Posted on 11/21/2013 5:46:38 PM PST by lowbridge
Officials in Bell County, Texas, have released the dashcam footage of a police officer in Temple, Texas, disarming and arresting decorated veteran C.J. Grisham while he was on a hike with his son in March. The officer is seen grabbing the dad’s gun and then seemingly attempting to unlatch it from the man’s sling without telling him why or asking for permission.
Video recorded by Grisham and his son went viral earlier this year, but it did not show the moment the dad was approached and disarmed by the officer. He was later charged with “interference with duties of a public servant,” though the officer is heard in the video from March telling Grisham he was stopped for “rudely displaying” his rifle.
On Nov. 19, Grisham was found guilty by a jury of three men and three women of “interference with duties of a public servant” and ordered to pay a $2,000 fine. In an email to TheBlaze, the veteran said he plans to appeal the decision.
In the newly released dashcam video, officer Steven Ermis can be seen flagging down Grisham and asking him, “What are we doing?”
“We’re hiking,” Grisham replies.
Ernis, without warning, grabs Grisham’s AR-15 semi-automatic rifle and examines it.
(Excerpt) Read more at theblaze.com ...
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.
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?
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.
The officer was a moron..and should be sued out of his job.
Period
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...
Did you WATCH the vid?
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?
Exactly. That says it all. THAT is what escalated the situation needlessly. Tyranny naturally flows from such behavior on the officer's part...
We see that a lot up here!!
Seems like there’s been an increase in crap from LEOs in Texas lately.
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.
Several times
All common in rural areas but I guess you've never been in a rural area which explains why you didn't know that.
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.
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.
Why do you call him an idiot and in the next sentence you say he was within the law?
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.
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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