bennie1986
Regular Member
Today we had my wife’s baby shower at Manito park in Spokane I chose to OC. While everyone was setting up I was watching my son play at the playground. After about half an hour I saw a cop creep by so I knew I was going to be contacted. I called my mother over to watch my son because I didn’t him to run off while I was talking to the cops. Sure enough he got out and motioned me over, he took cover half behind a tree. I said I’m guessing you are looking to talk to me and he said yes. He told me to put my hands on my head and sit on the bench that I was next to he came up from behind me and handcuffed me. He aggressively took me back to his car where I sat on the hood. He tried to lecture me about scaring people which is funny because I pointed out that the other 300 people at the park didn’t seem to mind as they went about their business. He told me that he would have me escorted for trespassing in the park by park security because of the city ordinance that prohibits weapons at the park. I explained preemption and he said I was wrong he said that it states that the city can be more restrictive not less, I laughed. I would have pushed it but I really didn’t want to miss my wife’s baby shower so I concealed it for the rest of the time and they let me on my way, I was not cited for anything. My mom saw the whole thing and she said she was absolutely appalled at the way they handled it and she hates guns. That wasn’t the end though about an hour later the same cop came creeping by and about five minutes later two other cops stopped in the parking lot by the pavilion were checking me out which I feel it was harassment and I have about twenty people as witnesses who agree. I feel so low right now so violated. I will be filing a complaint with the department and meeting with my attorney to look options. What almost had me laughing the whole time was the fact we will be having an OC bbq in a week and a half with tons of people that will be OCing in the same spot. I will still be OCing for that event.