KHOU 11 News – by Larry Seward
HOUSTON – A confrontation between a Houston police officer and a man armed with an AR 15 rifle sparked an internal investigation.
Houston Police Chief Charles McClelland saw the video of the 25 minute exchange, according to a spokesperson. He immediately ordered an investigation. However, the department cannot comment further, the spokesperson said.
In the video, trouble starts seconds after the officer and man with the AR 15, who also filmed the confrontation, met. The guy behind the camera walked away from police.
“Right (after meeting) you can hear it plain as day, the officer says you’re not under arrest and you’re not being detained,” David Amad, of Open Carry Texas said.
Amad speaks for the guy confronted by police and is upset by an exchange on the video in which the officer refers to second amendment rights as “constitutional crap” and “constitutional bull****.”
“Here’s the bottom line,” Amad said. “If you respect the contents of a document, you don’t refer to those contents as crap and bull****. It’s as simple as that. That’s just about the most un-American thing I can think of. You’re a public official. You don’t own that street and you’re dealing with a taxpayer on which you have absolutely no evidence of a crime. What do you have to hide?”
On tape, the officer begs for cooperation.
“Do you have ID on you,” the officer asked in the video. “No. So, how am I supposed to know whether or not you’re a felon?”
A second officer in the video turned the camera away at one point. Later, she explained that she “didn’t want it to slide off the hood.”
Eventually, the man carrying the AR 15 was released with his weapon.
While Amad argues the man never should have been detained, it is up to HPD’s internal affairs to decide if the officer’s actions were right or wrong.
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the officer refers to second amendment rights as “constitutional crap” and “constitutional bull****.”
Here you can see how the communists taught cops to have complete disregard for the constitution. They don’t respect our rights at all, but instead only see them as a hindrance to them harassing, robbing, raping, and killing people.
ALL cops have to go. If this is the way they think (and they all get the same training) they’re traitors to this country, and have no more right to be here than the wetbacks. You don’t have to look very far past their Nazi uniforms and tin badges to see that they’re common criminals, and nothing more.
That is a perfect example of the problem. The constitution protects people from oppressive behaviour by the government, and here is an enforcer saying the constitution is crap. Sadly, not enough people have stood up to defend their rights and now the bad guys have created the mindset in many that the constitution is crap and not needed. You give people like this officer power and authority and total lack of accountability for any wrong doings they commit and you get an out of control police force.