63 year old drunk, aggressive white male with a gun taken down by police!

Not really.



They talked him down nice and gentle.



Why is that?



Gun nuts’ special privileges: How police treated a dangerous “open carry” zealot

Quote:

A second police car arrives at the scene. The man refuses to identify himself and demands to know if he’s free to go and the officer says no, that he is resisting and obstructing, a misdemeanor, for jaywalking and failing to identify himself. The man says, “Why don’t you *********** shoot me?” The officer gently replies, “I don’t want to shoot you; I’m not here to do that.” This back and forth continues, with the man refusing to give up his gun and the cops patiently trying to talk him down from his position. The whole time he’s rambling about revolution and accusing the cops of being “gang members.” It becomes clear that he has conceived this drunken episode as an “open carry” demonstration. He’s proving to the community how important it is that “good guys” be allowed to carry guns on the street to protect themselves. Soon 12 police are on the scene, including a supervisor and SWAT negotiator. The street is shut down in both directions. Police recordings describe the man as agitated and hostile and although he is holding his gun at “parade rest” he’s switching it back and forth and fumbling in his pockets for chewing tobacco. After much discussion, he finally agrees to give up the weapon.

Wow. They should've just Ferguson'd his ***, amiright?

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