War Veteran Arrested for “Rudely Displaying” Rifle

[Tim Nunan]

http://radio.foxnews.com/toddstarnes/to ... rifle.html

A decorated war veteran on a Boy Scout hike with his 15-year-old son was arrested alongside a Texas country road after a police officer accused him of “rudely displaying” a firearm.

Army Master Sgt. C.J. Grisham told Fox News he was illegally disarmed by members of the Temple Police Dept. – even though he held the proper permits to carry his weapons.

Grisham and his son were on a 10-mile hike in a rural area populated by wild boars and cougars. He was carrying an AR-15 rifle and a .45 caliber pistol.

He was charged with resisting arrest – even though video his son filmed of the incident clearly showed that Grisham did not resist arrest. Police later reduced the charges to interfering with a peace officer while performing a duty – a class B misdemeanor.

“I’m still frankly and honestly 100 percent confused about what I’m being charged with,” Grisham said.

Temple Police told local media that the Fort Hood soldier refused to hand of his weapon – leading to his arrest. However, the video shows that Grisham complied with their demands.

One of the officers told Grisham that anyone holding a gun is considered dangerous, according to a 15-minute video obtained by Fox News.

“In this day and age people are alarmed when they see someone with what you have,” one of the officers told a handcuffed Grisham. “They don’t care what the law is.”
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[mcgyver210]

This just shows a disregard for everyone's rights by power hungry thugs that are supposed to be upholding real laws not making up laws to suit their needs. To give these thugs any respect would be unjust since they act more like criminals in their actions IMO.

Also when incidents like this happen they should loose all immunity once they blatantly cross the thin blue line because they are a danger to all law-abiding citizens as well as real LEO's

[Fred762]

Remember "TO PROTECT AND SERVE" on the side of that police cruiser does NOT mean protect and serve YOU....it means the state, the gvt, the powers that be..

You LITTLE TAXPAYERS..YOU only pay their salaries. Cops are not to keep you from getting mugged or raped or killed...cops are coming(sometime later) TO:
A. DRAW A CHALK LINE AROUND YOUR body
B. TO GATHER EVIDENCE
C. TO TRY..MAYBE..TO SEE IF THEY CAN CATCH THE PERPS
D. HELP SEND THE PERPS TO 3 HOTS ANNA COT FOR 10 YEARS.

Remember.the SCOTUS has ruled that LEOs are nOT there to protect YOU!!!

So..when trouble is moments away, the LEOs are minutes away..at best.