I have a better law for someone to work on . Put all elected officials and those that back them up in psychopathic hospitals and then the rest of the population in this country could live in peace. That’s a better idea than this goof ball has.

How’s this for a restriction for people not even on the registry!

Philip

I use to work in law enforcement so I talk to all the cops/sheriffs just as I would have when I was still a cop. Some agree that if you have done your time, you should be left alone as if you are going to reoffend, that would probably send you back to prison for life anyway.

Others I talk to think we should all be sent to Maximum security prisons with no visits from family and be sentenced to life with hard labor. Remember, cops are people too and have different opinions, political views etc. There are even openly gay cops now.

I give them all the benefit of the doubt until the prove to be Hitlers. I have had many run ins with law enforcement and many of them were like night and day. I once pulled over in front of a closed school (It was a weekend not out of business). An officer pulled behind me, ran my plates and ask me out of the car. He held me until reaching the FDLE to see if this was an arrestable offense. The entire time he was polite and professional. Once he got the all clear he sent me on my way and just advised me to maybe pull over somewhere that is not a school.

Another opposite incident I was walking across a field to attend a park’s festivities. There was a large law enforcement presence since it was right after a notable mass shooting. Cops from every city were called in for extra security. One of them ran my tags and got an alert there was a “scary sex offender” in the area.

I happened to turn around and saw 7 officers from different departments walking briskly towards me. I was asked for ID, questioned and held for 3 hours before being let go. They kept saying I was trespassing, and I said I can attend just like anyone else. They stated I was being given a verbal warning to leave and if I did not comply I would be arrested and my vehicle towed. I left but shows you how different things can go.

Not saying I am special but it helps to know how to talk to cops. Since I use to be one, a couple of the officers I could tell were uncomfortable with the way I was being treated. Unfortunately, the one giving me the crap was a Lieutenant and he was making sure that he controlled the narrative. He was very pissed that the FDLE did not clear them to arrest me.

Not saying the FDLE loves me but I have been stopped numerous times like this plus at airports by TSA, and FDLE has always cleared me, albeit sometimes after missing a flight or taking 3 hours of my life away wasted for non-sense.

Cherokee
Since I was dragged back to Florida, getting Ohio’s cooperation would have been difficult. As it was, the whole thing was absurd. The judge in Florida issued some explicit orders to my benefit, which Ohio was able to ignore. Ohio told me that I would neither be allowed to live with my family or see my children.
I really wish we didn’t have these stories to share. As terrifying as this situation was, I know that someone on the registry, somewhere, has a story that can top ours. Thank you for your kind words. Keep moving forward.

Anonymous
Your 2nd thought is correct, they are out of touch. And yes I can and will judge and here is why. My Parents hate the fact I am on the registry and the “Horrible way I am treated”. Having said that, if Desantis runs for Prez, guess who will vote for him? Yup, my parents.

I was once a gun toting, pickup truck driving, Republican myself but that was more than 32 years ago. Not saying I am anything now since I cannot vote so it doesn’t really matter since I do not get a say, other than through F.A.C posts. Even if F.A.C never does anything for us (Not through any fault of their own) I have made a lot of friends on here.

Even though I have never met any of you, it is nice to have people to talk to who are in the same boat. I did the same thing in prison. Most if not all of those people I would not had a thing to do with outside of prison. But I made a few friends in there to the point we could encourage each other to not give up and keep up the goal of walking the straight line and getting back to our families safely. And that is just what I did, with a few more mental scars to boot.

I would encourage those on the registry in Florida to call the governor out on the many other divisive issues he is dead wrong about. While we may not win much public support for our cause, we can magnify political issues for him with his base by engaging with supporters on just how inhumane and out of touch with reality he is (that is, unless his entire base of support is completely out of their minds as much as he is, which is highly possible).

BWJ

I do not feel you matched my story, I believe you blew my story out of the water. At least my only consequences were getting my house trashed by the BS search warrant that took 5 cops and a PO to do. But I did not get any new charges just a tongue lashing.

Also, the first PO should have been called to court by your lawyer to testify that they had given you permission to be at the garden. If not, sounds like a coordinated set up otherwise. Not sure some of the officials sleep at night. Thanks for sharing as well but your story really burned my biscuits. Even the judge should be ashamed for not believing you or your attorney.