WILLIAM LAWLER is convinced that his civil rights were violated during a car stop in which police confiscated his legally owned gun and his permit to carry a concealed weapon.
On Friday, a federal jury was convinced otherwise.
It was a quick midday run to the post office in April 2008 that landed Lawler, an 11-year Army veteran and social-studies teacher, in the back of a police cruiser in handcuffs.
The traffic violation for which he was stopped in Northeast Philadelphia was later dismissed. But cops said that the politically charged bumper stickers on the back of his station wagon, including "Fear the government that fears your gun," led them to ask if he had a gun - which he did - and if he had a permit to carry it - which he did.
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20111031_Jury__Cops_didn_t_jump_the_gun_in_car_search.html?cmpid=125219969I agree with Lawler. Philly cops at it again.
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