[marktwain]

“I wonder if the police at the scene made any attempt to establish who made the actual complaint? After all, you need a witness, right? A voice on the phone to a 911 operator that somebody “brandished” a weapon would not seem to be sufficient evidence if when I walk in the door I observe everybody peacefully eating.”

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It doesn’t seem to exactly apply in this case, but a Supreme Court decision established that an anonymous call saying that a person was illegally armed was not sufficient probable cause to search them.

[Tallguy]

I remember reading the initial report in the local paper about this. The man that got cuffed & searched also had a conceal handgun. I believe that it was this handgun that was confiscated when it didn’t show up in the “police registry” — whatever that was.

I’m not excusing what the police did, necessarily. Just trying to provide some information so that others can make a little more sense of the situation.