arrest and apprehend and is not eligible for these surplus items in the first place.

 

 

The Letter President Obama Should Have Written to Afghanistan President Hamid Karzia

UPDATE: The ISW has filed a report stating that the very people to whom Mr. Obama apologized are our enemies:

Most of the protests are not spontaneous or self-organizing outbursts of anti-Americanism, but rather organized violence orchestrated by insurgent groups, Iran, and Afghan political factions aiming to harm their local rivals. Neighboring Iran has utilized its media outlets, especially radio, to influence Afghan demonstrators to be destructive during their protests. The Taliban have issued multiple statements encouraging violent actions. President Karzai and his administration, in contrast, have actively tried to quell violence.The Afghan Response to the 2012 Koran Burning Incident

 

A cell block at a new detention centre is seen at the U.S. Bagram Air Base, north of Kabul November 15, 2009. The prison was built at a cost of $60 million.Cryptome

    In response to an incident in which several copies of the Koran were allegedly burned at Parwan Detention Facility, Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, President Obama reflexively delivered a letter, through Ambassador Crocker, to Afghanistan President Hamid Karzia.  The letter is quoted as stating that "Mr. Obama gave his "sincere apologies" and expressed "deep regret for the reported incident."  "The error was inadvertent; I assure you that we will take the appropriate steps to avoid any recurrence, to include holding accountable those responsible." CBS News

    The facts of the incident have not been widely published, but initial reports suggest that the Americans running the facility provided copies of the Koran to the prisoners(who are detained for supporting the insurgency - aka the Taliban or Taliban Sympathizers) so that they could continue to practice their religion while detained. According to reports, several of the Korans where confiscated due to the fact that rather than using them to pray, the prisoners were using the Korans to pass messages amongst themselves.  To do this required that they write messages on the pages of the Korans, thereby descrating the Holy Books in the eyes of those practicing Islam and making them contraband in the eyes of their American Jailers.  The books once confiscated eventually found their way to a burn pile where they were to be desposed of by burning.

    As the Korans were being placed in the burn pile, several Afghani workers, who were helping the Americans burn contraband items, recognized that the books were the Koran and retrieved the Korans from the burn pile.  These Afghani workers then where allowed to take the resucued Korans to a local Mosque, where they reported the incident to local Immans.  From there the incident was quickly siezed upon by Anti-American jihadist and used as an excuse for demonstrations and out right murder of American personnel.

    To date over thirty people have been killed as a result of this incident.  Their deaths are not the result of the fires that burned the Korans, but by the fires of hatred stoked by the intolerance of evil men. 

    In my humble opinion, rather than immediately apologizing for the incident and bowing to the instigators of the demonstrations and murder, President Obama should have issued a speech to the people of Afghanistan.  He should have first reminded the people of Afghanistan why American troops are currently occupying their country and that had the people of Afghanistan refused to harbor Al Queda and refused to allow the Taliban to sieze control of their country then most Americans would only remember Afghanistan as the land in Rambo III where the great American warrior helped the Mujahdeen rid their country of the scourge of Russia.  He could remind the Afghani people that had it not been for American Stinger Missiles and the funding of American dollars that they would still be under the iron fist of Mother Russia.

    He could then remind the Afghani people that rather than obliterating their entire country as a result of an Act of War against the United States, that we entered their country to find friends and to help those friends find freedom from a totalitarian government thinly disguised as a religous caliphate. He could remind them that we gave them the opportunity to renew their country and to enter into the modern world. 

    After politely, but firmly refreshing the historical memories of the Afghani people, Mr. Obama could follow with an explanation to the Afghani people of the consequences of their actions.  He could explain to them that their country is at a tipping point.  If they want nothing more for their chilren than a legacy of death and war then they should continue to act in their current manner, they should stay their current course.  However, if they want a country of peace and stability where their children can have the freedom and autonomy that so many Afghanis claim to cherish then they can accept the hand of friendship from the United States, roll up their sleeves and get to work on building their country.  That they should focus their energy on learning how to behave as a civilized people who respect the rights of others and who value the sanctity of life.  He should explain that their failure to do so will result in continued conflict with the West and that in the end they will only experience more death and more misery.  Whether America and her allies leave today or in twenty years or in a hundred, their inability to achieve a modicum of civility, to find a bit of tolerance for other cultures, and to express their anger without murder will result in their country continuing to be a third world nation in which only those who have the most guns and who have the will to use them will be free. All others will be subject to their will and continue to suffer.

    He should end the speech with assurances to the Afghani people that the United States has no desire to stay in their country one minute more than is necessary and that while there, we will provide their culture with the respect that it deserves. They will also have to provide us with tolerance and with the presumption that incidents, such as the Koran burning, did not originate out of disrespect for their Holy Book, but rather from the actions of the radicals who brought us to their country in the first place.  In essence they will need to grow up and behave as men who respect God and who respect their families.  He needs to assure them that the path they follow to the future can be one of peace or one in which they continue to suffer and to die for men who want nothing more than to control their every action.  The choice is theirs.

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Pelosi and Massa - Where's the Outrage Now that the Shoe is on the Other Foot?

    In 2006 Rep. Nancy Pelosi was outraged that Rep. Alexander and the House Leadership had knowledge of the extracurricular activities of Rep Mark Foley and failed to report his activities to the Democratic Leadership.

    In an October 2006 Press Release she stated,

 "The FBI is rightly investigating former Republican Congressman Mark Foley’s reported internet stalking of an underage former House Page. Mr. Foley is outside the reach of the House Ethics Committee, however the required investigation into the cover up of Mr. Foley’s behavior by the Republican Leadership must quickly move forward.

 The children who work as Pages in the Congress are Members’ special trust. Statements by the Republican Leadership indicate that they violated this trust when they were made aware of the internet stalking of an underage Page by Mr. Foley and covered it up for six months to a year.

 Congress must not pass the buck on investigating this cover up. The children, their parents, the public, and our colleagues must be assured that such abhorrent behavior is not tolerated and will never happen again.”"

Pelosi October 2006 Press Release

    In fact Rep. Pelosi was so outraged by the behavior of House Republicans that she sponsored H. Res. 1065. This resolution never passed, but it was circulated to the press by Rep. Pelosi's staffers, at the initial stages of the Ethic's Investigation, as the resolution that passed.  What the resolution did not mention was that Rep. Pelosi was still angry with Rep. Alexander for switching parties and was only too happy to make him the point of the investigation regardless of the facts. 

    At the time Rep Alexander switched parties,  "According to Roll Call’s Heard on the Hill, the Democratic leader [Nancy Pelosi] was so “touched by the Democratic aides’ courage” to quit en masse, has rewarded their party loyalty by giving them government cash to help their job search. No, she didn’t give them a ride to the Department of Employment Services to start their weekly unemployment benefits; she put them on her payroll until such time as they find a job." Devil's Advocacy

    One wonders how Rep. Pelosi would react if a bill similar to H Res 1065 was filed regarding her knowledge of the activities of Rep. Massa? Do the "Members of Congress [still] have a responsibility to protect their employees" or is it only applicable when the allegations are against Republicans?

109th CONGRESS 2d Session

  

    H Res 1065

Raising a question of the privilege of the House.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESSeptember 29, 2006

Ms. Pelosi submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct

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RESOLUTION

Raising a question of the privilege of the House.

Whereas for more than 150 years, parents from across the country have sent their children to be pages in the U.S. Capitol, the Page School is a national treasure, and the children who attend it and work in the Congress are our special trust;

Whereas, according to press reports, Representative Mark Foley (R–FL) reportedly engaged in highly inappropriate and explicit communications with a former underage page;

Whereas these allegations were so severe that Representative Foley immediately resigned his seat;

Whereas the page worked for Congressman Rodney Alexander (R–FL) and, according to press reports, Representative Alexander learned of the emails “10 to 11 months ago” (AP, September 29, 2006);

Whereas Rep. Alexander has said, “We also notified the House leadership that there might be a potential problem”, and the Democratic leadership was not informed (AP, September 29, 2006);

Whereas all Members of Congress have a responsibility to protect their employees, especially young pages who serve this institution;

Whereas these charges demand immediate investigation, including when the emails were sent, who knew of the emails, whether there was a pattern of inappropriate activity by Mr. Foley involving email or other contacts with pages, when the Republican leadership was notified, and what corrective action was taken once officials learned of any improper activity; and

Whereas given the serious nature of these charges, the pages, their parents, the public, and our colleagues must be assured that such egregious behavior is not tolerated and will never happen again: Now, therefore, be it

Resolved, That—

(1) the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct are directed to immediately appoint a Subcommittee, pursuant to Rule 19 of the Rules of the Committee, to fully and expeditiously determine the facts connected with Representative Foley’s conduct and the response thereto; and

(2) the Chairman and Ranking Minority Member of the Committee on Standards are further directed to make a preliminary report within ten days.

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