Officials in Bell County, Texas, have released the dashcam footage of a police officer in Temple, Texas, disarming and arresting decorated veteran C.J. Grisham while he was on a hike with his son in March. The officer is seen grabbing the dad’s gun and then seemingly attempting to unlatch it from the man’s sling without telling him why or asking for permission.
Video recorded by Grisham and his son went viral earlier this year, but it did not show the moment the dad was approached and disarmed by the officer. He was later charged with “interference with duties of a public servant,” though the officer is heard in the video from March telling Grisham he was stopped for “rudely displaying” his rifle.
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shhh, don't say anything or you will be called a cop hater
ReplyDeleteSounds like Grisham could have avoided all this if he just answered the questions without getting smart. The cop should've been the better man and ignored the fact that Grisham was a smart ass. Now its come to this. People need better communication skills.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous said...
ReplyDeleteshhh, don't say anything or you will be called a cop hater
November 21, 2013 at 11:48 PM
No, but you are the cop hater.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
ReplyDeleteSounds like Grisham could have avoided all this if he just answered the questions without getting smart. The cop should've been the better man and ignored the fact that Grisham was a smart ass. Now its come to this. People need better communication skills.
November 22, 2013 at 12:23 AM
WOW, are you really that stupid? Did you even watch the video? Just another example of an out of control cop. Grisham will win on appeal. The cop had no reason to detain him in the first place. Everything the cop did was wrong, including trying to charge him with resisting arrest.
That seems to be cops go to excuse when they have no valid reason to harass someone.
I envision people getting fed up to the point where cops just start to fall at the slightest provocation.
And you won't get a drop of sympathy from me. Karma has it's own way of settling injustices.
Grisham should have taken his .45 off his hip and ventilated the cops head when he grabbed the rifle. And besides the illegal actions of the cop towards Grisham, now they will have to answer for the way they treated his son.
ReplyDeleteYou really need to get all of the story and facts before you just assume the cop was correct in his actions. Once more, they overstepped their bounds. The citizens of Texas will yet again have to pay for this stupid cops actions.
You would think the states would invest a little money in training and vetting their cops before hiring them. It would save them a ton of money in the long run.
No, but you are the cop hater.
ReplyDeleteNovember 22, 2013 at 12:59 AM
Actually, the ones I 'hate' are not cops in the true sense of the word. They know who they are, and we know who they are.
You, on the other hand, are just a troll. And a not very good one at that. I think it's past time to put you back on the shelf and not play with you any longer.
You're just not worth the time, sorry. Maybe if you polished up your game and could actually argue it might be entertaining but as it stands now, you're just an embarrassment.
Go read a book or something and try later. Cya, wouldn't wanna be ya.
Mmmmm , was this guy just looking to see what would happen ?
ReplyDeleteIf he were walking down rt 349 in Nanticoke what would people think? Would they call the cops , I'm sure. Would the cops react the same , I,m sure. Protect and serve.
The difference "assault rifle and bolt action 30/06 or 30/30."
Even a Veteran should think these things out before making this type of decision. He new he would be approached and questioned.
His point was to make law enforcement look bad.
What he didn't realize , the officer could have shot him legally.
What Grisham did, as he has done before with no problems, was perfectly legal. I question the cops actions, and as far as I'm concerned, when he put his hand on that weapon HE could have been shot legally.
ReplyDeleteThere are right ways and wrong ways to do things, this cop did it the wrong way.
And this case is not over yet. Aside from an appeal and most likely a civil suit, cops have to answer for the way they treated Grisham' son as well.
An armed man walking down the road with a teenage boy. I would have conversated with him as well. The citizen was just stirring up poop, I can't blame LE for this one.
ReplyDeleteReading the entire article you'll discover that a jury of 3 men and 3 women found Mr. Grisham guilty of a lesser charge for interfering with a public servant. I'm sure that Mr. Grisham set out that day with his AR-15 and his concealed .45 cal. pistol, for which he had a concealed carry permit, with the intention of hiking with his son and perhaps shooting a snake, coyote, bob cat or other vermin. Because of the way he was approached and the attitude of the officer Grisham was done for it simply was a bad situation from the start and even if his demeanor had been less aggressive the result was pre-determined. A valuable lesson for anyone with a CCW permit is leave the AR at home carry your .45 concealed and none of this would have ever happened. Now some will say he had a legal right to carry the AR open carry and while this is true it will never be socially acceptable anywhere in this country and some idiot is going to call and tell a dispatcher there is a man walking down RT. 349 carrying a machine gun and the story blows up and spins out of control so much that by the time Deputy Dawg hits Cox's Corner he's rolling at 115 mph lights and sirens to a shooting in progress call! Why because there all idiots!
ReplyDeletehey 10:18
ReplyDeletemy point exactly
What I discovered recently is there were TWO trials. The first one ended with a hung jury. They reduced the charge from resisting to interfering with duties of the cop.
ReplyDeleteThis whole thing is petty and vindictive on the part of the police and D.A.
Had the cop been professional and explained what he wanted this whole blowup could have been avoided.
Instead, the cop walks up and immediately begins grabbing and then unslinging the weapon.
I would have balked too. They both did wrong, but the cop is more responsible. Instead of deescalating the situation, he began aggressively and only increased his aggressiveness as time went on.
He had a complaint from someone calling in about a man carrying a rifle. That is the only reason he could do what he did.
Carrying a weapon is not cause to be questioned or detained, in and of itself.
The cop was moving the guys gun around right in his face. I would have been worried of it striking my face and as a reflex, probably would have put my hand on it or tried to help the cop get it off from around my neck. The cop should have explained that they had a complaint, kept everything calm and ask him to allow him to remove it so they could clear it up and he could be on his way. Instead the cop starts grabbing it and escalated the whole thing. Was the guy an arrogant jerk? Yes ... Did he have a legal right to carry both...? Yes. If you are going to try and make a statement, like this guy did, remain calm and polite. Otherwise, you hurt the cause.
ReplyDeleteI';; disagree, 38. Nobody violated the law other than the cop.
ReplyDeletePeriod.
Law is law, and it's the law!
As an ex-LEO, I feel that there was an awful lot of over re-acting on the part of the Officer Not familiar w/ Texas laws concerning firearems but from what I read here he was not in violation. If that is the case the Officer should b chastised or even fired and the city should be liable for a civil suit.
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