Court Unanimously Rules Against Sheriff Tom Knight

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The sad thing here is I remember the same crying about Balkwill and Monge. Some people will never be happy. Heres an Idea Do your job and go home to your families and remain a number. Not a big deal. Sheriffs come and go. I personally don't have a problem. Great equipment,decent pay,new headquarters. You need to look at the big picture not the petty stuff. Just san

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Knight is the ONLY Sarasota sheriff to every defy a court order. He is unstable.

Court house v. Court facility v. Court building

Knight placed what's left of his tarnished reputation on-the-line by publicly arguing that a court “house” is statutorily different than a "court “facility” – so then without proper legal reasoning, Knight outlandishly claimed that citizens can bring their CCW guns inside "court buildings." Knight’s argument is so childish and ridiculous that it defies common sense. Knight demonstrated a lack of common sense, as well as losing his unwarranted legal battle. Thank gawd the courts put Knight in his place. He is a pompous blowhard and is a threat to public safety. Case closed.

Knight felt quite comfortable defying the court order because he's always gotten his way with everything he's done. By nature and by action, he is a bully. However, Knight learned the hard way that he cannot bully around judges -- and it's all been publicized in the media, as well as being documented in the court system.

Tom, if you always do, what you've always done, then you'll always get, what you've always got -- enemies, detractors and total disrespect from "those who know you up close and personal."

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The silly semantics game that was perpetrated by Sheriff Tom Knight and state Senator Greg Steube was a complete waste of taxpayers’ money (and was a waste of the court’s time) e.g. Knight and Steube incorrectly argued that there is an alleged statutory difference between a court “house” and a court “facility.”

Steube was subsequently and grossly misguided in his incorrect argument that state statue 790.06 allegedly gives him the right to bring guns into the Sarasota Clerk of Court building. The 2nd District panel ruled that state statute 29.008 shows that the definition of court “facilities” includes court-related functions of the court “house” – and CCW permitted guns may thereby be legally prohibited from entry into a court “facility.”

The fact that the appeals court ruled “unanimously” against Knight speaks loud and clear.

From a lay person's perspective, the above is the most accurate account of this entire fiasco. However, it took a panel of judges to finally checkmate Mr. Knight's idiocy. All of those judges should get medals or awards for doing the right thing.

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The distaste for knightmare has nothing to do with people complaining about Balkwill and Monge and Hardcastle etc. It has to do with the fact that Balkwill, Monge and Hardcastle had a different philosophy than the rank and file but those men were not high school bullies like the knightmare is. Knightmare is the creepy kid in high school who had money/drugs and was taken in by the cool kids because of his money/drugs. Then the older kids left for college or prison and knightmare became a senior. Because he was part of the clique as a freshman the new cool kids didn't know any better so they wanted to be his friend. He had no business being in the clique because he had no real friends. He kept his "friends" by buying them things and bullied anyone else that questioned him because he knew his "followers" would take care of cleaning up his stupidity. Now he is the head bully, has no business being where he is and has his followers like the Hoff, Waliarsh, meatball to take of his stupidity. Yes we will always think our boss(es) are idiots but they should not be a bully. Knightmare is a classic example of fake it til you make it.

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Knight kept his "friends" by buying them things and bullied anyone else that questioned him because he knew his "followers" would take care of cleaning up his stupidity. Now Knight is the head bully, has no business being where he is and has his followers like Kurt Hoffman, John Walsh and meatball (aka Mike MERCURI0) to take of his stupidity.

This is the man arrested by VPD for disorderly conduct (aka anger management issues) when he got into a barfight over "woman issues."

http://docdro.id/DUgl1P9

Yuck! At least he was not able to overthrow the court!

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http://docdro.id/DUgl1P9

The photos of Knight that you posted are brutal reality because they are not not airbrushed or touched up or posed. Reality hurts. LOL

However, Knight gave the media a super air brushed photo and he told them to use. We'll, they did use it, but then they cut it in half in their online posting! His bald head is chopped off, so maybe you could say that it's touched up just a bit. LOL

http://www.bradenton.com/news/local/...eriff%20knight

In the big picture, the media does have a sense of equality and justice. LOL :-)

Anyways, to stay on topic, it's good that the appeals court ruled against Knight. That is true justice.

[Media]

Guest bio: Robert J. Martineau of Nokomis is a Distinguished Research Professor of Law Emeritus, University of Cincinnati. He has served as the administrator of a federal court of appeals and a state supreme court.

State Senator Greg Steube and Sheriff Tom Knight both claimed that the court’s [gun] ban did not extend to the Sarasota clerk’s office because it was not in a courthouse where court proceedings were held. Knight's claim was that he and his deputies could be sued, if they seized a gun at the entrance to the clerk’s office. This argument is completely without merit because the deputies would be carrying out a court order.

The Court of Appeal’s opinion relied entirely on interpreting state statutes, but the fact is that the legal authority of a court to control the security of all facilities that are related to the functioning of the court does not have its source in state statutes. Instead, the power is based on the status of the court, as part of a separate branch of government. As such, it has the inherent power to control both the facilities and personnel, on which it depends, to carry out the duties assigned to it by the state constitution.

The problem of guns in court facilities is not unique to Florida. For example, the national conferences of chief justices and state court administrators, working with the national sheriffs organization, developed a court security handbook which addresses a weapons policy for court facilities. It states: “Administrative offices are critical to a court’s operations, and therefore should be protected, just like any other space in the court facility.”

There is no doubt that it would be best for there to be uniform statewide policies for court security. However, under standard separation of powers rules, the body to develop these policies is the Florida Supreme Court, under its constitutionally assigned power over administration of the courts.

The state Supreme Court, and not the Legislature, has the duty and authority to deal with this crucial matter. Until it does, the 12th Circuit rules should remain in effect.

Full story:
http://www.heraldtribune.com/opinion...court-security

National conferences of chief justices, state court administrators and the national organization of sheriffs:
http://ccj.ncsc.org/~/media/Microsit...0Handbook.ashx

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All of the scanning equipment has been moved back into place, so it appears that Knight has decided to obey the court order, instead of being arrested for contempt of court. This was a legal smack down. Finally!!!

Your delusional. It was quite brilliant. He has appeased Steube and the Judge. Pretty good and took the burden right off his back. Well played.

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Knight is the ONLY Sarasota sheriff to every defy a court order. He is unstable.



Knight felt quite comfortable defying the court order because he's always gotten his way with everything he's done. By nature and by action, he is a bully. However, Knight learned the hard way that he cannot bully around judges -- and it's all been publicized in the media, as well as being documented in the court system.

Tom, if you always do, what you've always done, then you'll always get, what you've always got -- enemies, detractors and total disrespect from "those who know you up close and personal."

It was appeal to a higher court. Even the judge has a boss. He can't be too unstable the governor and the taxpayers are fine with him. Just a few disgruntled crybabies

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The distaste for knightmare has nothing to do with people complaining about Balkwill and Monge and Hardcastle etc. It has to do with the fact that Balkwill, Monge and Hardcastle had a different philosophy than the rank and file but those men were not high school bullies like the knightmare is. Knightmare is the creepy kid in high school who had money/drugs and was taken in by the cool kids because of his money/drugs. Then the older kids left for college or prison and knightmare became a senior. Because he was part of the clique as a freshman the new cool kids didn't know any better so they wanted to be his friend. He had no business being in the clique because he had no real friends. He kept his "friends" by buying them things and bullied anyone else that questioned him because he knew his "followers" would take care of cleaning up his stupidity. Now he is the head bully, has no business being where he is and has his followers like the Hoff, Waliarsh, meatball to take of his stupidity. Yes we will always think our boss(es) are idiots but they should not be a bully. Knightmare is a classic example of fake it til you make it.

Wow you got all that figured out. Maybe you should run for Sheriff. Sounds like someone with a big grudge. You can not even call him YOUR SHERIFF. Good luck with all that hatred. Man I bet you are one stressed out individual.