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DASHCAM VIDEO RELEASED OF VET’S VIRAL ARREST FOR ‘RUDELY DISPLAYING’ RIFLE ON HIKE
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| november 21, 2013
| Jason Howerton
Posted on 11/21/2013 5:46:38 PM PST by lowbridge
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To: fso301
give it up you sound like Obama grasping at straws to excuse his conduct...
the cop was wrong and escalated the situation unnecessarily...
so what if someone made a report of someone walking with a firearm, that is not a crime.
To: fso301
nobody in the area recognized him Disingenuous. I'm pretty sure they did not canvas the area to establish the fact that "nobody" recognized him.
I'm thinking that "one person" didn't recognize him and called the police. I live in a rural area, and I can tell you that not EVERYONE in my area recognizes me. Does that mean I lose all of my constitutional rights?
To: fso301
I live in the country and I wouldn’t know the faces of any of my neighbors that live farther than the one right next door.
Never met them, but I tink that old guy that walks by every morning since his herat attack might be a real threat.
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posted on
11/21/2013 6:50:08 PM PST
by
digger48
To: fso301
The officer was a moron..and should be sued out of his job.
Period
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posted on
11/21/2013 7:01:46 PM PST
by
Osage Orange
(I have strong feelings about gun control. If there's a gun around, I want to be controlling it.)
To: fso301
Maybe they were rustlers. Maybe they were burglars. Maybe they were highly dangerous fleeing felons whose car had broken down.Rustlers? On foot? Were there any cattle in the area?
Burglars? Was there a burglary reported?
Highly dangerous felons? On a 10 mile hike?
You're reaching...
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posted on
11/21/2013 7:02:32 PM PST
by
Ol' Dan Tucker
(People should not be afraid of the government. Government should be afraid of the people)
To: fso301
Once again....
Did you WATCH the vid?
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posted on
11/21/2013 7:02:48 PM PST
by
Osage Orange
(I have strong feelings about gun control. If there's a gun around, I want to be controlling it.)
To: fso301
In rural areas, neighbors know each other. Nobody recognized them. One of the neighbors probably fed up with rustlers, thieves and trespassers phoned in a report of two suspicious armed males.Ah, so then you have information about rustlers in the area? Thieves? Trespassers?
Or, are you pulling this out of your butt?
Yukon, is that you?
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posted on
11/21/2013 7:03:55 PM PST
by
Ol' Dan Tucker
(People should not be afraid of the government. Government should be afraid of the people)
To: gaijin
I just cant understand why he had to abruptly and brusquely physically manhandle this father in front of his son. Exactly. That says it all. THAT is what escalated the situation needlessly. Tyranny naturally flows from such behavior on the officer's part...
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posted on
11/21/2013 7:05:06 PM PST
by
sargon
(I don't like the sound of these here Boncentration Bamps!)
To: fso301
Yeah "rustlers" on foot....
We see that a lot up here!!
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posted on
11/21/2013 7:05:25 PM PST
by
Osage Orange
(I have strong feelings about gun control. If there's a gun around, I want to be controlling it.)
To: lowbridge
Seems like there’s been an increase in crap from LEOs in Texas lately.
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posted on
11/21/2013 7:06:01 PM PST
by
Rebelbase
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To: gaijin
I just cant understandwhy he had to abruptly and brusquely physically manhandle this father in front of his son. This involves a loss uv face.True but at the 24 second mark, the guy grabbed his rifle but the cop isn't a mind reader.
Why did he need to suddenly grab him?
Probably because the guy grabbed onto his rifle. See the 24 second mark in the video.
It seems that stopping, peering at his id and consulting a database should have done nicely a mature , adult interaction.
I would think so too but when the guy grabbed onto his rifle at the 24 second mark and began physically resisting, the officer reacted.
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posted on
11/21/2013 7:10:43 PM PST
by
fso301
To: Osage Orange
Did you WATCH the vid? Several times
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posted on
11/21/2013 7:11:47 PM PST
by
fso301
To: Ol' Dan Tucker
Ah, so then you have information about rustlers in the area? Thieves? Trespassers?
All common in rural areas but I guess you've never been in a rural area which explains why you didn't know that.
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posted on
11/21/2013 7:14:22 PM PST
by
fso301
To: Age of Reason
Victims like this guy who go around dressed like a nut flaunting their right to bear arms in the hope of provoking a confrontation with the police, will eventually cause the laws to be re-written, such that it will be made illegal to carry where it is now legal to do so.
Your logic is the logic of a slave. "I better not do anything massa don't like, or massa won't let me do it no more." If you're afraid or reluctant to exercise your rights, you've already lost them.
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posted on
11/21/2013 7:17:11 PM PST
by
fr_freak
To: All
Before you make up your mind, listen to the 8:34 mark:
The officer is explaining what happened to his superior:
“I say I’m gonna take the gun off ya”
The man is claiming the officer said nothing and simply “straight up and grabbed my rifle”
You be the judge and watch the 00:15 mark to see if the officer is in the wrong and also lied to his superior OR if the man is wrong and did not simply up and grab the rifle.
Guess what...he lied to his superior.
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posted on
11/21/2013 7:18:05 PM PST
by
icwhatudo
(Low taxes and less spending in Sodom and Gomorrah is not my idea of a conservative victory)
To: Ol' Dan Tucker
Rustlers? On foot?Vehicles do break down occasionally.
Were there any cattle in the area?
It's a rural area of Texas.
Burglars? Was there a burglary reported?
Believe it or not, theft is common in rural areas.
Highly dangerous felons? On a 10 mile hike?
They weren't carrying a banner stating they were on a 10 mile hike.
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posted on
11/21/2013 7:18:20 PM PST
by
fso301
To: fso301
It wasn't a case of the officer just driving along some road and spotting a guy open carrying. The officer was responding to a call about the guy.
Responding to a call doesn't mean the bastard gets to violate the man's rights. In case you haven't figured it out yet, there will ALWAYS be someone calling the cops on people like this. Why? Because half the country are leftwing nutbags now. Ohmigod! A gun! Call 911! If the cop can't handle following the law, he needs to get a new job.
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posted on
11/21/2013 7:19:39 PM PST
by
fr_freak
To: centurion316
Why do you call him an idiot and in the next sentence you say he was within the law?
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posted on
11/21/2013 7:19:46 PM PST
by
HANG THE EXPENSE
(Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
To: fso301
Sorry for my bad typing, I’m on my phone:
When a citizen places their hands upon their own property, this is bad?
What items of personal property may I grab onto on an officers person?
If an officer holds a rifle and I harbor a gut feeling the officer is bad, may I attack him? This seems unwise and illegal to me.
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posted on
11/21/2013 7:23:06 PM PST
by
gaijin
To: Age of Reason
What?
Might need to reconsider the Freep name to Lack of Reason.
Regardless of how the guy was dressed, he had and has the Constitutional RIGHT to carry the weapon.
Who and how do you think will cause the laws to be re-written, because anyone elects to exercise our Rights? From where I stand, that would require a Constitutional Convention.
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posted on
11/21/2013 7:23:38 PM PST
by
X-spurt
(CRUZ missile - armed and ready.)
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