MedicalConspiracies- Hunter Arrested For Carrying Unloaded Gun On His Own Property | Off The Grid News

-------- Original Message --------

Subject:	Multi-D News Hunter Arrested For Carrying Unloaded Gun On His Own Property | Off The Grid News
Date:	Wed, 9 Oct 2013 15:42:53 -0400 (GMT-04:00)
From:	Lucky <luckypig@infionline.net>

 

>
>Hunter Arrested For Carrying Unloaded Gun On His Own Property
>Written by: Tara Dodrill Self Defense October 3, 2013 18 Comments
>
>
>
>A Michigan hunter has been arrested for openly carrying an unloaded shotgun
>on his own property.
>
>The Crawford County man was arrested after he called law enforcement
>officers about a man trespassing on his own land. Thomas Donald and his
>wife, Heather, maintain that the sheriff's deputy demanded that all video
>footage of the arrest be deleted.
>
>Donald, a hunter and veteran, was on a hunting excursion with his
>11-year-old boy prior to his arrest and was carrying a single-shot and
>unloaded .410-gauge shotgun and his son was packing a crossbow. The
>father-son hunting trip was interrupted when the pair reportedly encountered
>a trespasser riding a dirt bike on their property. Thomas Donald said he
>escorted the unknown man to the front of the 10 acres and asked his wife to
>call the state Department of Natural Resources so a recreational trespass
>complaint could be filed.
>
>Heather Donald did not being filming the incident until it became apparent
>that her husband was going to be arrested. Crawford Country Sheriff Kirk
>Wakefield disputes Donald's version of the first few moments of the
>encounter.
>
>According to the Michigan property owners, Thomas was standing with his
>unloaded and open shotgun in one hand and shells in the other to indicate
>that he was not a threat when the officer he had called for arrived at the
>residence.
>
>How to hide your guns, and other off grid caches…
>
>Sheriff's Deputy Shawn Schnoor allegedly fumbled with his firearm and then
>trained it on Thomas, ordering the man to the ground. Donald supposedly drew
>the deputy's ire because he did not belly-up to the dirt quickly enough –
>the veteran reportedly suffers from a badly injured back. The Michigan
>hunter was handcuffed prior to the deputy turning his attention to the
>trespassing dirt biker.
>
>When Heather Donald is heard on video asking the Crawford County sheriff's
>deputy why her husband was handcuffed, the law enforcement officer can be
>heard saying, "Because we pulled up and he had a handgun – or excuse me, a
>rifle." From the ground Thomas corrects the deputy and informs him that he
>was actually holding a shotgun. Sheriff Wakefield told journalists from The
>Blaze that his deputy acted properly because if was unknown "who was who" at
>the time.
>
>When Heather Donald asks if her husband's handcuffs could be removed once
>the deputy knew he was the homeowner, the law enforcement official can be
>heard saying, "Not right now. He's under … for our protection." The Michigan
>deputy also is heard telling the woman that she "can stop filming." Mrs.
>Donald refuses and is then told that her cellphone must be confiscated as
>evidence and the deputies move toward her to take the phone she had been
>using to videotape the scene.
>
>Still cuffed on the ground, the Michigan veteran shouts, "No you won't" when
>the men attempt to take his wife's phone. The Crawford County deputy then
>says, "Yep. Ma'am you're going to be under …" and then the videotaping
>ceases. Heather Donald said that after she was threatened with obstruction
>of justice charges, she placed her cellphone on a porch railing and walked
>away. The woman added that when she was later told to delete the video of
>her husband's arrest, she complied. Using recovery software, the Donalds
>were able to once again view the footage.
>
>Sheriff Wakefield believes his deputies version of the story, which includes
>a claim that Heather was not threatened with charges or ordered to delete
>the video. The trespasser claims that Thomas Donald pointed a loaded shotgun
>at him and detained him at gunpoint until the deputies arrived. Sheriff
>Wakefield admits the dirt biker was trespassing, but says the biker did not
>know that the trail he was on led to the Donald property. The couple claims
>they had reported trespassers to the sheriff's office in the past.
>
>The sheriff's office believes the trespasser was actually the victim of the
>incident. Heather Donald maintains there a no trespassing signs on three
>sides of her property and she provided footage of the postings.
>
>Do you think the Michigan man's Second Amendment rights were violated?
>
>
>http://www.offthegridnews.com/2013/10/03/hunter-arrested-for-carrying-unloaded-gun-on-his-own-property/