Okay so I read more on this and they stated the main consideration was that he was intentionally confrontational and intentionally attempting to appear unstable during the first encounter with the Ranger.....so that is at least better than basing suspicion on clothing, gun style, and gun color.
But when it comes to "looking" suspicious. Here is a group of men who were attempting to do a photoshoot for a calender.
- The police had them drop to the ground at gun point.
-All the guns were unloaded and all but two of the men had CWP's.
-Because the guns were unloaded the two without CWP's were still legal to open carry the rifles but charged with disorderly conduct.
-Two of the men wore camo, all had large beards, this was a beard growing club/magazine.
-They were cuffed(detained) searched and held for an unknown amount of time until the police decided to let all of them go but the two without CWP's, the two without CWP's were the only ones carrying what the police called "assault rifles".
http://www.ktvb.com/news/regional/B...-alarm-but-its-all-for-charity-168045106.html
But when it comes to "looking" suspicious. Here is a group of men who were attempting to do a photoshoot for a calender.
- The police had them drop to the ground at gun point.
-All the guns were unloaded and all but two of the men had CWP's.
-Because the guns were unloaded the two without CWP's were still legal to open carry the rifles but charged with disorderly conduct.
-Two of the men wore camo, all had large beards, this was a beard growing club/magazine.
-They were cuffed(detained) searched and held for an unknown amount of time until the police decided to let all of them go but the two without CWP's, the two without CWP's were the only ones carrying what the police called "assault rifles".
So civilians saw legal activity but "suspicious" (beards, camo) and the men effectually gave up their 4th amendment rights. Nothing they did was illegal but were treated as criminals. How do you fix this, go to court with departments that think it is okay to treat legal activity as criminal.In spite of the charitable nature of their effort, Portland Police Lt. Robert King said two will be charged with disorderly conduct for handling an assault rifle in public and causing alarm to people.
http://www.ktvb.com/news/regional/B...-alarm-but-its-all-for-charity-168045106.html
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