[LoneRangerMassachusetts]

Gun Week earlier spoke to Stadnitski, who said this was the first incident in his 37 years in law enforcement that involved private citizens openly carrying a firearm, other than while hunting. He also maintained that his officers erred on the side of caution when responding to a 911 call from a restaurant patron that complained about people "brandishing guns."

He believes the incident began because another patron in the restaurant was "unhappy and uncomfortable that someone had a firearm in a holster on their hip" and called the police. He does not know who placed the initial 911 call.

This sounds like a lie to me. The caller called 911. The 911 system knows who is calling on land lines. I'm sure the 911 system can log a cell phone. If not, the phone company can tell them.

We should know what the caller said to the police. Saying people are brandishing weapons seems odd to me. This is a term more likely used by the few familiar with law or obligations of carrying arms. The ordinary caller is not going to say brandish. Brandish does not apply to holstered side arms. It means more to wave or display weapons aggressively as to threaten.

Drag the caller into the law suit too. Maybe he is a well to do liberal who needs a lesson in Constitutional rights and lying to the police intending to cause harm to others.

[marktwain]

“Drag the caller into the law suit too. Maybe he is a well to do liberal who needs a lesson in Constitutional rights and lying to the police intending to cause harm to others.”

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Virtually all 911 calls are recorded. The plantiffs will soon find out who called and what was said. It will make a big difference in the case.

The officers have a duty to determine if their is probable cause for an arrest. If they are negligent in their determination, they are liable, it seems to me.

[marktwain]

“Drag the caller into the law suit too. Maybe he is a well to do liberal who needs a lesson in Constitutional rights and lying to the police intending to cause harm to others.”

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If the caller made false statements to the police, they can be criminally charged and liable for damages as well.

[riverrunner]

All 911 lines have caller ID but if the caller blocks it they can not tell who is calling

[FreedomPoster]

Exactly so, and see my previous.