In the opening seconds of the video, the officer stated that he got a lot of calls about citizen walking down highway. After asking about the gun and if it was an "Airsoft", which citizen said it wasn't, he says "Is it loaded? I'm going to check it for MY safety before we go any further, ok?" That certainly doesn't sound like a "confiscation" to me like someone else implied
With that being said, if any finger pointing is to be done, it's at the folks who called the cops, Officer Lyon was just doing his job in responding to those calls...and a damn good one too.
Yeah but did Officer Lyon remove the magazine and rounds from his own weapon for the safety of the citizen.
“Is it loaded? I’m going to check it for MY safety before we go any further, ok?” That certainly doesn’t sound like a “confiscation” to me like someone else implied...
did the officer take the gun... yes he did... i don’t care if it was to “check it for his safety” he took... confiscated.. the weapon for the time of his interview. he also wrote down jeremy’s name and i bet his description and was intimidating while being friendly...
the incident should have been... officer sees citizen carrying a holstered weapon. no crime. leaves.