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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhite security guard pulls gun on black on-duty sheriff's deputy because he was armed
Published 6 hours ago on July 15, 2019
By Matthew Chapman
WTVG reported that a white security officer at the IRS building in Toledo, Ohio, is facing a charge for aggravated menacing after he pulled his gun on Alan Gaston, a black Lucas County sheriffs deputy.
The reason? Gaston was armed.
He was also, however, clearly in uniform with his badge visible, indicating him as an on-duty law enforcement officer. The guard drew his weapon after Gaston told him he couldnt leave his sidearm outside the premises.
Basically preparing myself to be shot at that moment. Bracing for a shot in my back, said Gaston, who works as a defense instructor and who says he only came to the building to ask about a letter he received from the IRS.
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https://www.rawstory.com/2019/07/white-security-guard-pulls-gun-on-black-on-duty-sheriffs-deputy-because-he-was-armed/
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White security guard pulls gun on black on-duty sheriff's deputy because he was armed (Original Post)
Judi Lynn
Jul 2019
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Marcuse
(7,508 posts)1. Mnuchin will hire and promote him.
beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)2. I always say states with open carry, the white citizens would freak if
Hundreds on nonwhites flooded the streets sporting AK47s....the whites don't believe nonwhites have the same rights, ever.
lpbk2713
(42,766 posts)3. This guard and his supervisor should be reassigned.
Obviously his supervisor did not make it clear to him what his job was.
nilram
(2,894 posts)4. Sounds like 'Paying taxes while black.'
msongs
(67,443 posts)5. facebook and rawstory nt
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)6. ...