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LuckyTheDog

(6,837 posts)
Mon Jun 16, 2014, 11:04 AM Jun 2014

Rifle-toting MI man won’t be charged after frightening cops

Police stopped a rifle-toting Michigan man last month who was apparently intoxicated and warning of revolution, but they eventually decided not to charge him.

Officers were called May 4 after several witnesses reported the man walking along a street in Kalamazoo with the weapon, and police stopped the man for a jaywalking violation.

The Kalamazoo Gazette examined police reports and dashboard camera video of the incident that showed officers trying to balance public safety concerns with the man’s Second Amendment rights.

MORE HERE: http://wonkynewsnerd.com/rifle-toting-mi-man-wont-charged-frightening-cops-revolution-talk/

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Rifle-toting MI man won’t be charged after frightening cops (Original Post) LuckyTheDog Jun 2014 OP
responsible gun ownership is on the march, KG Jun 2014 #1
Cant tell , is he white? If so, that would explain letting him off randys1 Jun 2014 #2
Of course he is white... catbyte Jun 2014 #4
You don't even have to go look. JoeyT Jun 2014 #6
no way, that would mean, wait, are YOU implying racism still exists in Obama's randys1 Jun 2014 #7
Awesome. What does he have to do, kill someone before they confiscate the rifle? catbyte Jun 2014 #3
Drunk with a car? Take him to jail. Tommy_Carcetti Jun 2014 #5

JoeyT

(6,785 posts)
6. You don't even have to go look.
Mon Jun 16, 2014, 11:52 AM
Jun 2014

If he wasn't white, they wouldn't charge him either, but only because they'd have riddled him with bullets as soon as they saw him.

randys1

(16,286 posts)
7. no way, that would mean, wait, are YOU implying racism still exists in Obama's
Mon Jun 16, 2014, 11:55 AM
Jun 2014

post racial America?

You must not read the papers

catbyte

(34,174 posts)
3. Awesome. What does he have to do, kill someone before they confiscate the rifle?
Mon Jun 16, 2014, 11:07 AM
Jun 2014

I'm glad I live 50 miles away from him.

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