Posted on 03/31/2014 12:40:49 PM PDT by Altariel
BREAKING: Master Sergeant Christopher Grisham has been found guilty of interfering with police duties, a class B misdemeanor. Grisham could face a possible $2,000 fine and up to 180 days in jail for the offense.
The retrial of Fort Hood soldier C.J. Grisham began Monday after a jury was unable to come to a verdict in the case last month.
Monday, the jury heard two witnesses testify including the Temple police officer who arrested Grisham as well as the woman who made the call to police.
Temple police officer Steve Ermis took the stand to give his account of what he said happened last March when he stopped Grisham and his son after a concerned citizen called police about a man carrying a large black gun on the wrong side of the road.
Ermis testified that he believed Grisham did interfere with police duties when he tried to disarm him of an AR-15 rifle he was carrying while out on a hike with his son for a Boy Scout project. During testimony, the jury in the case also got to see firsthand what actually happened through police dash cam video taken of the incident.
In the video, Ermis is seen approaching Grisham and his son asking the two what they were doing and grabbing the gun off Grisham's chest. Ermis is then heard asking Grisham why he had the gun to which Grisham replied "because I can."
When Ermis tries to disarm Grisham, he reacts by reaching up at the gun while Ermis draws his own pistol and points it at Grisham's head out of what he said was fear for his own safety.
Grisham can then be heard yelling that Ermis can't take his weapon and that he has a concealed carry license and is legally able to have the gun. Ermis then proceeds to take the weapon and gives it to a fellow officer while Grisham is handcuffed and held face down on the hood of the police car.
The video ends with Grisham being detained and the second officer telling Grisham he is being taken into custody for resisting arrest.
That charge was ultimately changed to the current charge of interfering with police duties, and Grisham could face a possible $2,000 fine and up to 180 days in jail for the offense.
Old News. From last year.
It’s only a matter of time before people start shooting back at these bastards.
Oh well.
“Resisting” and other such crap charges should be automatically dropped, when the underlying charge is found to be baseless.
11/18/13
If MSG Grisham had been an illegal alien doing the same thing, little Stevie the Cop would have went back to eating donuts and everything would have been fine. Unfortunately, in Barry’s “fundamentally transformed” Amerika, whitey is gonna pay!
He was taking his son on a hike for a Boy Scout project. Clearly suspicious and criminal behavior.
I think resisting is a catch all charge no matter what you do. Maybe throwing yourself prostrate on the ground might satisfy them but even then you might be accused of evading arrest because the cop has to bend over to cuff you.
That DOES seem a serious miscarriage of justice. WHERE do they get these weak JURIES??
Ever notice that hoplophobia strikes selectively?
He was taking his son on a hike for a Boy Scout project. Clearly suspicious and criminal behavior.
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And doesn’t everybody strap on bandoliers and an AR 15 when they go for said Boy Scout Hike? And don’t forget your video camera.
A real shame, Mr. Grisham, a real shame.
a guy with his gun slung gets a pistol pointed at him for not giving it to an officer?????
I HOPE THIS GETS APPEALED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The charge was ultimately changed to the current charge
I don't know the specific details here but it seems as though the officer was in the wrong. He asked why Grisham was carrying the weapon, he responded, 'because I can' , which should have indicated he was legally carrying. The officer could have then inquired along that line but instead chose to grab the weapon. I'm guessing that's why the charge was changed,
If my assumptions are correct, how can Grisham be charged when the policeman was the aggressor?
It does seem like Grisham should be able to counter sue for a civil rights violation for illegal seizure since the officer grabbed the gun off of his chest.
It does seem like Grisham should be able to counter sue for a civil rights violation for illegal seizure since the officer grabbed the gun off of his chest.
Cop was needlessly aggressive, out of control.
I would love to see the dashcam video. Did the cop request the weapon or did he simply grab at a loaded rifle like a two year old throwing a tantrum. Texas cops are legally allowed to disarm you while they assess a situation so if he asked for the rifle and was refused that is interfereing. If the cop just grabbed for the gun and ilicited an involuntary response I fail to see how this guy was convicted.
All of these cases in Michigan have slammed the police and local governments. Thank God for the founders of the state of Michigan and the wonderful constitution they gave us.
Just watched the dashcam. Porky pig never requested he relenquish his weapon and went batshit becuase the guy touched the buttstock while the “officer” was grabbing at him. What a pathetic jury to convict on anything.
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