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by Dave2
Fri Jun 29, 2012 5:51 pm
Forum: The Crime Blotter
Topic: Minn. Police Beat Man For Gun, Despite Permit
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Re: Minn. Police Beat Man For Gun, Despite Permit

Transplant wrote:Here is a follow up article with more details. I dont think it's been posted yet.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/i-thoug ... the-blaze/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Couple of high points:
After leaving a local nightclub, King said he was walking down a Minneapolis street heading towards his truck at around 2:45 a.m. when he observed some police officers in front of him, which he says “wasn’t a problem” because he was doing nothing wrong.
Before making it to his vehicle, though, one of the officers stopped him and asked, “Hey, what’s that bulge under your shirt?”
King said he put his hands in the air and informed the officer that he was in possession of a handgun and a legal concealed carry permit. His permit does not expire until 2017, he said.
“He did not ask first to see my permit, he did not ask to see my ID,” King explained. “He just grabbed me by the neck and slammed me against the wall and snatched my gun from its holster, screaming ‘gun! gun! gun!’”
Four additional cops reacted to the commotion and began beating King and slamming his face on the ground, he said.
King says he had not been drinking any alcohol the night he was beaten and arrested and claims he took two separate breathalyzer tests, one administered by the police and another at the hospital. Both readings turned up zero traces of alcohol, he says, although that has not been verified by officials.
“I did not drink one lick at all … . I know I’m not supposed to when I have my gun,” King told The Blaze. “I wanted them to give me a breathalyzer because I knew I hadn’t been drinking anything and they have to try to find a reason for why they beat and arrested me.”
If his story is true this seems bad.
... for the cops, that is. Dunno how well-off he is now, but King will be able to live like one for a very long after his lawyers are done with this.

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