[marktwain]

It is outrageous that a person could be arrested and held in jail overnight for a "crime" which is non-existant.

Here is the civil suit filing:

http://www.georgiacarry.com/county/paulding_carry/Woodard_complaint.pdf

[marktwain]

Here is the link to the pdf file.

http://www.georgiacarry.com/county/paulding_carry/Woodard_complaint.pdf

[PubliusMM]

This stupidity continues, unabated, and with the full support of the 0bama administration, IMO. They don’t realize that they are sticking pins in a sleeping giant. And, they aren’t going to like the outcome when that giant is roused and riled.

It can’t come too soon, either.

It’s time to take back the country.

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

The police accomplished what they intended. They discouraged innumerable other citizens from carrying openly.
Once upon a time there was a free country where that was termed “intimidation.”

[Glenmore]

While carrying ‘openly’ is clearly not a violation of ‘concealed’ carry, it very well may be a violation of something else, at least in some jurisdictions. It might be titled something like ‘intimidation’, or some kind of ‘threat’, or even ‘brandishing’ (even if holstered).

[rabidralph]

We had an Open Carry picnic in Wisconsin last week and everyone had a great time. The news stories were positive as well.

Learn more at Open Carry dot org

[EGPWS]

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[Hardastarboard]

Here's what concerns me about this. One expects trained law enforcement officers to be TRAINED in the actual law, not making it up as they go. I understand that Sheriff's Deputies are somewhat underpaid as regards other major police forces (or at least they used to be), but that's really no excuse at all.

By testifying on warrant applications that Plaintiff Woodard had committed offenses when Defendant Brown knew or should have known that Plaintiff Woodard had not committed such offenses and that the warrant applications did not support a finding of probable cause of such offenses, Defendant Brown deprived Plaintiff Woodard of his Fourteenth Amendment right to Due Process.

[Vigilantcitizen]

I can’t believe this happened in Paulding county.

[Red in Blue PA]

Hope he sues them for everything they’ve got.....and then some.

Absolutely inexcusable.

[Sender]

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[org.whodat]

When you get down to the brass tacks, a lot of cops think no one should have carry are own a gun except of course themselves.

[Waco]

I’ve been almost 35 years and have seen people carrying pistols openly all this time, IMO the cops knew EXACTLY what thet were doing! B.O.H.I.C.A.

[TC Rider]

Carrying a firearm openly is not illegal in Georgia

Legal issues aside, carrying a 1911 by sticking it in the wasteband of your pants, sans holster, is a dumb thing to do.

[Travis McGee]

So "open carry" becomes "concealed" when the polizei can't find any other excuse for an arrest.