Posted on Mar 29, 2018
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CJ Grisham, President of Open Carry Texas, Army veteran and recent candidate for State Representative in District 55, along with a couple of other people was arrested yesterday in Olmos Park, TX (Bexar County). He was tazed and subsequently injured in that arrest with a head injury and was hospitalized. I was told that the head injury was a large gash on the back of the head. He also suffered numerous scrapes on his wrists and arms.

Grisham and crew were legally opening carrying pistols and long guns in response to an event last week when an Olmos Park police officer drew guns on and detained someone with a protest sign solely for the reason of open carrying a pistol (which turned out to be a training fake).

Grisham had a phone conversation with the Olmos Park Police Chief, Rene Valenciano about their policies, etc. in which the chief seemed entirely unconcerned with his officers illegally detaining people for a perfectly legal activity. (The conversation will be linked in the comments below).

Grisham and crew went to Olmos Park yesterday and were legally and peacefully open carrying and got arrested for it. There is a video of the arrest. There was no articulated probable cause for the arrest. The police showed up, including Chief Valenciano and ordered Grisham and his crew to the ground. Grisham at least refused. It was Valenciano that personally tazed and arrested Grisham.

Between the phone call and video from the site, it's very clear this was an illegal arrest by an oath breaking police officer and they will be held accountable.
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Robert Leviton
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Time too ruin an anti-constitutional, Anti-American police chiefs life!
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I hope you meant end his career and not his life. If it's the latter you need to talk with someone.
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Robert Leviton
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CWO3 (Join to see) I was referring to ending his career as a law enforcement (in his case unprofessional) officer!
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SFC Jim Ruether
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Chief Valenciano should be setting the example here and apparently he did. It was the wrong one and he should be held personally responsible for his actions.
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PO3 Elliott Arthur
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This is a clear case of a violation of civil rights under color of law. Last time I saw one of these it got the officer a $10,000 fine and 10 years in federal prison. Hopefully, the FBI is enroute.
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SPC Mike Davis
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A citizen with a gun..........is a citizen
A citizen without a gun......is.....a....SLAVE!
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SGT Denny Espinosa
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"Since I did not act quickly enough to one or the other officer’s commands, the Chief of Police, knowing I was not a threat and knowing I was not committing criminal activity, tasered me, injured me and had me arrested." - CJ Grisham
The original article stated Grisham "refused" the order to hit the ground. Grisham's legal statement says otherwise. This difference changes the ramifications of Grisham's actions.
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SGT Denny Espinosa
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SSG Lee Edwards
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Based on this report, I believe Chief Valenciano, at the very least, should be reprimanded and retrained in the laws of the State of Texas. I would also support his impeachment as a Law Enforcement Officer.
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Lt Col Kurtis Sutley
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Just because you are in the right does not relieve you from the responsibility to follow a LEOs order. By being in the right but refusing to comply he moved over into the wrong category. Now he's injured (could have died) and complicit in a situation that escalated as a direct result of his actions. Whether right or wrong, just what are officers supposed to do when an armed citizen refuses to comply? Short answer: First the sheriff was wrong and then Grisham was wrong. Two wrongs still don't make a right.
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SFC Jim Turner
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As a law enforcement this report sickens me. If true, I hope the chief and his office serve prison time for such an agreagious call constitutional violation
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SP5 Geoffrey Vannerson
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Just another DOUCHEBAG who couldn't serve in the military so he is trying to make a name for himself by tasering a military person. He'll get off with a warning and maybe suspended with pay for a time then he will be right back in office violating peoples rights again. The time is coming! Soon they will be screaming "police lives matter." Keep violating our rights, see what happens!
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SGT(P) Security Supervisor
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New York city illegally detains citizens from other states when they are carrying. And the courts there allow it. Same for its own citizens.
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