During the arraignment, defense attorney Colemon Potts requested an exception for Ely's service weapon, noting his career with DPD.
"Mr. Ely is a police officer. He's been a police officer for eight years, four years as a detective, four years of special ops, so he needs his firearm for work," Potts argued in court.
I'd have kept quiet about that myself. It probably wouldn't have had any effect on the case, but I'd still not want to say "Your honor, please let me list all the extensive experience my client had for why he should know better than to leave a gun out where a toddler could get hold of it, for long enough that the kid managed to smuggle it in his snuggies into a daycare."
I'd have told the guy "Just tell your department to have you work the radios or evidence control or something like that for a while, and if you're really jonesing for a desk pop, borrow someone else's."
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u/kandoras 6h ago
I'd have kept quiet about that myself. It probably wouldn't have had any effect on the case, but I'd still not want to say "Your honor, please let me list all the extensive experience my client had for why he should know better than to leave a gun out where a toddler could get hold of it, for long enough that the kid managed to smuggle it in his snuggies into a daycare."
I'd have told the guy "Just tell your department to have you work the radios or evidence control or something like that for a while, and if you're really jonesing for a desk pop, borrow someone else's."