Open Carry Wrongfull Arrest Settlement

[Knox Al]

I don't think open carry is all that good of an idea but I don't like to see a citizen get his second amendment rights violated.

 

http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2015/07/open-carry_christmas_eve_gun_s.html

Edited July 31, 2015 by Knox Al

[K191145]

I'm glad he got the settlement. 

[Caster]

I'd like to say good for him, but he would need to move to a new city/county first.  He most likely pissed off a cop.  We won't be starting a cop bashing thread here guys, but fact is, pissing off the cops is always a bad idea.  Cops are just people like us and people hold grudges.  If the speed limit is 45 in his area, I wouldn't drive 46.  

Edited July 31, 2015 by Caster

[A.J. Holst]

How do you open carry in Michigan in winter? Don't wear a coat? Strap it on over your coat? Only carry in warm weather? If he was trying to illegally conceal, chances are the officer would have never known he had a firearm.

[Pain103]

 As soon as I saw Michigan I closed it.

[TNWNGR]

It was less expensive to settle for 35K than to consider fighting it in a civi court.