This officer crossed the line in my view by taking the weapon since there was no sign of dismay/injuries. Police officers are a mixture of all of us. Some are great, others seem to go into the job for fame about a job while even some go as far as stepping over the law. Some of my best friends and my spouse’s friends are current and retired LEOs. They have a hard job, no doubt. You can watch the video in the first few moments of the interaction, to see what happens on both sides. My spouse got into one of these situations once; the cop wanted to take his rifle. no reason. He didn’t give him the rifle. Words back and forth of the two. Once the sergeant came on the scene, he made the initial officer to back off and to release my spouse.
Theres a little more to this story and it was supplied Monday when he did an interview on the Lynn Woolley show.
A passing motorist called in about a man with a gun and an officer was dispatched. When the officer rolled up the soldier had the AR strapped across the front of his chest and before questioning the officer took the AR from him. It was at that point the soldier grabbed the AR back out of the officers hands, the officer drew his own weapon and held the soldier at gunpoint until another unit arrived. When the other unit arives they then start to cuff him and thats the point the video starts rolling.
While carring the AR across his chest and walking down a public road is not illegal it did draw attention. What got him arrested was when he grabbed the weapon out of the officers hands and thats where the hindering an investigation charge comes in. Had he not done that he would have been questioned and sent on his way.