Quote:
Originally Posted by Supertac45
A misdemeanor other than Domestic Violonce has no bearing on gun ownership. I really doubt that the rest will effect your CCW. I'd contact a attorney that is licensed in Federal Court and go from there.
|
It seems to me that it all depends on what Arkansas law is. Are police there allowed to detain, arrest, or whatever you want to call it, cuff and drag an individual who has committed an ordinary traffic offense in?
In some states the answer is NO, especially if the license holder is a resident of that state.*
If this is the case in Arkansas, then that officer was way out of bound--
yet, it might be hard to prove why you were taken in because he failed to specify the charge on the bond form.
And for that reason alone, because I doubt it was an innocent oversight, you need some professional help if you want to pursue the matter.
Of course, if you go to court--especially by yourself-- the cop (if he shows) will just tell the judge, "sorry, honest mistake, I'll amend that form now so everyone knows what the charge is. And just maybe, the judge will allow that. You won't be in a position to argue.
File with IA as someone else suggested and ....I'm not sure what else except don't go back there on your own without counsel who practices in that jurisdiction.
BTW, $110.00 fine for speeding seems rather modest these days.
Notwithstanding all the crap that went on between you and the officer, maybe you actually got off fairly easily, but with quite a fright and some minor injuries to your wrists and shoulders.
__________________________________________________ ___
* Back in the late 1960s, in Des Moines, IA, a school teacher took a bunch of kids on a field trip from a couple of counties away from Des Moines. She committed some minor traffic infraction, didn't have the cash to immediately pay the fine, and was arrested. The school kids were left abandoned on the side of the road.
Needless to say the next day the Des Moines police had public egg all over their faces, and the Iowa legislature quickly changed the law so that this sort of thing could not happen again.
It was common practice back then for non-locals (all across the country) to be arrested for minor traffic offense. No one was safe and AAA fought these arrangements as did trucker's organizations.
I doubt if what happened to the OP is lawful today anywhere, including
Arkansas and Louisiana. But I don't know that.