Not everyone gets a call to be investigated. What should the police have done? They couldn’t just walk in, look and walk out could they? They asked for ID, which I feel is OK and should be complied with. After that, it went wrong.
They could, and should, have done exactly that. Five guys sitting at a table, peacefully eating a meal, is NOT disorderly conduct, nor suspicious activity simply because the guys in question are openly carrying firearms. CRIMINALS don't "open carry".
>>Not everyone gets a call to be investigated. What should the police have done?<<
Perhaps ask the lady who called them what the guys were doing that caused her to call them? Your assumption indicates that I could call the police to come investigate you and it would be you who gets harassed. Shouldn’t I be asked to give a reason I am asking them to come out?
I think the lady should be cited for a false report. The guys were doing nothing illegal or even suspicious.
Walk in, look, observe, and walk out is EXACTLY what they should have done. Just because someone calls doesn’t mean the cops have to do everything the caller wants them to do. Sometimes the caller has to be told, “Everything looks fine. They’re within the law and just drinking their coffee. There’s nothing further I can legally do. As you can see, they’re not threatening anyone. They’re not behaving any differently than you are, ma’am. It’s not against the law in WI to carry a firearem in the open. Sorry, ma’am, that’s all I can do.” The cops can only do what they’re authorized under the constitution to do. If what you’re saying was the case, everybody would be calling the cops all the time just to get somebody they don’t like hassled and jacked up.