Curmudgeon
Regular Member
Another point... Was it a State Park? City Park? County Park?
State parks firearms possession is illegal by law.
After a grueling 1/2 second Google search it appears to be a city park...
http://www.longbeach.gov/park/parks_and_open_spaces/parks/heartwell_park.asp
OP, I hope you are able to follow up on this, to whatever extent you are able. Being grabbed, grounded, cuffed, disarmed, and dragged off by "the authorities" ... for the sheer audacity of doing nothing wrong... in front of hundreds of your neighbors and fellow townsfolk is probably one of the most humiliating and degrading things I can imagine.
Do you really know for sure that this will not come back to bite you in the future? Say, at a job interview?
Just because you were not shot and killed by ranger retard does not mean it all ended well.
Does it really cost anything to file a complaint with the ranger's superiors? What, if anything does it cost to initiate a private criminal complaint?
Last, you may wish to consult more than one attorney. They are NOT all the same, they do not all do the same type of work. One may want $10,000 up front, the next one may be willing to work with you on a contingent-fee basis. It's going to be up to you. Admit it or not, they were out to really "teach you a thing or 2" about OC, and they succeeded. The rangers need to be "corrected" in a way they will never forget.