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Backstory:
Suit seeks to halt harassment of citizens carrying firearms in Wheeling
Outcome:
Wheeling, WV Agrees to Pay $55K to Settle 2nd Amendment Suit
My opinion: OC is going to become very popular in Wheeling.
Suit seeks to halt harassment of citizens carrying firearms in Wheeling
Keith says he contacted WPD Chief Robert G. Matheny about the encounter he had with Kotson, Jewell and the other officers. According to his suit, Keith says Matheny parroted Kotson and Jewell’s statements that the open carrying of a handgun was so “unnatural and uncommon” that constitutes “suspicious activity” for which WPD officers have grounds to stop and detain someone.
In the course of the conservation, Keith alleges Matheny added that “‘until a court directs me otherwise, [it] will be the policy of the Wheeling Police Department’ to stop, detain, disarm and question any individual who openly carries a handgun.”
Outcome:
Wheeling, WV Agrees to Pay $55K to Settle 2nd Amendment Suit
City officials have agreed to a monetary settlement, but not to implement policy changes in a civil rights suit accusing police of harassing citizens who exercise their rights to openly carry a firearm.
My opinion: OC is going to become very popular in Wheeling.