Unless you’re someone whose sole job is to apply the law, then you’re in the clear
Ignorance of the law helped clear Sheriff Jerry Demings' political lobbyist of wrongdoing for handing out gun owners' restricted driver's license photos last year in Tallahassee to lobby against an open-carry law, Orange County sheriff's records show. Capt. Mike Fewless set off a statewide controversy in a April by distributing eight photos from a secret intelligence file that he claimed were outlaw bikers with valid state Carry Concealed Weapon permits.
Ignorance of the law helped clear Sheriff Jerry Demings' political lobbyist of wrongdoing for handing out gun owners' restricted driver's license photos last year in Tallahassee to lobby against an open-carry law, Orange County sheriff's records show.
Capt. Mike Fewless set off a statewide controversy in a April by distributing eight photos from a secret intelligence file that he claimed were outlaw bikers with valid state Carry Concealed Weapon permits.
Totally against the law. Had you or I done this, we’d be sitting behind some pretty grey bars for an extended stay. But when you’re a member of a higher caste of citizen sworn to uphold the law, you are not bound by them.
Two sets of rules folks. One for us peons, the other for our ‘masters’.
Now, I actually do not believe the ‘ignorance is no excuse’ shtick. It’s nothing more than a phrase uttered by petty tyrants to keep people in line. The concept of mens rea has all but been forgotten here in the states. A person who finds a cat pelt in their attic who sells it at a garage sale is not a danger to society, but can be convicted of a felony nonetheless. When we separate intent from action, we get a ‘justice’ system that focuses more on putting people in jail than putting the right ones in.
Still, the irony here is sickening and the double standard even more so.