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UPDATES: News Report at http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19768981&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=614635&rfi=6
See also http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/site/index.cfm?newsid=19770867&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=590572&rfi=8
- "Open Carry Group’s lawsuit names Dickson City cops"
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Four gun owners have filed a federal civil rights lawsuit in United States Federal District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. The lawsuit seeks declaratory and injunctive relief, as well as damages and punitive damages for violations of their constitutional rights under the First, Fourth, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution by the Borough of Dickson City and members of the Dickson City Police Department.
The law suit arises from the actions of Dickson City police officers responding to a call about a group of people peaceably eating dinner, some of whom were openly carrying holstered handguns, at the Old Country Buffet on Commerce Avenue in Dickson City, PA on May 9, 2008. The plaintiffs, one of whom was arrested for not providing identification, were doing nothing illegal or suspicious under Pennsylvania law and the police had no reason or authority to detain and search them, or confiscate their guns.
Press reports on the Dickson Dozen police roundup: http://opencarry.mywowbb.com/forum46/10896.html
Police report:http://paopencarry.org/policereport.pdf
Complaint: http://paopencarry.org/complaint.pdf
UPDATES: News Report at http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19768981&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=614635&rfi=6
See also http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/site/index.cfm?newsid=19770867&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=590572&rfi=8
- "Open Carry Group’s lawsuit names Dickson City cops"
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Four gun owners have filed a federal civil rights lawsuit in United States Federal District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. The lawsuit seeks declaratory and injunctive relief, as well as damages and punitive damages for violations of their constitutional rights under the First, Fourth, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution by the Borough of Dickson City and members of the Dickson City Police Department.
The law suit arises from the actions of Dickson City police officers responding to a call about a group of people peaceably eating dinner, some of whom were openly carrying holstered handguns, at the Old Country Buffet on Commerce Avenue in Dickson City, PA on May 9, 2008. The plaintiffs, one of whom was arrested for not providing identification, were doing nothing illegal or suspicious under Pennsylvania law and the police had no reason or authority to detain and search them, or confiscate their guns.
Press reports on the Dickson Dozen police roundup: http://opencarry.mywowbb.com/forum46/10896.html
Police report:http://paopencarry.org/policereport.pdf
Complaint: http://paopencarry.org/complaint.pdf