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Moose Sues County Over Ruling
By DERRILL HOLLY
The Associated Press
Wednesday, May 14, 2003; 11:35 AM
GREENBELT, Md. - The police chief who helped lead the task force of investigators during last autumn's Washington-area sniper shootings filed suit Wednesday to win the right to tell his story in a book.
Lawyers for Montgomery County Chief Charles A. Moose sought a federal court injunction barring the county Ethics Commission from taking any action against him for writing about the events surrounding the shootings.
The ethics panel contends that participation in book or movie projects would allow Moose to profit from the prestige of his office and possibly compromise the prosecutions.
The lawsuit charges that Moose is being deprived of his constitutional right of free speech.
"Any attempt to sanction, prosecute or take disciplinary action against Chief Moose based upon him writing or publishing a book or working on a screenplay would violate the First Amendment," Ron A. Karp, head of Moose's legal team, told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
The task force of local, state and federal law enforcement agencies spent three weeks trying to stop the rash of shootings in the region surrounding the nation's capital...
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I guess Moose don't care about messing up a major murder case.
The Associated Press
Wednesday, May 14, 2003; 11:35 AM
GREENBELT, Md. - The police chief who helped lead the task force of investigators during last autumn's Washington-area sniper shootings filed suit Wednesday to win the right to tell his story in a book.
Lawyers for Montgomery County Chief Charles A. Moose sought a federal court injunction barring the county Ethics Commission from taking any action against him for writing about the events surrounding the shootings.
The ethics panel contends that participation in book or movie projects would allow Moose to profit from the prestige of his office and possibly compromise the prosecutions.
The lawsuit charges that Moose is being deprived of his constitutional right of free speech.
"Any attempt to sanction, prosecute or take disciplinary action against Chief Moose based upon him writing or publishing a book or working on a screenplay would violate the First Amendment," Ron A. Karp, head of Moose's legal team, told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
The task force of local, state and federal law enforcement agencies spent three weeks trying to stop the rash of shootings in the region surrounding the nation's capital...
web page
I guess Moose don't care about messing up a major murder case.
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