TEMPLE, TX -- An active duty soldier was accosted and arrested over lawful carrying of firearms. The encounter was recorded on video.
“While out hiking with my son through backcountry roads to help him earn his Eagle Scout rank, I was illegally arrested and disarmed without cause. I was thrown in jail and my lawfully owned weapons were confiscated without receipt or notice,” Sergeant C.J. Grisham wrote on the website for the defense fund.
While accosting Sergeant Grisham, police explained that they react to phone calls from the public, even if they have no legal basis for concern.
“When you alarm people, and they call us,” one of the officers in the video begins to say, after Grisham asks why the officiers failed to ask for his concealed-carry permit.
“And did you explain to them what the law is, sir?” Grisham asks.
“They don’t care what the law is,” the officer replies. Graham then shoots back, “Do you care what the law is?”
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“While out hiking with my son through backcountry roads to help him earn his Eagle Scout rank, I was illegally arrested and disarmed without cause. I was thrown in jail and my lawfully owned weapons were confiscated without receipt or notice,” Sergeant C.J. Grisham wrote on the website for the defense fund.
While accosting Sergeant Grisham, police explained that they react to phone calls from the public, even if they have no legal basis for concern.
“When you alarm people, and they call us,” one of the officers in the video begins to say, after Grisham asks why the officiers failed to ask for his concealed-carry permit.
“And did you explain to them what the law is, sir?” Grisham asks.
“They don’t care what the law is,” the officer replies. Graham then shoots back, “Do you care what the law is?”
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