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EEllis wrote:
Where does it say they let him go? They also didn't apologize, they basically just said "hey we like guns and that guy is gone so please forget about this." All that really says to me is they have crappy PR people.

locke_n_load wrote:I don't know if this has been posted, but here is an excerpt from the Rosenberg Police Department Facebook page:

“In light of the recent media publicity regarding the traffic arrest of an armed CHL holder, we felt compelled to make a statement. The Rosenberg Police Department supports our 2nd Amendment rights, and all CHL holders. Please do not allow an isolated incident or the actions of one Officer to tarnish the image of the entire Agency. The arresting Officer is no longer employed with our Department. We stand with our Community.”

Via Rosenberg Police Department Facebook page.

I would post the link, but I don't have FB from work (copied and pasted from an email I sent myself).

That is an apology - the only thing they didn't use was the word sorry.

Please do not allow an isolated incident or the actions of one Officer to tarnish the image of the entire Agency.

yet...

The police spokesman said the events were investigated and were "within policy."

Feels like they are trying to play both sides of the fence here... He obviously violated policy and made the agency look bad, or why else would they let him go and apologize for his actions...

The video was edited, but it was edited for what was probably the 10 o'clock news. I don't trust the national media outlets or at least take anything they say with a grain of salt, but the local ones typically aren't bad about blatantly editing things just to make a story. They obviously believed his story or sided with him after seeing the entire video. I think it was edited to show the highlights. But until the full video unedited gets released, we won't know for sure.

I believe you have the right to ask why you are being detained... That is not escalating the situation, esp. if asked politely or nicely - which I didn't hear him ask rudely - he agreed to the officers demands and asked why am I being stopped ?(or something to that effect)

To me, I'm wondering if this police department isn't corrupt: http://abc13.com/news/rosenberg-asst-po ... n/1088427/

I've had run in's with the Rosenberg police - they weren't pleasant, I wasn't arrested but both times the officer seemed to have a chip on their shoulder right from the start...so my view of them may be a little skewed.