What would YOU do?

There is a story <a href="http://www.journal-news.net/page/content.detail/id/520379.html?nav=5006"... about a guy who got awaken from bed and arrested. The story has many of the details, and of course, we don't how accurate they may or may not be, much less do we know how many details are missing. But put yourself in the shoes of a Mr. Dale Meadows, of 12311 Valley Road, Berkeley Springs [WV] and ask yourself what you would have done in this situation.

<a href="http://go2.wordpress.com/?id=725X1342&site=johnjacobh.wordpress.com&url=... is the story.</a>

<a href="http://johnjacobh.wordpress.com/2009/06/04/parable-of-the-good-cop-part-... is a blog that mentions the story, and even asks a few more questions.</a>

Neither our own website, nor the management thereof, is making any legal recommendations about this, or any other situation or story, by the way. We are just asking "what would you do?"

<blockquote>While the details of Meadows' alleged actions have not been made public, Shambaugh said that his prior military background may have played somewhat of a role.

"Evidently he had been disgruntled with the Veterans Administration and some other veterans' organizations. And for whatever reason, it went to the point of him making threats," Shambaugh said.

"I don't know the details of his actions, but it must have been credible enough for probable cause for a warrant for whatever he'd said or done," he said.

When his name was run through the system, Meadows was not found to have any previous history with law enforcement, Shambaugh said.

A SWAT team was assembled and team members met at the sheriff's office with the agents to conduct a briefing before going to Meadow's residence, which was located 12 miles south of town, near the Virginia line, he said.

"We took extra precautions because he is a veteran and has had weapons training, so we felt it was better to err on the side of caution," Shambaugh said. http://bit.ly/cBStPl
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