Ohio man sues town, police in open carry case
DAYTON, Ohio — While openly carrying his Springfield XDM .40-caliber handgun, Tipp City resident Roy Call walked into a Riverside Speedway store at 4:30 a.m. Aug. 12, 2012 to buy a sports drink.
That's when — as claimed in a lawsuit against the city of Riverside, its mayor and two police officers — Call said he was illegally detained and briefly had his gun confiscated. Call is seeking compensatory and punitive damages of $3.6 million in a lawsuit field in the United States District Court/Southern District of Ohio in Dayton.
But Riverside police Chief Mark Reiss said his officers acted correctly and all Call had to do was cooperate.
Read more at http://www.policeone.com/Gun-Legislation-Law-Enforcement/articles/623520...
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