Hunter files lawsuit against SCDNR for wrongful arrest claim
BY Herschel Smith
3 hours, 42 minutes ago
This is really a bad look for the South Carolina DNR. I would think they would want to back out of this as quickly as possible.
First, the point of the law is not to shoot deer while spotlighting.
Second, for all the officers knew, Shane Huffman was attempting to figure out if that game standing in the field was a Coyote or Feral Hog, both of which are legal to shoot any time of the day with either thermal scopes or NV. What Shane intended by backing his truck up goes to state of mind, and it is impossible for the officers to prove that.
Third, if these officers have time to put human bait in fields and sit in cars waiting for people to stop and look at the bait, they have way to much time on their hands. I have often stopped when I saw a deer, or what I thought was a deer, in order to (a) keep from running over a deer (if it’s a doe there’s likely more around), and (b) to gauge the size and quality of the deer (who knows, maybe it’s somewhere I would want to hunt in the future).
As to (a) above, I have a guard on the front of my truck. I know a guy to hit a deer and totaled his vehicle, and another who did $26,000 worth of damage to his vehicle.
Fourth, officer Thomas should be fired for being corrupt, and officer Tatum should be fired for being so stupid.
Fifth, don’t ever talk to the police. Ever. Under any circumstances. The words are: “I invoke my fifth amendment rights and will not speak to law enforcement except in the presence of my attorney.”
Sixth, officer cameras should not have mute features.
Finally, I suspect that most state DNRs could get by with only 10% of the officers they currently have in their employ.
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