The Good, Bad and Ugly

Freedom of Speech and the 1st Amendment got a boost today. Yahoo reports that 50 year old John E. Brennan was acquitted of indecent exposure for removing all his clothes in the Portland, Oregon Airport. Mr Brennan lost his clothes and exposed his junk to protest the TSA violating his rights in the 4th Amendment Illegal Search and Seizure. The Oregon Judge supported Mr Brennan right to protest under the US Constitution 1st Amendment freedom of speech. I'm betting the judge would feel differently had Mr Brennnan exercised the same rights in the Portland courtroom.
 Samuel Williams from Marion County, Fl made the news recently when the 71 year old foiled a armed robbery attempt at the Palm Internet Cafe.  Two masked men entered the Cafe to rob the patrons of their valuables. One armed with a firearm and the other wielding a club began threatening the customers demanding loot. The video below shows their brash behavior entering. When customer Samuel Williams began shooting they did not return fire. Choosing to run like rats grabbing lots of carpet on the way out the door. News reports both men Davis Dawkins and Dwayne Henderson were found in a nearby hospital suffering from gun shot wounds, presumably from Ole Sam.
One county over another story without a happy ending. Lake County Florida Sheriffs knocked on the  front door of  Tavares resident 26 year old delivery man Andrew Scott in the middle of the night. Sheriff's without warrants or announcing they were with the Sheriffs Office murdered Andrew at his front door because he answered his door with a gun. The 2 Deputies were not searching for Scott when Deputy Richard Sylvestor fired the shot killing Scott. Very disturbing, a spokesman for the Lake County Sheriffs Office was quoted at the scene, The bottom line here is if you answer your door in the middle of the night with a weapon the unidentified officers will kill you. This statement seems legitimize the conduct of the Sheriff to murder citizens in their homes.  A quantum leap in vigilante justice.
Mittosense believes the US Constitution 2nd Amendment gives you the right to bear arms. It has no provision or clause to exempt the 2nd when police are present. Further, Mr Scotts 4th Amendment Illegal Search and Seizure were violated since there were no warrants issued for the Scott residence. This is a pure case of murder and a trial should be held for Deputy Sylvester and deceased Scott.
We would hope the Lake County Sheriff will act swiftly and not wait 45 days as Sanford Police did in the Trayvon Martin murder in neighboring Seminole County. There also seems to be a lack of qualified law enforcement in central Florida being Martin, Lake and Seminole Counties share borders.
In Colorado  24 year old James Holmes was arrested in the murder of  a dozen victims in a Aurora, Co. movie theatre. The cold blooded killing of 12 people indiscriminately murdered for no apparent reason is beyond any logic. Our prayers are with the people in Aurora and Tavares who lost loved ones from violence. It it our duty to see that swift justice is carried out in accordance with our laws.