It’s Ironic And Sad, This Is Police State America On Display For All To See!
Courthouse News Service – by Jeff D. Gorman
An off-duty cop who was detained after being mistaken for a terrorist was not falsely arrested, the Oklahoma Court of Appeals ruled.
Joshua Shaw was at an Oklahoma City pub with a female officer in December 2012. They were talking about going to the gun range and shooting their weapons.
Another off-duty officer overheard them and feared that they were planning terrorist acts. He talked to the bartender, who told him that the couple were police officers, not terrorists.
Still, the officer called Oklahoma City police.
Shaw complained that one officer yanked him off his bar stool and another dragged him outside. Shaw told them he was also a cop, and one of the officers noticed his badge under his jacket.
Shaw claimed that he was detained for 25 minutes and that the officers explained to him that an off-duty cop had reported that someone was discussing shooting an AK-47.
Shaw sued Oklahoma City for false arrest, assault and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
The city moved to dismiss the case, arguing that its officers had probable cause to detain Shaw. The trial court ruled in the city’s favor.
Shaw appealed, but the Oklahoma Court of Appeals also ruled for the city.
According to Judge William Hetherington Jr., Shaw cannot prevail on his emotional distress claim because he failed to show that the officers acted in bad faith.
He added that Shaw cannot win on his assault claim, because it would fall outside the scope of the officers’ employment.
“(The) city’s motion for summary judgment lists as an ‘undisputed fact’ that Shaw believes the officers were acting intentionally and maliciously and attaches his deposition testimony as support,” Hetherington wrote.
He also agreed with the city that Shaw was not falsely arrested because he admitted to being off-duty and carrying a gun in a bar.
“The serious nature of the information communicated to OKCPD by an undisputedly reliable source and then communicated to the police officers is sufficient to warrant 1) reasonable belief Shaw has committed or is committing a felony and 2) the officers’ actions in seizing a potentially armed and dangerous arrestee in a public place to protect not only the customers but also the officers themselves,” he wrote.
http://www.courthousenews.com/2016/09/23/off-duty-cop-mistaken-for-a-terrorist-has-no-case.htm
Awww … sucks to be one of us basket of deplorables, don’t it?
welcome to the real world, Shaw. Hope you enjoyed your stay.
Awwwwww….boooofriggityhooooooo….no justice for poor officer Shaw.
Good, now they know how the rest of us are treated.
LAME, could not this cowardly cop simply walked up and join the conversation out of interest in firearms, made introductions, realized they were all cops and shared a beer? No, instead he cost the the taxpayers money to move this through a unnecessary court procedure and cultivated distrust and disrespect in the local law enforcement. Some people need some head slappin.
Awww…. Now you know how we feel.
As Bruce Willis would say in the movie Die Hard, “Welcome to the party, pal!”
“Yippee-ki-yay, mother…”
Best line. 🙂
heres the real question he should be asked.. are you still a cop? if so F you and welcome to our hell jerkoff! hope theres more where that came from
lesson to self .. dont talk with friends or family about going to the range anymore in public .. all the scared little sheeple might just get you shot for exercising your right
think the cops learned anything ? Naaaahhh .. with below an 80 IQ score im still surprised they can zip up their pants
SO……….. IF IM IN AN OKC BAR AND WANT TO DISCUSS AK 47 BALLISTICS ILL PROBABLY BE ARRESTED? KISS MY ASS OKLAHOMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hahaha see something say something
How nice that it backfired on them
Gotta love it when their own ideas and policy’s backfire and create a mess for themselves
Wouldn’t it be great if this happened to them and only them on a daily basis
If this had happened to anyone other than a pig, it would bother me. But this looks a lot like karma.
Off-Duty Cop Mistaken for a Terrorist Has No Clue.. there I fixed the title for ya.. hahahahah
Terrorist suspects terrorists planning terror plot, calls backup terrorists to assist in thwarting terror attack by terrorizing terrorist…film at 11:00!
Hahahahaha!!! Yep, that about sums it up, Martist.
Perfect
“He talked to the bartender, who told him that the couple were police officers, not terrorists.”
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! RLMAO!!!!!
That’s EXACTLY why he turned them in.
One and the same!
hahahahahah, OMG, a god not being treated like a god by other god’s…..HAHAHAHaha, Maybe now he’ll start imagining how us poor serfs out here feel when tyranny is exercised against us….