You are not alone:
He said that my permit had “better say just that, handgun carry,” but even if it did, he’d just “find some other reason to take me in, disorderly conduct, or inciting a panic. I’ll make some reason.” I was shocked to hear him openly state that he would manufacture probable cause to falsely arrest me, in the hearing of my girlfriend, standing no less than 5 feet away, the Wal-Mart employee he had been speaking with, and the small crowd of bystanders watching.
Best regards,
Wow! Your story just dovetails from Brett’s.
I’d personally request the D.A. to file charges against the officer if I was you.
I don’t know you, but I’m assuming your a pretty decent size guy, but you teach a lot of people and many of them are probably smaller women. Can you imagine if he did that to one of them, maybe even pushing hard enough to break some teeth on the concrete wall.
Take some action to keep this from happening again. The letter from Internal Affairs was laughable. The officer will receive a reprimand that will be inserted into his file. Yeah, that’s really going to hurt him (Brett’s cop had done worse and it was expunged). At a minimum he should also receive some serious time off without pay or be fired. This would definitely keep other holders from being harrassed in the future.