Philly Police Harass, Threaten to Shoot Man Legally Carrying Gun

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A story in today’s Philadelphia Daily News shows why it’s so important that citizens be allowed to videotape cops – it can be citizens’ only way to fight back against police abuse of power.

This incident happened several weeks ago in Philadelphia to Mark Fiorino, a 25-year-old IT worker who carries a gun on his hip at all times for self defense. He got the gun after several friends were mugged.

But he didn’t count on attacks by police:

On a mild February afternoon, Fiorino, 25, decided to walk to an AutoZone on Frankford Avenue in Northeast Philly with the .40-caliber Glock he legally owns holstered in plain view on his left hip. His stroll ended when someone called out from behind: “Yo, Junior, what are you doing?”

Fiorino wheeled and saw Sgt. Michael Dougherty aiming a handgun at him.

What happened next would be hard to believe, except that Fiorino audio-recorded all of it: a tense, profanity-laced, 40-minute encounter with cops who told him that what he was doing – openly carrying a gun on the city’s streets – was against the law.

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  • old dad

    We allow police depts. to hire too many people like this and then award them cudo's and promotions based on theur succesful harassment of other wise sitizens. Often by violation of thecitizens constitutional rights as was clearly the case in this incident. Want to bet he got a reprimand for this conduct.
    This Gentlemen should sue the city and give them the only lesson they seem to understand, a swoft kick in the wallet.

  • MLH

    I told the Truth here and my report on Emergency Rule was deleted by a dumb ass administrator.

  • hooder

    Government is creating a fear of guns in the people, beginning from when they first enter the school system. They hope this will eventually lead to total control.

  • http://silentmajority09.com The Silent majority

    I have been a cop for about 14 years. I guess I am among the minority who fully supports the rights of citizens to exercise their second amendment right to keep and bear arms. Unfortunately in Florida where I work open carry of a firearm is a crime. I bet if that were changed we would see a drop in violent crime. I can always hope.

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