13mile, if I am reading this thread correctly both the school and yourself know there is nothing illegal happening. So I will ask you, are you calling the school and telling them to stop harassing the OCer and to teach the kids?
Great question...
1. No, I don't believe anything illegal happened; and I'm rather certain the school is of the same mindset. I don't believe the officers did either. However, I do not have any information regarding their history with him. If they didn't know him -- I'm of the mindset the officers should have immediately asked for ID and his CPL when he stepped off the public side walk and proceeded up the school drive to the speak to the officer parked under the tree. Again, these few seconds of the encounter is what I wanted to point out. He does state in the video he has CPL after leaving school property, but anybody can lie. However, the officers actions revealed they didn't believe anything illegal was going on. They were just annoyed...cautious, etc.. ??
2. You mentioned the school harassing him. There is no evidence of that whatsoever. If anything, the school principal has every right to know the legality of someone entering the property OC'n. That's not harassment. That's insuring the safety of those he responsible for. Again, no evidence of harassment.
However... if one were to watch the MDA video, you would think differently. They would have you believe the kids were scurried off to dark closets and rooms to wait out the scary gunmen seeking to enter the school grounds... That is extremely far from the truth...
3. I did begin to write a letter to the superintendent, (to ask to cut out the lock downs...) based on
my assumptions of their reactions. Well, in speaking with my children, according to them and their interactions with the teachers, this was treated rather well inside the school. After the lockdown, the teachers explained what was going on, explained what the man was doing... in exercising his 2nd amendment rights, etc..etc.. They never spoke negative, etc..etc... I do believe it frustrated the teachers/principal because they do seem to have a policy they have to follow --- Lockdown.. Man approaching school, in camo, carrying rifle... well... what do you do?
Again, I backed off on writing, because I personally didn't hear any evidence from
my children that offended me in how the school handled it.
NOTE: when he "does" come back around ( he will ), I do hope the officers properly
profile him, acknowledge it's the same guy, and not do suggest to the school to do another lock down. (...and I don't know if the PD actually requests lockdowns either...)
I don't believe anyone associated with MOC would agree that its o.k. to purposely desensitize the population to OC'n by continually pushing the lock down buttons at a local school. I believe this individual knows he is doing this. In my opinion, it is wrong.
4. I do want to point out another area where I am confused. He posted a video over a month ago entering the Madison Heights Police Department... and he attempted what he labeled a friendly conversation. He indeed was actually in the Police Department. In the March 4th series of videos, he makes a big deal out of the Police Department being locked. He never went to the Police Department (while video recording)! He instead walked up to the front of the city offices -- and did so during their lunch hour when they are closed. How could he possibly go to the Police Department in February of 2015, have a conversation in the lobby, and then 1 week ago (March of 2015) walk up to the wrong building claiming it to be the Police Department. ***Even at a certain video minute marker, you can pause and observe that he proceeded past a sign pointing to the Police Department -- while at that exact moment saying the words the Police Department is locked up. The video never shows he went to the actual Police Department.
I'm confused. Is this the same guy from the February video? It's the same user name. Same Voice. Is this man sane? Is he actually stable? Was he nervous from the previous 30 minutes of crazy police encounters...and wasn't thinking straight? Did he do it on purpose? He seems well calculated in all he does up to that point -- and in other videos for that matter.
This is an incredibly odd to me.
No need to answer those statements in my point #4, as I'm sure the moderators here want this guy gone from the discussions. However, I felt it necessary to point out my areas of confusion.
