This makes me mad.
This US Air Force captain is an honored, respected member of his unit. And now, likely because of racial profiling, he's being charged with resisting arrest and obstruction of a peace officer when the officer treated him like a burglary suspect IN HIS OWN HOME. According to the article, Capt. Aquino was at home minding his own business when a police officer shows up and starts treating him like a burglary suspect. He was handcuffed and only released when he produced bills with his name and address on them to prove that he lived there. Seven weeks after the fact the Monterey County DA has apparently decided to charge Capt. Aquino with resisting arrest and obstruction of a peace officer, as mentioned before, for no real reason that I can see (of course, IANAL, but I have a friend who is who thinks this is utter bull and that there is no reason this man should have been charged).
One of my Facebook friends has started a Change.org petition to have all charges dropped against him. I'm not sure if I'm allowed to link it here or not, but if you go to the website and search "Nicolas Aquino" I'm sure you'll find it. Please please go and sign it; this is an utter travesty and I am in shock that it's happening. Capt. Aquino's very livelihood is being threatened by these ridiculous charges.
This US Air Force captain is an honored, respected member of his unit. And now, likely because of racial profiling, he's being charged with resisting arrest and obstruction of a peace officer when the officer treated him like a burglary suspect IN HIS OWN HOME. According to the article, Capt. Aquino was at home minding his own business when a police officer shows up and starts treating him like a burglary suspect. He was handcuffed and only released when he produced bills with his name and address on them to prove that he lived there. Seven weeks after the fact the Monterey County DA has apparently decided to charge Capt. Aquino with resisting arrest and obstruction of a peace officer, as mentioned before, for no real reason that I can see (of course, IANAL, but I have a friend who is who thinks this is utter bull and that there is no reason this man should have been charged).
One of my Facebook friends has started a Change.org petition to have all charges dropped against him. I'm not sure if I'm allowed to link it here or not, but if you go to the website and search "Nicolas Aquino" I'm sure you'll find it. Please please go and sign it; this is an utter travesty and I am in shock that it's happening. Capt. Aquino's very livelihood is being threatened by these ridiculous charges.
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