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I love how comments on the Youtube clip are moderated. I guess they don't want the mundanes commenting.
That's because us lowly mundanes don't know what we're talking about. We need to listen to our "betters."
I was another one that posted a comment & it never saw the light of YouTube. The truth hurts. In summary, Lawson complained about Mason trespassing. Florida's trespass law is in state statute 810.09. From what I saw Mason was in an outdoor area, so it is likely NOT a trespass as defined by statute since he was not inside a structure or conveyance. Outdoor trespass in FL has to generally be marked by a posted sign or a fence. It looks like they were in a parking area or some other public place.
THEFT on the other hand, s. 812.014 is the depriving one of a right to their property temporarily or permanently. If the camera was valued over $300, this is a felony.
VANDALISM, a/k/a criminal mischief, s. 806.13, is the injury or damage to the real or personal property of another. It's generally a misdemeanor unless the damage exceeds $1,000.
One has to wonder how a State Attorney can refuse to file charges when the crime was caught on tape- although this same State Attorney failed to charge a Sheriff (not a deputy) with DUI in a hit and run crash not too long ago. As a too-long time lawmaker, Lawson should know the law, and he certainly should not be above it.
Both of these candidates are prime examples of how the political class has ruined our country. Boyd, who receives over $100K in farm subsidies every year and is on the Agricultural committee, has been in elected office since 1989 and Lawson since 1981. Lawson has now been term-limited out of the FL Senate. If Lawson won the election, this would give him 31 years in elected office at the end of his first term. Any bets on him running for re-election at that point?
Vote OUT career politicians. Vote IN common-sense citizen candidates that serve a couple of terms and then let someone else serve.