‘It’s My Gun’: Minn. Man Beaten, Arrested for Reportedly Carrying Handgun… Despite Having Concealed Carry Permit
- Posted on June 25, 2012 at 1:53pm by
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A Minneapolis man says he suffered a concussion after receiving a beating from five police officers who attacked him after they noticed he was carrying a gun in his waist band, WCCO-TV in Minnesota reports.
The problem is, Zachary King has a concealed carry permit to lawfully carry the firearm. He argues police still attacked him anyway as he was leaving a local nightclub on Father’s Day night even after he told them he was carrying the permit.
“’I have my conceal and carry, and it’s my gun.’ And soon as I said that he grabbed me by my neck, slammed me against the wall, snatched my gun out the holster, started waving it in the air saying ‘gun, gun, gun,’” King said.
King also told WCCO he said nothing disrespectful to the officers and made no sudden movements that could have warranted the reaction from police.
“Then four other officers just came and slammed me on my face, one of the officers had me by my head just banging it on the sidewalk,” he said.
The permit was eventually discovered but King was reportedly taken to jail anyway.
WCCO has more on the incident:
King says officers eventually went for his back pocket and his wallet to get his weapons permit.
“And he goes like this to show them that I have my card and they stopped beating me,” said King.
King was then taken to the hospital before his last stop, jail.
It should be noted that King was previously arrested and not charged after recording police in April — a video he says showed an abuse of power. Additionally, he was acquitted of manslaughter in 2008 after his pit bull mauled to death his 7-year-old son. King’s attorney, Michael Padden, says his client, then “has zero criminal record.”
WCCO incorrectly identified the attorney as “Mike Patton.” The Blaze recently spoke with Padden and verified his identity.
“It takes a lot of courage to come forward in this type of situation. He doesn’t want to see this happen to other people,” said Padden.
Still, King was ultimately charged in the most recent incident with misdemeanor obstructing the legal process, according to KAAL-TV in Minnesota.
“There will be no plea and we’ll take the case to trial, if need be,” said Padden.
The photos below, courtesy of WCCO, show the extent of King’s injuries:
King says a bystander was able to capture the attack on video, a portion of which can be seen in the video at the top of this report. Padden is reportedly coordinating with Internal Affairs and hopes that street video from Minneapolis Police cameras will also shed some light on the incident.
Minneapolis Police told WCCO they cannot comment on the case because an open civilian review authority investigation is currently underway.
KAAL reports that several dozen people staged rallies in Minneapolis Friday denouncing police brutality following the incident.
“No justice, no peace. Prosecute the police,” the groups could be heard chanting.
According to the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, residents are prohibited from carrying their handguns while at the following places:
- School property
- A childcare center while children are present
- Public colleges and universities – may have policy restricting the carrying of weapons on their premises by employees and students while on campus
- Private establishments that have posted a sign banning guns on their premises
- Private establishments who have personally informed the permit holder that guns are prohibited and demands compliance
- Places of employment, public or private, if employer restricts the carry or possession of firearms by is employees
- State correctional facilities or state hospitals and grounds (MN Statute 243.55)
- Any jail, lockup or correctional facility (MN Statute 641.165)
- Courthouse complexes, unless the sheriff is notified (MN Statute 609.66)
- Offices and courtrooms of the Minnesota Supreme Court and Court of Appeals
- Any state building in the Capitol Area of St. Paul described in MN Statute Chapter 15B unless the commissioner of public safety is notified (MN Statute 609.66)
- In federal court facilities or other federal facilities (Title 18 U.S.C.§ 930)
We searched Minnesota’s statute database and could not find any mention of a restriction against carrying a pistol into an establishment that serves alcohol, however, concealed carry holders are generally discouraged from carrying places like bars, especially when drinking alcohol.
Further, Minnesota statute 624.7142 says it is a crime to carry a concealed handgun when under the influence of alcohol. It is unclear whether King had been drinking that night.
This story has been updated with additional information.
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lukerw
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:22pmIF YOU CANNOT TRUST THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO ENFORCE LEGAL LAW… why should you Trust a Blue State of City?
Report Post »cessna152
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:26pmPlaces off-limits when carrying (MN):
1. School property
2. A childcare center while children are present
3. Public colleges and universities – may have policy restricting the carrying of weapons on their premises by employees and students while on campus
4. Private establishments that have posted a sign banning guns on their premises
5. Private establishments who have personally informed the permit holder that guns are prohibited and demands compliance
6. Places of employment, public or private, if employer restricts the carry or possession of firearms by is employees
7. State correctional facilities or state hospitals and grounds (MN Statute 243.55)
8. Any jail, lockup or correctional facility (MN Statute 641.165)
9. Courthouse complexes, unless the sheriff is notified (MN Statute 609.66)
10. Offices and courtrooms of the Minnesota Supreme Court and Court of Appeals
11. Any state building unless the commissioner of public safety is notified (MN Statute 609.66)
12. In a field while hunting big game by archery, except when hunting bear (MN Statute 97B.211)
13. In federal court facilities or other federal facilities (Title 18 U.S.C.§ 930)
Nothing about night clubs. Officers should be arrested!
Report Post »michael48
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:30pmwhat in He!! is ANYBOY doing in a state that elects franken to ANYTHING…Minn-ta-soak-ya…
Report Post »cessna152
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:34pmHowever, if you CC and you “print” or officer sees your gun exposed… that’s a big “no no”. I am guessing that’s what happened.However, that’s some serious scars/damage on him.
Report Post »turkey13
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:57pmWhat a dummie – he got what he deserved!. After all the articles on the net and news about people up there being arrested with carry permits tou think folks would avoid all those states. That whole area is on my no fly list. If people would skip these states and spend their money else where people woyuld be fired and vote in people with common sense. It’s craze up there. Like NYC and Bloomie will let you carry and recognize your carry permit, if you pay $1200.00 for a temp. permit.
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 3:09pm@Cessna
Incorrect on “printing”. Minnesota has both concealed and open carry enabled with a CHL. Ergo, if he was carrying it on a necklace around his neck (in a holster) or concealed, or anything inbetween (so called “printing”) makes no difference, legally. You can print in MN in other words (same in Ohio and many other states with open carry).
Report Post »SLAPTHELEFT
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 3:16pmDont know about Minn law, but Florida law and restaurant carry law says no alcohol while carrying legally. One drink puts you in the wrong.
May not have anything to do with this case. Guess more facts will have to come out. Dont worry Al and jesse should be there by morning. Maybe.
Report Post »SLAPTHELEFT
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 3:19pmIf the officers are found to have used excessive force, this gentleman will be paid handsomely. I dont think there is a need to call for executions or shootings yet.
The black panthers will be there to do that.
Report Post »black9897
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 3:36pmDoesn’t matter. Every state needs to be an open carry state (without requiring a permit). I don’t think obtaining a permit to carry concealed should be required. Criminals already have the guns and will carry concealed anyhow. Simply carrying a gun is not a crime, no valid cause of action. Police have NO legal obligation to protect us (as seen here, they do what they do best and that is attack people). Bower v. Devito. Only person you can count on to protect you is YOU.
Report Post »dimitrisokolov
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 3:41pmThat should be a few million dollar lawsuit and the police officers should be fired immediately. Police officers that don‘t know the law shouldn’t be working the streets to begin with.
wdittgasn
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 3:46pmI notice that the first place mentioned that you cannot carry a gun in a school….. Of all places a school is the one place people should carry a gun is on school grounds….. That is where most of the mass shootings take place….. How many school shootings have we had??… How many might lives might have been saved if there were someone there with a gun to stop the shooter??….. And just know this, making LAWS to forbid people from carrying on school property will not stop the person that is going to bring a gun for the purpose of shooting everyone,because they are planning to break the LAW anyway in the most terrible way.
Report Post »KeystoneState
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 3:48pmWell call me crazy, but wouldn’t any state laws concerning guns be unconstitutional undet the Second and Tenth amendment?
Report Post »wdittgasn
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 3:51pmThe problem here is that the guy’s name is King, and everybody knows that if you are black and your name is King, you get beat up by police….. seems to be so.
Report Post »WAKEUPUSA2012
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 3:57pmTo hell with those evil pig cops.
Report Post »BenFrank1791
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 4:04pm@Cessna
However, if you CC and you “print” or officer sees your gun exposed… that’s a big “no no”.
Not in Florida, in fact any officer that attempts to arrest or detain for seeing a “print” of a firearm, is Personally subject to fine. Including the department for which they serve. Florida state preemption law holds all officers and their department accountable to State Law over local codes. Failure to comply can result in fine and prosecution as well as civil action.
Report Post »wdittgasn
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 4:07pmKEYSTONESTATE….. I once had a gun confiscated by the police, went to jail, and charged with a crime for carrying a small pistol….. All of which under the constitution is my right to do….. This was before CC permits, you were not allowed to conceal it, but under the constitution why would that be wrong???…. You were however allowed by law to OPEN CARRY, but how much trouble will come if you do this???!!!……. And they have a LAW to defeat the open carry so as to make it IMPOSSIBLE, to carry agun….. It is called armed to the terror of the public…. if someone so much as thinks about complaining about your open carry, BAM there you go…. The government is in the process of disarming it’s citizens…. How many times have you here about a guy arrested for something that has nothing to do with guns or violence, but they take all of his guns away and never will he see them again??…. What do you think FAST AND FURIOUS was about, it was a behind the scenes attempt to bring about GUN CONTROL… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pKasF6l3y0 …. Watch this and you will understand.
Report Post »Nauck Wind Song
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 4:21pmClassic Constructive treason ? exaggerated false pretence ! unjustly seeking to conspire to deprive, it seams to me the paid common defense had no right to attack this man was in full right with in the respected {consent} to be zone of the 3rd Amendment, http://www.constitution.org/uslaw/defunlaw.htm Story affirmed the right of self-defense by persons held illegally. In his own writings, he had admitted that ‘a situation could arise in which the checks-and-balances principle ceased to work and the various branches of government concurred in a gross usurpation.’ There would be no usual remedy by changing the law or passing an amendment to the Constitution, should the oppressed party be a minority. Story concluded, ‘If there be any remedy at all … it is a remedy never provided for by human institutions.’ That was the ‘ultimate right of all human beings in extreme cases to resist oppression, and to apply force against ruinous injustice.’” (From Mutiny on the Amistad by Howard Jones, Oxford University Press, 1987, an account of the reading of the decision in the case by Justice Joseph Story of the Supreme Court.
Report Post »As for grounds for arrest: “The carrying of arms in a quiet, peaceable, and orderly manner, concealed on or about the person, is not a breach of the peace. Nor does such an act of itself, lead to a breach of the peace.” (Wharton’s Criminal and Civil Procedure, 12th Ed., Vol.2: Judy v. Lashley, 5 W. Va. 628, 41 S.E. 197)
Maxim Crux
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 4:23pmGhostOfJefferson, you are right. Open carry is written in the ohio constitution.
Report Post »gperky
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 4:35pmThe problem is that it is already on the computer screen or communicated by dispatch when you run a ‘wants and warrant’ on anyone, you can bet that if he has a carry permit, it will come up. That officer knew ahead of time that this guy had a carry permit!
Report Post »Favored93
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 4:39pmDo the police not understand that things like this are EXACTLY why the public is becoming more and more distrustful of our men in blue?
Report Post »Do they not know that one of the things our gun rights are for is so that we can protect ourselves even from our own Government? Or do they still teach our officers the constitution any more?
I do not believe we should take up arms against the cops but man this is not good at all!!!!
We should not have to fear them…. our system was set up so that they should fear us.
Walkabout
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 4:43pmThese officers need to go.
They can’t blindly follow a bad cop.
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 4:45pmThere are not going to be 2nd amendment rights for anyone, if law abiding African-Americans are consistently hassled for legally carrying.
Report Post »Maji
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 4:48pmCessna,
Don’t Know about minn. but thats not true in most states!
As long as they a reasonable attempt to cover the gun (under a shirt,jacket)
it is not“open carry”.
Now If they see it while they are flogging you I don’t know how that works!!
Other than painfuly.
If the truth is being told here, the cops are wrong.
Report Post »mils
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 4:49pmofficers were out of line…they should have stood their ground…made him stop..produce the permit…not beat the crap out of him then see the permit…
Report Post »lawrench
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 5:03pmHaving just taken my class for “Permit to Carry” in Minnesota, the permit allows open and concealed carry. There is not a Concealed Weapons permit in Minnesota, it is a Permit to Carry. Even so, the law allowing for the Permit to Carry states that if you are under the influence of Alcohol, you must NOT have an alcohol level of .04. So, this article is speaking about abuse, not the fact that the man may or may not have been legally intoxicated. Since this man has had some legal issues in the past, it brings into question how innocent he actually is/was.
robstoddard
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 5:26pmI think this man was clearly in violation if the gun was visible, however, a discreet “hide that gun better” was called for. In such cases as this, an ancient law should be resurrected; police abuse should be rewarded with ‘full outlawry’ for the police officer that does it. That way, the people whom he’s beaten over the years will haunt the remainder of his existence.
Report Post »Mr.Fitnah
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 5:39pm@ slapleft
The 2011 Florida Statutes
Title XLVI
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Chapter 790
WEAPONS AND FIREARMS
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790.151 Using firearm while under the influence of alcoholic beverages, chemical substances, or controlled substances; penalties.—
(1) As used in ss. 790.151-790.157, to “use a firearm” means to discharge a firearm or to have a firearm readily accessible for immediate discharge.
(2) For the purposes of this section, “readily accessible for immediate discharge” means loaded and in a person’s hand.
(3) It is unlawful and punishable as provided in subsection (4) for any person who is under the influence of alcoholic beverages, any chemical substance set forth in s. 877.111, or any substance controlled under chapter 893, when affected to the extent that his or her normal faculties are impaired, to use a firearm in this state.
(4) Any person who violates subsection (3) commits a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
(5) This section does not apply to persons exercising lawful self-defense or defense of one’s property.
History.—s. 1, ch. 91-84; s. 1210, ch. 97-102.
kryptonite
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 6:02pmThe two cases are not identical, but see what happens when someone bangs your head against the sidewalk? This was an adult doing the slamming, but King is twice the size and a lot tougher than tiny Zimm. Plus, the police thug did not hit King with full force, or he would have killed him.
Report Post »brokenarrow41
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 6:21pmI don’t know the facts but it appears the police acted stupidly!
Report Post »Unix
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 7:19pmIf he was visibly drunk or causing a commotion then the officers may arrest him, even if he has a CCP. However, since there is no mention of any of this, then until more information comes to light, I think the police are in error here and should be kicked off the force for brutality. Keep in mind we don’t know all of the facts, this is just an opinion!
Report Post »From Virginia
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 7:46pmScrew the feds – this is the second story today about bully cops. If you can’t trust cops (and there are increasing stories all across the country that you can’t) then the breakdown of society is near. Our cops are turning into the same kind of corrupt cops in third world countries.
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 8:02pmgperky
The problem is that it is already on the computer screen or communicated by dispatch when you run a ‘wants and warrant’ on anyone, you can bet that if he has a carry permit, it will come up. That officer knew ahead of time that this guy had a carry permit!
___
I hadn’t thought of that. It just means the officer’s crime is more heinous. It should mean more time.
Report Post »GunSlingerTexas
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 8:16pm2nd Amendment to the United States Constitution: A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
Report Post »14th Amendment to the United States Constitution: Section. 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. WHAT PART OF SHALL NOT INFRINGE or NO STATE SHALL MAKE OR ENFORCE ANY LAW WHICH SHALL ABRIDGE THE PRIV OR IMMUNITIES OF THE CITIZENS do you people not understand??? THE politicians and police are violating your freedom every day. Just carry and then SUE THE CRAP out of them!
So where does it say that you need a permission from the government to carry concealed or open carry?? WHERE is the Amendment that OVERRIDES the 2nd or 14th Amends? most POLICE are THUGS that have no understanding of freedom or the US CONSTITUTION!! Commit a crime with a gun go to prison for a long time! Possession is not a crime!! Americans are slaves to the government and police, it is right where the politicians want you!
Uranium Wedge
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 8:38pmAnother jackass cop looking for a power rush.
Report Post »Meyvn
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 8:49pmThe cops are wrong. Again (Bike incident). He needs to sue the department in a big way. Proper concealment, even if open carry is allowed, goes a long way to avoid riff-raff such as this and I couldn’t care less if he was in a night club or not. I hope were not seeing an emerging pattern here with LEO’s.
Report Post »wdittgasn
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 8:53pmPermits are against the constitution, it says nothing about permits…..YOUR PERMIT TO CARRY A GUN CONCEALED OR OPEN IS CALLED THE CONSTITUTION, PERMITS ARE ONLY A WAY FOR THE GOV. TO TAKE OUR RIGHTS AWAY!
Report Post »jzs
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 9:26pmI’ve read here that most crimes are committed by blacks. Of course the police are suspicious of a black guy whose got a gun hanging out there. They probably read this website! This isn‘t about the right to carry guns it’s about Blazers believing that a blacks are dangerous, particularly blacks carrying guns. Particularly if they’re drinking.
Now once you get it out of your head that this is about the right to carry, and really about a scary black guy with a gun hanging out for everyone to see, you’ll realize the police action was completely justified. What would you think if some big black guy was walking down the street with a firearm by his side? Would you think he was a fine gun carrying American? Or a scary black guy?
Of course these cops went after him. They’re people just like you.
Report Post »From Virginia
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 9:35pmI’m almost beginning to believe that these cops might all be plants. Like gays in the clergy to destroy the trust of the flock, these cops are plants to destroy the trust of the people.
Report Post »Kalish
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 9:37pmCops are getting out of hand just like the politicians, federal agencies and some voters, we need to take this country back like our forefathers did, before it is too late
Report Post »drenfroe
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 10:12pmThat’s it in a nutshell. Heart goes out to this dude.
Report Post »1947
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 10:48pmNow America Black or White you are now seeing Obama move to control GUNS…….In St. Louis this weekend the MP’s with TANKS when in the streets. The word was to control GUNS…….. He’s not going to lose the office in November. He’s just like the Mulsims Brotherhood or he is just that
Report Post »KevINtampa
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 11:03pmI hope that this gentle men’s story adds up; I pray it does. If let’s say he walked out of the bar and deliberately, but in subtle fashion flashed his waist band as a taunt to provoke an incident, in front of the cameras. I would like to see ALL video taken on all the devices between ALL parties. Every cop and everyone in the party. This means the last year of all the footage of these cops, and the entire footage of everyone accompanying those involved. Both the guy with the gun, but more importantly the guy with the camera and the guy who uploaded it. Get the entire story because it’s important.
If these cops in any way have a history, and the state has a 10-20 life law, give’em 20 years mandatory. Every last one of them that’s dirty and was involved and carrying a gun commited a felony while carrying a firearm..
If you can find evidence that this was an orchestrated and planned incident, charge the camera man with conspiracy and aiding and abetting in a crime. Give the man with the gun 20.
If there’s evidence of both, charge all of them and let the jury decide.
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Report Post »KevINtampa
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 11:05pmHere’s the link:
http://www.disinfo.com/2011/04/department-of-justice-declares-new-orleans-police-force-a-threat-to-the-safety-of-the-public/
If that doesn’t tell you what we are up against, nothing will.
Report Post »hayesstephen
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 11:07pmI live in Oregon and have a C.C.l I’ve carried a gun for about twenty four years. I have been pulled over for one thing or another. When I’m carrying , I hand my driver license I also give them my conceal carry license. They ask where the weapon is and I tell them on my left hip, I also offer to show it and have never been asked to surrender it. The police have the right to inspect and can confiscate it four twenty hours. Here in Oregon its not a big deal. Now there is no law that requires a C.C.L. to inform the police that we are armed. It’s good manners to do so and the officers appreciate the information. These cops need to fired and legal charges brought against them. Shameful cops acting like thugs.
Report Post »rickc34
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 12:12amIts Obamas fault…psalm 109 v6-20
Report Post »wzanesdad
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 12:50amBLACK9897,
Report Post »You’re right…these permits are illegal BS. This is exactly why I live in Arizona.
opar5
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 12:51amInteresting that politicians on so many levels create so many free-fire zones where criminals can be fairly sure that no responsible citizen will be able to shoot back.
Report Post »Therightsofbilly
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 12:58amJZS says:
“I’ve read here that most crimes are committed by blacks.”
JZS,
That must be your opinion you idiot. I don’t know what posts you are reading, but I see nothing of the sort here. Most seem to be on his side.
You just never like to miss a chance to spew your “scary black guy” schpeel.
Projecting a little bit there JZSaul?
Let me clear something up for you…….Most,……..no, actually ALL CRIMES are committed by criminals JZS. And they come in all colors, male and female alike.
What I would be most scared of is a Birkenstock wearing liberal with a gun.
Report Post »AshogNorth
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 2:22amJust to clarify some facts that are wrong in this story:
1.) We have a Permit to CARRY in Minnesota. This means it allows us to carry concealed or open. There is no legal difference between the two and printing of a concealed firearm is not mentioned in the law so therefore has no legal weight.
2.) You can drink and have a BAC of 0.04 or lower, but if you are drinking in public and carrying you better expect to be arrested because you will be over 0.04 with one or two beers. No law mentions carrying into a bar and is legal.
3.) You can stow your gun in the “rear most compartment” of your vehicle in the parking lot of any of those illegal locations. The ammo and gun must be separated if it is stowed in a vehicle while you are not present, otherwise if you are in your vehicle the gun must be on or about your person.
Report Post »boomboom
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 2:35amAll Heil our new OverLords : the local brown-shirt cops.
Report Post »IndyGuy
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 6:58amWe are now at war with our Government!!!
Report Post »Meyvn
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 7:26am@IndyGuy: In many ways we are.
Report Post »Meyvn
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 7:30am@wdittgasn: Agreed. Permits are unconstitutional.
Report Post »SocialistSlayer
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 9:42amWe are becoming an out of control Police State – It’s scary – I don’t trust any Government Official or police any more. Even the local Government workers are on power trips and out of control. We need to take our country back!
Report Post »I support God's Israel!
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 9:50amI am in OHIO and I have a concealed carry permit. I would NEVER think of carrying a gun anywhere except to my gun club and in my church. NEVER CARRY A GUN IN A BAR.
The ONLY reason a person would carry their gun is to SHOW OFF or to pretend they are someone they are not. However, MAYBE this guy was in a dangerous bar, and then, why would anyone go someone that was dangerous unless you are looking for trouble.
However, these cops were PLAIN WRONG in kicking the snot out of this guy. I HOPE THIS GUY DOES SUE. I don’t even carry my gun in my car. I only have it because I belong to a gun club and must carry my guns to and from the club. If I am out with my friends drinking, I NEVER CARRY MY GUN – NEVER because I KNOW exactly what COULD happen. DUH.
But, having said all that, clearly the police were in the WRONG and I am sure it will be proven in court.
Report Post »stevieb65
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 11:06am@CESSNA152
“However, if you CC and you “print” or officer sees your gun exposed… that’s a big “no no”. I am guessing that’s what happened.However, that’s some serious scars/damage on him.”
What?? Minnesota is an open carry state with a license…
Report Post »cmi
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 2:16pmThese cops should be arrested for felonous assault & battery, serve jail time, & fired from the dept.!!!!! This man was as legal as he could possibly be!!! Who the hell does these half-wit pigs think they are, to beat up a guy that is as legal as they are!!! No wonder our police is getting such a bad reputation!! I hope he sues hell out of them!!!!
Report Post »Exgijoe96
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 3:07pmI smell a civil rights lawsuit. Remember amendment 2? I am in North Carolina , our officers are reminded by our Pro Gun attorney General Roy Cooper , ” Remember you are dealing with a person legally exercising there constitutional rights. They should be treated as such and treated with respect.” Sounds like these guys need a career change.
Report Post »RJL
Posted on June 27, 2012 at 6:40amLet’s see, 2:30 am and just coming out of a night club. “heeb obifcer i wasbent brinking i meeeen drinkeeen” give me a break. You go to a place that sells alcohol and you drink.
Drunk and guns do not mix and this rant about authority and officers is puzzling.
If we have bad Police then it is because of the lousy pay that they get.
At minimum they should start at 100,000/year. Problem solved. School teachers should not be paid 100grand/year for part time work. Glen Beck should not be paid 100million for bloviating.
Report Post »slkgej6
Posted on June 27, 2012 at 5:07pmIt’s interesting that anyone thinks it is okay for ANY restrictions are okay on weapons of any kind on any kind of government funded property or anyplace excepting private property in which the owners have required disarmament as a condition to entering the property. The Bill of Rights does not give governments any wiggle room here. It states, “…the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.“ By acknowledging that government has the right to take away or prohibit weapons on ANY property in order to ensure ”safety” is giving leeway to the inevitable…taking away firearms completely. If government is allowed to deprive us of our rights in order to protect us, then government is what we need protected from. These laws should be challenged over and over again until the government gives up. Even concealed carry permits violate that concept. It acknowledges that the government has the right to determine when and if a citizen has the right to defend themselves. Sorry, folks, but it will be colder than the absolute cold of darkest space before I ask a government employee if it’s okay to kill someone attempting to harm me, my family and anyone around me. I grew up in Montana. We took guns to school, not inside, but mounted in racks in our rear windows, so we could hunt. Nobody ever stole anything. Why? Because they would have been killed. We don’t need fewer guns, we need fewer people who believe they need permission to keep and bear arms.
Report Post »Hora
Posted on June 27, 2012 at 5:25pmThis is a problem in many Citys,in especial where a Mayor are Dem,a lot of Police department are out of control,in a case ofthat man,and if black,I am sure a Cops was white,attack a citizen and that City protect a criminalks with uniform.See why we must paid taxes for paid salaries to a crazy criminals?We a citizen must assault a police depatment and beating all Cops until send to a Hospital,and confiscate all weapon.Yes that cop is suppost arrest and prosecute,but that City is will protect.Citizen must carry a weapon for protect her self from a crazy Cops are in a street.Cops must going working unarm,with no weapon,only with a baton.I am a former especial Cop in Cleveland OH,but now I am againt all Cops who for me are a legal criminals.
Report Post »franklinmintjulep
Posted on July 1, 2012 at 4:46pm@cessna152
Report Post »I don’t dispute your list- but wish to comment on it- #9 ans #13 seem reasonable- the rest should be legislatively wiped away
romad1099
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 2:35pmThis guy has a long history of obstructing police,fighting with them, and generally not following their orders as was the instance in this case. It was bar close in downtown Minneapolis on a Sunday night (when all the gang bangers come out, they don’t have to work Monday morning) There have been numerous shootings and when the cops (my buddies) saw him in the crowd with a gun, they ordered him down (police procedure) and when he refused the took him down. Remember, this guy had a dangerous pit bull tied up in his basement. He let his 8 year old son go play with it. The dog killed the 8 year old kid. Father of the year?
Report Post »SageInWaiting
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:21pmThis world has gone insane! In Minneapolis and Dallas it seems it’s the police; in Detroit last night they believe one person set 10 abandoned houses and a church on fire. “Bath salts” creating a horror film plots come to life on our streets. Absolutely senseless murders and violence committed by people you’d think would know better. In a country turned over to a reprobate mind, it’s can only get worse.
Report Post »SLAPTHELEFT
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 3:20pmAgreed.
Report Post »michael48
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 3:47pm2nd amendment that..progressing rapidly to crap…by design…
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 4:26pmIndeed, this will get worse. I feel we are seeing part of the growing chaos that Obama wants to have happen as the elections grow closer.
Report Post »betaraybill
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 7:46pmThe Detroit thing was a message to Mayor Bing who just announced 100+ lay-offs in the fire department.
Report Post »Unix
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 7:58pmCan’t say as I disagree sage, I think the experiment has gone terribly wrong, thanks to progressives.
Report Post »VanceUppercut
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 1:21pm@Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Yes, Obama also created cancer and AIDS, he causes tornadoes and earthquakes, and he was really the one who assassinated Archduke Ferdinand, thus sparking World War I.
Report Post »romad1099
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 2:37pmThis guy has a long history of obstructing police,fighting with them, and generally not following their orders as was the instance in this case. It was bar close in downtown Minneapolis on a Sunday night (when all the gang bangers come out, they don’t have to work Monday morning) There have been numerous shootings and when the cops (my buddies) saw him in the crowd with a gun, they ordered him down (police procedure) and when he refused the took him down. Remember, this guy had a dangerous pit bull tied up in his basement. He let his 8 year old son go play with it. The dog killed the 8 year old kid. Father of the year?
Report Post »billrow
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:21pmSadly this behavior by cops has become more and more common since the militarization of American police forces began back in the 1960′s
Report Post »HKS
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:30pmStill looks like settlement time to me.
Report Post »last frontier
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:46pmCompare this to the border patrol agent twisting the 15 year old drug smugglers arm who was severly punished, or any of our troops that do this in a war zone get brought up on charges and get the boot. I would have to say this behavior compares more to Hitlers Homosexuel squad of brownshirts than the US military. Kinda of ironic, but THE BEATING, must of had something to do with his last name.
Report Post »Recceman90
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 3:40pm@ Last Frontier….Governments are always more scared of the “enemy” within….then they are about true enemies of the country.
Report Post »2GodBeTheGlory
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:19pmIf found guilty by all available evidence, these “officers of the peace” should be charged with criminal negligence, assault, breach of peace, and potentially attempted murder in the second degree (i.e. slamming someones head into a wall can reasonably cause death). This is why more responsible adults should carry, if you have 20 responsible adults with guns then a rouge officer of small group might think twice on how they act and react to a situation, and even if they don’t, then the offenders will be forced to calm down. For those that say that citizens should not interrupt or get involved with police actions, I would refer you to the start of this country and the Declaration of Independence. Yes, the individual might in fact be a bad guy, but police officers do not have that right to make that choice in the end, the people do. If it is your belief that an officer is “better” than a citizen, then you should go back to England under a kings rule. Remember, police officers do not prevent crimes, nor protect people, they investigate and bring criminals to the courts for judgment.
If I have 10 seconds to protect my family, I’m not going for the phone….
Report Post »HamRadioman
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:37pmGreat post!!
Report Post »MetalPatriot
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 10:41pmAgreed, excellent post.
Report Post »tothepoint
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:16pmInstead of jumping to conclusions, let’s wait until the facts come out.
Report Post »After all, recent history should have taught us something about these dramatic news items which later turn out to be false.
Let the facts come out and let the chips fall where they may.
Fubared
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:21pmThanks, tired of grinding teeth over some of our bretheren.
Report Post »SLEAZYHIPPOs ILLEGITIMATE OFFSPRING
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:28pmI agree, one of the biggest problems with our media is they are opportunists looking for politically correct stories to tell in order to further legitimize certain ideologies….Context is everything and unfortunately in our sound bite world context is rarely communicated thoroughly and accurately. Having said that if this is being accurately conveyed not only should these policemen loose their jobs they should be prosecuted for assault and bodily injury and forced to pay fines and hospital bills and damages. My concern is that I am seeing an alarming trend of officers who think they are above the law because they wear a badge and a gun. I know there are many brave men and women in law enforcement that don’t have egos and do their very best in a very difficult job, but these types of incidents must be met with strong consequences when found to be unwarranted.
Report Post »MN NICE
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:52pmYup, let‘s hear the law’s side of the story before we get out the rope… Most law abiding citizens (whether they carry or not) don’t make the evening news… King’s been in front of the camera a number of times…
And to MICHAEL48 (above) – many of us are still baffled how that goofy b@st@ard Franken got into office…
Report Post »johnjamison
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:53pmhttp://www.theblaze.com/stories/you-fu-with-me-cop-threatens-concealed-carry-gun-owner-during-traffic-stop/
Report Post »GRINDING TEETH IS JUST THE START….NAZIS LIKE THOSE IN THIS STORY NEED TO BE BARRED FROM ALL ARMS SERVICES NOT JUST POLICE DEPARTMENTS
last frontier
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 3:00pmYou mean wait until the Department spin Doctors Massage the story into something that makes you feel better.
Report Post »FedUpWithLibs
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:16pmI’m not sure how credible someone who trains their dog to be so mean they kill their son is, but these cop need to be made an example of.
Report Post »Bruce P.
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:26pmYou don’t need to train a dog to be mean. A dog is an animal, and sometimes, though rare, what was a loving pet can turn.
Report Post »Cavallo
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:31pm. You don’t really need to train a pit bull to kill children. Certain subsets of that breed are vicious by nature and genetics. The owning of certain breeds of dogs is seen as macho in some segments of society, and the man could very well have just gotten an ill bred monster in waiting. That’s offering the benefit of a doubt. However, with the evidence we have just in this story, the assault he suffered at the hands of LEOs is not warranted and he should file suit.. given the information we have so far.
Report Post »TomP215
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:39pmWhere did it say he trained his dog to maul his kids? I love dogs and I opposed breed bans BUT animal husbandry definitely plays a part, a big part in an animal’s behavior. Incorrect breeding or improper handling of a dog with certain drives cause most of these cases. Some dogs are aggressive by nature, that doesn’t make them bad, it just makes them unsuited for most homes. Dogs need to be bred for a job, not for apperance, and people need to understand the nature of thier dogs and thier drives.
Report Post »Fubared
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 7:33pmTom
Report Post »Pit bulls are status symbols-like an Escalade pimped out or a Gucci bag or drawers to your knees. Peeps intent on bling don’t exactly do the dog husbandry thing, dog. Well said, but doesn’t seem to apply to a huge lack of common sense all around this story. We still at a story a week on Pit maulings and the spca‘s are full of them and you can’t swing a cat in most inner cities without smacking a dumped pit or Obammy supporter.
right-wing-waco
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:15pmWelcome to the police state under the communist methods. I hope these cops are fired and jailed.
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:15pmthere is more to this story,i will hold off in making a remark,unlike obama and some of you here”“ the police acted stupidly ”” i know things are going to the dogs with our constitution hating politicians, but until they can have it abolished,then it is still the law,no matter how some people view it, yes some police have taken their laws to the max,but usually they end up losing, and some civilians push the limits to the max,no matter what or how old the constitution is,it is still the rule of this great country, if people don’t like it or what it stands for,let them leave this great country,and if some want to try and make up their own interpretation of the laws,then they will have to face the consequences, again,i will wait until all the facts are in before i make a remark.
Report Post »brntout
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:15pmWhat the hell are you doing at that moment that police are looking at you to begin with to warrant their attention????
Report Post »SquidVetOhio
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:33pmDoesn’t matter. I’m sure they were presuming him innocent. *ahem. He wasn’t charged with anything else.
Report Post »Kisses6350
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:40pmBeing “Being Black in America”……………………..***Smirks***
Report Post »chips1
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:40pmSure would like to know why so many officers were already at that night club.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:56pmThe way things happen at these type situations, why in the world do the police continue to respond so fast to a call for help? If they just slow down, the emergency will already be over and taking a report and cleaning up the bodies won’t put them in a situation that could cost them their job. Issue brooms and shovels to the police and let the people take care of themselves. It’s what the people want. The posts show this to be true. (sar)
Report Post »Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:14pmSomeone needs to explain to both Liberals and Conservatives,even minorities have constitutional rights.
Report Post »Fubared
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:33pmAnd all this time I though it was all minority rights, and we can scurry and fight over what’s left. Huh.
Report Post »From Virginia
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 9:15pmConservatives already know that. Apparently this guy (obeying the law in his state) wasn’t the “right” sort of minority.
If he had been a gangbanger who shot up a liquer store they’d be falling all over themselves protecting his “rights.”
Report Post »Eric_The_Red_State
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:14pmI have a CCW and FIRST OF ALL – I would not bring a gun to a NIGHT CLUB.
Second – I would not bring a gun to a night club.
and THIRD – I would not bring a gun to a night club.
There MUST be more to this story – because the police just don’t happen to be walking by and notice a gun.
If they acted incorrectly – they need to be held accountable.
BUT in their defence – they have a crap job protecting people from jerks who DONT have a CCW permity and bring a gun to a night club.
Write this down – if you feel you have to being a GUN to a night club – better off NOT GOING to the night club.
Report Post »You’re welcome.
circleDwagons
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:24pm@eric. i agree better not go to a night club BUT that does not give the cops a right to assualt him. Why was he arrested? Need more information but these cops should be punished. Imprisonment for assualt.
Report Post »routnom23
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:31pmGreat post, but too advanced for most of the knee-jerkers.
Report Post »pap pap
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:32pmYou got it right Eric.
Report Post »SquidVetOhio
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:37pmYea don’t bring your CCW weopon to the night club with because no one ever gets shot at a night club. Maybe don’t go to night club but, if ever there was a place you might need your weapon, it’s at a nightclub! That‘s were you’re the most likely to get shot at! The bad guys are bringing their guns to night clubs.
Just ask Tupac.
smh….
Report Post »obtusedetector
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:40pmIf you have a CCW and don’t carry to a night club, bar, or any other place where it is legal, what is the point of having the license?
Report Post »chips1
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 3:03pmThe purpose of a nightclub is to reduce your ability to make a clear decision. When he took his gun to the bar, he didn’t have that ability to begin with.
Report Post »Fubared
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:13pmMn hasn’t had ccw laws long, and need time for the po po to adjust. You cannot add “legal weapons” to a liberal utopia and expect greased gears that work well. Why was dog dude walking out of a bar with a visible weapon on father’s day like a really bad ghetto joke? If the 5.0 saw it, it wasn’t exactly concealed so why carry overt with a ccw and did he have matching bling? Even morons can breed and even the brain dead can vote. Don’t rush to jump on LE until they have looked into the whole enchilada, no offense to the frijoles.
Report Post »RightUnite
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:48pmMN doesn’t have Conceal Carry, it’s Carry.
Report Post »acdcguy
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 3:16pmCorrect, MN is a permit to carry state, no need to conceal unless you want to. I carry mine open wherever I’m allowed to. And you are allowed to carry in bars/clubs but I wouldn’t recommend it.
Report Post »Fubared
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 7:36pmSo Mn can only carry open, in areas that allow that? And they pay a fee for that? Why?
Report Post »grudgywoof
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:12pmThis is not a good guy but I say he must charge the officers with assult. To many police these days are taking justice into their own hands and that’s not ther job. They are being taught this crap in the academy by homeland security gestapo and then told to take it to the streets. We must stand up to thug cops or we will loose our freedom.
Report Post »RightUnite
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:16pmIf this was not a good guy, he wouldn’t have a carry permit.
Report Post »Individualism
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:11pmstupid pigs where were the people to back him up against the violent thugs? shame in this country people don’t look out for each other against terrorists trying to take away our guns like them.
Report Post »Fubared
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:19pmSick little toad you are. The NWO is on the screet in Minn? Wake up, then run your head through a concrete wall. Again. Indy my ass.
Report Post »Individualism
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:28pmnot if people stand up for each other and kick those pigs ass.
Report Post »Fubared
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:35pmConsider me a pig then Windy.
Report Post »chazmo
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 3:37pmPigs?? What are you a 60′s drop out.. Consider me a pig too.. I don’t like cops abusing their power but, not all Cops are “Pigs”, you pig… Now go smoke some weed and listen to your Dead albums..
Report Post »getourcountryback
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:09pmThis police department needs to be sued and the officers charged.
Report Post »mrb419
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 3:20pmTotally agree!
Report Post »gbfreak
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:09pmAnd the conceal/carry gun permit helps law abiding citizens HOW????
Report Post »Fubared
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:17pmTo carry concealed of course. How did they get xray vision and not pass some on to DC? Coming out of a bar with handgun visible to the law is about 1 step up from making a soup sandwich. 1 may have reacted pre-ccw, the others heard gun, gun, gun and poundy pound pounded, as per rules and regs. Let it come out and don’t jump to judge quite so quickly.
Report Post »RightUnite
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:50pmMN doesn’t have Conceal Carry, it’s Carry. Not Conceal Carry.
Report Post »edmundburk
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 9:06pmjust because you had contact with the police DOES NOT make you “bad”. it must be admmitted that SOME not ALL cops are little himmlers with chips on their shoulders. and in this current enviroment
Report Post »with the alphabet soup of agencies and regulations and para-military training of our policemen it is not far fetched that people like us will be on the “wrong side of the law”. these wanna-be faciests shoud be brought up on chargesand the state should pay millions to this citizen. and did anyone notice FOX did’t cover this?
Blazebanned
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:08pmHey dumbass *****,you carried a gun into a bar? What are the ccl laws up there anyway,its a big no no here……..My guess is there was some resistance from king….
Report Post »101stIraqVet
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:21pmHey dumbass, it’s legal to carry into a bar here in Indiana. Why don‘t you research Minnesota’s carry laws before pretending to know it all.
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:25pm@ blazedbanned, my thoughts exactly, if he really understands his conceal carry laws,he would have known that he can not carry a fire arm in to a place that serves liquor ,only if the establishment makes 515 or more on food sales and 49% or less on liquor sales and they must post this notice on the doors,also they have to post a sign that states that no one can carry a fire arm on the property, conceal carry people are held to a higher standards when we carry guns and we should be,because we have to know the laws.
Report Post »Fubared
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:29pm101
Report Post »Lots of states say no no to booze and guns, not a far stretch to assume common sense would dictate that. Do you think your legislature likes you as a person if they want you drinking with a peashooter strapped on?
SquidVetOhio
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:39pmYou can carry guns into a bar here in Ohio too. Law differs state to state.
Report Post »shoulda coulda woulda
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:08pmWell when we keep surrendering liberty for safety this is what you get. Instead of a conversation with a seemingly law abiding citizen, we have beating. Police who think they can confiscate cameras and beat a man with a legal weapon. But we are much safer, thanks to all who think beiong safe is living.
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:07pm“It should be noted that King was previously arrested and not charged after recording police in April ”
Lest there be any doubt about what this event actually was, in normal parlance we call it “retribution” and “putting an uppity serf back into his place”.
Report Post »JBarr73
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:21pmThere is simply no way we can make any judgments about what happened with the limited information provided in this story. Lets wait for the evidence to come out.
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 3:14pmThere will be no further details, there rarely are. The details provided tell that the man was filming cops and got “arrested”, then suddenly the cops surround him, apparently doing nothing wrong, and act like flipping idiots screaming “gun gun gun!” after they’d disarmed him, then beat him. Nothing merits that, since clearly he didn’t draw the gun on them.
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:07pmIt is becoming obvious that many police CANNOT be trusted. These 5 thugs should be joining Sandusky in the slammer
Report Post »Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:15pmIts starting to look like 99% of cops are giving 1% a bad reputation.
Report Post »FedUpWithLibs
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:17pmI agree, this is not an isolated incident. This is happening everywhere.
Report Post »Fubared
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:25pmFedup
Report Post »There are stupid people everywhere. Having a ccw ain’t rocket doctory, and all kinds of criminals have clean records. Ever heard of the D of C? We pay for those criminals to have armed guards.
Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:06pmI hope he brings these officers to court; this madness needs to be stopped, and the clear fact is as it becomes more common under Obama, there will be a time when open murder and assassination by rouge cops will be commonplace.
Report Post »Jenny Lind
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:05pmSomething needs to be done. Police are either running scared, or running amok, and they seem to be loosing it. I realize sometimes they are put in awfull positions, but this kind of thing is just not right. We have the right to have guns, and carry with a permit. the police have no right to do something like this, beat first, ask questions later. I hate to see cops loose their jobs, but this group was out of control. Very glad there is video.
Report Post »red_white_blue2
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 3:02pmThis comment was well said and thought out. We realize full well there is a time and place where police need to do this, but i think conversation comes before smack down–unless of course the police are being threatened.
Report Post »Gregb
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:03pmdoes Minnesota allow a conceal carry weapon in a bar?????
Report Post »I went through the course and most states do not allow a conceal carry weapon in a place that serves alcohol.
SquidVetOhio
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:40pmOhio does!
Report Post »texastommy
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:53pmRead the article. You can find the answer there.
Report Post »tommyg524
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:03pmdoesnt matter what the police say, or there representatives, the consititution is the constitution, or it is just paper. this is what the initial steps of the n.w.o. look like.
Report Post »Coded-Dude
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:01pmThese officers should be fired and charged with assault. Instead we the tax payers will give the victim a large sum of money and these officers will get a slap on the wrist and use the same gestapo style tactics on someone else in the future. Wake up America.
Report Post »poorrichard09
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:13pmI hate to say it, but maybe since he’s a black guy he might get some justice against the out of control cops. Contrast this with the Texas guy and his helmet cam-we’ll see how that plays out.
Report Post »We all want to support the cops, but this b*llsh*t is getting all too common. Really makes you wonder where the cops will be when TSHTF and the PTB want to confiscate legally own firearms from law abiding citizens like the man in this story.
Stu D. Baker-Hawk
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:59pmThere are more bad cops out there than you can imagine. And when the s**t hits the fan, your job as a law-abiding citizen is to make sure YOU’RE the one left standing if they try coming after YOUR guns. Get my drift?…
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