Granted it's possible I have a situational bias towards cops and against sovereign citizens.
I may have misread the article, but it seems to have a maximum of anti-cop bias, with a minimum of actual research. It could have started with "A sovereign citizen with a history of violence against women, government, and with severe anger issues, got in an altercation with police officers while trying to abandon his kitten to be euthanized at the local shelter".(enough dog whistle language in that sentence.)
News article failed to mention the dead guys history of violence.
Google search:
http://www.dothaneagle.com/news/crime_c ... b6675.html
recently served time in jail for making threats to government employees and also had two women file protection orders against him earlier in the year.
Without more actual reporting-getting facts-we don't know if the dead man was verbally disruptive, physically disruptive, grabbed at a cops weapon, or took a swing at someone. We don't know much about the dead guy. He may be the victim, he may have provoked the shooting. It may be murder, it may be self defense.
Lots of shelters now require ID and cash up front to accept a rescue. Vet fees, food, insurance, heat, light, water bills, the possibility that the animal was stolen all are factors. If it's a private shelter, they can have their own rule about accepting animals and can refuse any animal. A public shelter may be bound by local ordinances. Notary is just a witness to a signature. I don't think I would have accepted a notarized note as ID to cash a check. State issued photo ID is the usual requirement. Don't know if a notarized copy of his mug shot counts.
Not the first time a sovereign citizen has escalated a minor easily solved situation into one where violence and guns are involved. Usually they prefer to do so in front of a camera, then edit it. We had one locally who refused to leave a foreclosed building (didn't recognize legal tender, wasn't bound by his signature on a contract) until a SWAT team went in and explained the real life option package. He also refused to acknowledge the right of the Highway Patrol to enforce traffic laws (no license, illegal plates) while driving on a federal highway. No shooting, but only because the cops don't enjoy blood shed, and shotguns at close range leave little to argue about.
Unlike TV, trials usually are not the next day. Especially murder trials. Without more factual evidence, this"news" article and the source its self look to be part of an anti cop propaganda program. Why it it so frequent that the cop is assumed to be at fault, then when a jury is involved and the cops are found to be justified, it's called a coverup.
Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.
- Ronald Reagan