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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWarren city councilman handcuffed woman for posting Black Lives Matter sticker on Trump sign, police
Police are investigating a Warren city councilman who handcuffed a woman for posting Black Lives Matter stickers on a President Donald Trump yard sign in Eastpointe.
Councilman Eddie Kabacinski was attending a Trump rally on Oct. 14 when he told police he spotted a 24-year-old woman putting three stickers on a Trump sign along the street, according to a police report obtained by Metro Times.
Kabacinski chased her down, grabbed her, and handcuffed her while waiting for police to respond, the report states. At some point, Kabacinksi said the woman sprayed him with silly string.
"Putting a decal sticker over a Trump sign, and it says Black Lives Matter, you are promoting a domestic terrorist organization on a Trump sign and thats not good," he told C&G Newspapers. "Thats not the image that the Trump campaign or the Republican Party is trying to convey. We are trying to get back to law and order in this country.
https://www.metrotimes.com/news-hits/archives/2020/10/23/warren-city-councilman-handcuffed-woman-for-posting-black-lives-matter-sticker-on-trump-sign-police-say
Councilman Eddie Kabacinski was attending a Trump rally on Oct. 14 when he told police he spotted a 24-year-old woman putting three stickers on a Trump sign along the street, according to a police report obtained by Metro Times.
Kabacinski chased her down, grabbed her, and handcuffed her while waiting for police to respond, the report states. At some point, Kabacinksi said the woman sprayed him with silly string.
"Putting a decal sticker over a Trump sign, and it says Black Lives Matter, you are promoting a domestic terrorist organization on a Trump sign and thats not good," he told C&G Newspapers. "Thats not the image that the Trump campaign or the Republican Party is trying to convey. We are trying to get back to law and order in this country.
https://www.metrotimes.com/news-hits/archives/2020/10/23/warren-city-councilman-handcuffed-woman-for-posting-black-lives-matter-sticker-on-trump-sign-police-say
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Warren city councilman handcuffed woman for posting Black Lives Matter sticker on Trump sign, police (Original Post)
demmiblue
Oct 2020
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Nevilledog
(51,104 posts)1. Ummmmm.... Why is a city councilman walking around with handcuffs?
Liberal In Texas
(13,552 posts)11. 'Cause, doesn't everybody?
(If necessary-)
DonaldsRump
(7,715 posts)2. What kind of council member carries handcuffs?
I appreciate he claims to be a former military police officer, but this is ridiculous.
I hope he gets sued for millions for this civilly.
Aristus
(66,362 posts)4. Five will get you ten he was a mall cop or a disgraced real cop.
Either way, he's an asshole...
demmiblue
(36,851 posts)9. More about him:
Kabacinski spoke about the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act, a U.S. federal law enacted in 2004 and amended in 2010 and 2013. He said he was a military police officer and that he worked for the Inkster Police Department for three years before he went into the service.
He said the act gives retired or former government, military, civilian or railroad law enforcement officers with a combined 10 years of experience powers to carry concealed weapons and detain those who breach the peace or break the law.
I believe Ive acted in the spirit of the LEOSA act, Kabacinski said. I believe Ive acted in the spirit of what the law says about breaches of the peace and felonies.
He said the act gives retired or former government, military, civilian or railroad law enforcement officers with a combined 10 years of experience powers to carry concealed weapons and detain those who breach the peace or break the law.
I believe Ive acted in the spirit of the LEOSA act, Kabacinski said. I believe Ive acted in the spirit of what the law says about breaches of the peace and felonies.
Him professing that he did it in the "spirit of what the law says," means he probably didn't act per the actual law.
Perhaps someone more knowledgeable about this law can chime in. My very brief look at the law refers to the ability to conceal carry.
Control freak asshole, at that.
atreides1
(16,079 posts)6. He's full of BS
By Michigan law he has to be licensed by the state.
https://www.michigan.gov/mcoles/0,4607,7-229-41624-150154--,00.html
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,327 posts)12. The last face you see before the trunk closes.
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Croney
(4,660 posts)3. Love the silly string!
yonder
(9,666 posts)10. Yes. Probably surprised the dude, which then made him
even angrier. He demands respect dammit! I hope he gets to experience justice of some sort.
Statistical
(19,264 posts)5. So he was immediately arrested for making an unlawful arrest.
No of course not he is an older white man.
tetedur
(820 posts)7. He probably has a handcuff sexual fetish.
DFW
(54,378 posts)8. Too bad she wasn't carrying mace
Or at least pepper spray