Wouldn’t you think that a police officer in a court room with a jury watching a case, that they would be able to carry a side arm as part of their uniform? I read an article yesterday that had Judge Gonzalez disarming police officers while they were testifying in a battery case. Three La Crosse Police officers were told that they couldn’t wear their firearm or their duty belt while in the courtroom. Apparently having a gun on a belt on a police officer is a distraction to a jury and could be cause for a mistrial. I’ll tell you what I think, if there was a cop in a courtroom on the stand while I was on a jury, and the cop wasn’t packing heat, that would be more of a distraction to me than a cop without a gun on the stands? What do you think? To me it is like a firefighter without their tools trying to fight a fire.
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