Laru845
9mm
Yes I know, I just got a lot going on and didn’t put the effort on figuring out how to record the phone calls. I believe I could use their cameras along with this forum to prove I been trying to get my shotgun back. I don’t think they are allowed to delete footage . I can tell my criminal lawyer wants no part of this so I have to get another one. The closest constitutional lawyer to me I found on Google is 43 minutes away. And yea when I read “pursuant to your department’s policy” I was expecting to some bullshit.. I don’t wanna say it but sadly I feel like this fight is over and I lost. I deeply appreciate the support I got from this group.OK, so what would your response be when you claim you called so and so at this time, this day and they said this, that and the other thing and they just tell the court nope, never happened, He never called so we destroyed it. They may have recordings, but do you know how to subpoena them? Have you even kept a written log of the calls? Time, date, what was said? Liar, liar pants on fire is not an adequate legal strategy. Document, document, document.
Dude, I feel for ya, but it's hard to maintain sympathy if you fail to take the advice offered. You can't half-ass your way through this. Everything you've said here and would have to say to a lawyer is hearsay without some proof. Maybe, just maybe your lawyer might be a witness to corroborate some of what you've said, but there's a good chance he's not going to want to get that involved. Afterall, he wants to keep in the good graces with these people. Even though he's a defense lawyer and supposed to be on 'your' side, that only counts while they're play acting in court. The only time lawyers will ever bare their fangs is when they have a boatload of cash to make or if they are (rarely) impassioned. You will be f'ked before his standing and reputation are. Why else do you think he was getting annoyed? Certainly not because he cares.
Maybe just going over the Sargent's head would be worth a shot? A registered letter sent to the Chief of Police? Along with copies of the release form from the DA. "which may be released to its rightful owner pursuant to your Department's policy" weasel wording for fuck him over if you want, we don't care.
If nothing else, I hope you have a full appreciation for why forums like this one exist and the passion of its members. Folks go out and buy a shotgun just because they can without a full understanding and reverence for the right that makes it so. Taking for granted that right is the single greatest thing we have going against us. The real 2A community is not nearly as large as the number of American gun owners. That is a problem and that most do not actively support the 2A groups that keep fighting to maintain that right. Bet with what you've learned here, you'd do it over differently.