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Putnam County Sheriff's Department
Published by Mike Martin
· 5 hrs ·
SOCIAL MEDIA INFORMATION RE: RED FLAG LAW PROTESTS

The Putnam County Sheriff’s Office has been inundated with calls and social media messages from citizens expressing concern about a police response in the Town of Carmel. The incident was widely reported to be a law enforcement effort to seize firearms under “Red Flag” laws. This information is incorrect. The law enforcement response and subsequent arrest was related to a domestic violence investigation. The citizen involved is safe and in police custody.

The incredibly high volume of phone calls, emails and social media messages has overwhelmed our systems and shutdown our ability to communicate with our community. While we respect the right of all citizens to inquire about law enforcement activity, we urge you to respect the needs of our community and restore our ability to serve them. Thank you.

On Friday, police showed up to a young man’s workplace and tried to arrest him over social media posts reported to them by an old army buddy of the 28-year-old Afghanistan veteran. This man, known as Alex and popular on Instagram under the handle of WhiskeyWarrior556, slipped out of the back door, hurried home to check on his family where he found out police had already forced themselves into his home and confiscated his legal firearms after threatening his wife with calling child protective services to remove her newborn child. Alex then barricaded himself inside his own attic, unarmed. Law enforcement officers followed him, blocked off the road to all traffic and a seven-hour standoff began.

WhiskeyWarrior556 finally gave in when police threatened once again to take his infant daughter from his and his wife’s custody and according to police, he was peacefully detained. Though charged with owning the “high capacity magazine,” no charges have been filed as a result of the standoff.

What transpired on Saturday was exactly what advocates of red flag laws have asked for. A militarized police force, ignoring due process completely, confiscated the property and the civil rights of a U.S. citizen because of nothing more than the opinion of an associate.

Hiker wrote: Sun Nov 24, 2019 4:46 pm So he's a wife beater and a thief, and now he has a felony and will lose his gun rights.

Marlene wrote:"Firearm ownership advocate" is a pretty funny way to say "armed douchebag who yells on the internet alot"

Ahrimazd112358 wrote: Mon Nov 25, 2019 4:41 am Sad in this day in age, you don't know what information to trust.

lurker wrote: Mon Nov 25, 2019 7:35 am

Ahrimazd112358 wrote: Mon Nov 25, 2019 4:41 am Sad in this day in age, you don't know what information to trust.

try to stay informed, but at the end of the day, be honest, don't feed hate, "do no harm", as the wiccans say.
go with your gut.

Looks like lots of people were in Dunning Kruger Effect Fantasy Land over the weekend. It’s Monday Morning, who’s ready to really talk about the Fake Red Flag Rebellion Debacle ?

DispositionMatrix wrote:https://twitter.com/PincusRob/status/11 ... 03298?s=20

Looks like lots of people were in Dunning Kruger Effect Fantasy Land over the weekend. It’s Monday Morning, who’s ready to really talk about the Fake Red Flag Rebellion Debacle ?

K9s wrote: Sun Nov 24, 2019 11:35 pm It looks like a bunch of Nazi douchebags trying to stir up trouble around this situation. This is exactly what a foreign actor would do on social media (or a bunch of Nazis trying to troll the PD).

There is nothing to show this person was affiliated with those social media Nazis.

Marlene wrote: Sun Nov 24, 2019 5:56 pm "Firearm ownership advocate" is a pretty funny way to say "armed douchebag who yells on the internet alot"