Thanks for admitting I was correct in my earlier post when I took you to the woodshed for claiming brandishing. There was no brandishing. They explain why.And still more information:
Open carry gun advocate who drew Kalamazoo police response won t face brandishing charge MLive.com
When police approached the man with their weapons drawn, he began shouting obscenities at them before he eventually agreed to set his weapon down. Officers seized his rifle and told the man he would have it returned if he submitted to a breathalyzer test, but he declined. Police took his gun, which was returned to him the following day.
Webster said there were several reasons the brandishing charge wasn't submitted to the prosecutor.
"After reviewing the report, the detectives felt the officer was right in taking the gun for safe keeping for that time because of the response they got back from the gentlemen who was walking down the street actually carrying the gun and moving it from shoulder to shoulder, but it wasn't enough to present to the prosecutor's office," Webster said.
The assistant chief said that while it can be difficult to determine when a person is brandishing a weapon, which is not defined by a state statute, officers typically look for signs that a firearm is being waved, pointed, or displayed in a threatening manner. He stressed that it is much easier to determine an open carry advocate isn't brandishing a weapon when it's holstered or on a sling.
Webster said that while police haven't had to deal with many open carry situations in Kalamazoo, officers are trained on how to respond peacefully to demonstrators. He said this particular situation could have gone more smoothly if the man hadn't displayed hostility towards officers.
"I think the reason why in the first place that the weapon was even removed from the man is because of the guy's behavior," he said.
Webster said officers were correct to first approach the man with their weapons drawn, since that is how they would approach "any potentially deadly situation."
"With all the information they were getting; the guy was possibly drunk, the behavior when the officer tried to make contact with the individual, the shoulder moving of the gun, not having it in a sling ... that person has the immediate opportunity to fire that weapon from that position when he has a gun in his hand," ...
You are totally pathetic.