Wednesday, May 28, 2014

CO:City Settles; 25K to Open Gun Carrier

There have been numerous settlements for illegal arrests of people openly carrying firearms.

A man who was arrested for carrying a holstered handgun into a movie theater a week after the Aurora shootings in 2012 received a $25,000 settlement check from the city of Thornton last week, according to Denver’s 7News.

Jim Mapes had a concealed-carry permit and said he’d carried his gun to the same theater several times in the past. Another theater-goer called 911, saying a man with a weapon had just entered a movie theater. He was originally charged with brandishing the weapon, which Mapes denied.

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The city settled for $25,000, but admitted no wrongdoing. Wareham said the check itself was evidence that Mapes’ arrest was unwarranted.

“They got to apologize to him in the form of a nice, healthy check,” he told 7News.

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