War Veteran Arrested for “Rudely Displaying” Rifle

Fox News ^ | 4/15/2013 | Todd Starnes

[andyk]

A decorated war veteran on a Boy Scout hike with his 15-year-old son was arrested alongside a Texas country road after a police officer accused him of “rudely displaying” a firearm.

Army Master Sgt. C.J. Grisham told Fox News he was illegally disarmed by members of the Temple Police Dept. – even though he held the proper permits to carry his weapons.

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“In this day and age people are alarmed when they see someone with what you have,” one of the officers told a handcuffed Grisham. “They don’t care what the law is.”

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By all indications, Grisham was arrested just because he was legally carrying his firearms.

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Chris told Fox News that the police officer refused to let him out of the car until he answered a series of questions. The boy had not been arrested.

[CottShop]

[[The sad part is, I understand what you are saying.]]

you’re not alone- Cambridge did a study showiong that peopel can read words that are messed up just as well as when they are spelled right as long as all the lettersw are present and the fitrst letter and last are in right position- The brain just automatically fixes the mispellings- but I admit, my words do get really mangled

[IYAS9YAS]

Both Firefox and Google are calling your link a security risk due to reported malware problems with the site. I know of Michael Yon and his reporting. I trust him, has his site been hacked or falsely reported as having issues?

[Bravo six]

Was the cop fired ? If not, why not ?

[Bravo six]

Then he should have painted smiley faces on the ar-15 to avoid any hint of rudeness.....

[deport]

I wish events like these could have a complete video and audio transcript of every word said so there can be a complete record of what went down. The charge has been changed according to the following article:

http://www.examiner.com/article/active-duty-army-sergeant-arrested-for-rudely-displaying-a-hunting-rifle

Since his arrest, the charges against Sergeant Christopher Grisham of resisting arrest which was a Class A misdemeanor was changed to interrupting, disrupting, impeding and interfering with a peace officer while performing a duty, a Class B misdemeanor.

[KC Burke]

read the link at 65 — very interesting guy it appears. If Yon is down on him, I would like to see a lot more info.

[Dusty Road]

Yesterday he was on Lynn Woolley’s talk show and admitted to grabing the rifle from the officer after he was disarmed. Thats when the officer put him at gun point and led to him being cuffed and arrested. Had he just been cool this would have been a non-story.

[deport]

Yesterday he was on Lynn Woolley’s talk show and admitted to grabing the rifle from the officer after he was disarmed.

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Thanks, if true that brings an entirely different aspect into the scenario. I believe there is more to this story than we are being told by either the accused or the police.

[Noamie]

Yeah, appears so. When you read the Google report it looks like the normal leftist hack attacks on his site. Sorry about that.

[w_r_ranch]

I agree 100%. The LEOs involved should also lose their licenses at the minimum.

I saw where the mayor of Temple just declared bankruptcy... I wonder if he did this as a preemptive move to his upcoming civil suit...

[Albion Wilde]

Maybe so but he rudely displayed a firearm. That firearm was not only rude, it was cynical and sarcastic. It lacked empathy and tolerance. He should display his firearms in a more loving and jovial manner. Every freeper knows that. There’s no excuse for a rude firearm.

LOL! Nailed it!

[chcknhawk]

I’m doing okay. We are fighting the monster, peeling off the scales of injustice and corruption one scale at a time.

http://asp.militarygear.com/2013/05/16/judge-orders-release-of-dashcam-footage/

[chcknhawk]

Thanks. Here is an update to my case: http://asp.militarygear.com/2013/05/16/judge-orders-release-of-dashcam-footage/

My next hearing is on 29 May where I will enter my “hell no, I’m not guilty plea.”