Creepy man ‘walking streets with long-gun told witnesses he is “going to kill black people”‘
COPS questioned and released a man after he was pictured carrying a gun and allegedly claimed he was “going to kill black people” on Saturday.
Officers with the Cleveland Heights Police Department in Ohio talked with the man but decided he was not breaking any laws before a picture of the man carrying the long gun went viral online.
“I’m sorry my neighbor didn’t show me his face, but please all of my friends IN THE CLEVELAND HEIGHTS AREA !!!! this man and his son is walking around with a gun and the man says 'he’s going to kill black people' with that gun,” the post reads.
Only six states and the District of Columbia generally ban the open carrying of long guns, such as rifles and shotguns, according to the organization led by former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords.
Openly carrying a long gun is legal in the 44 remaining states – though restricted to unloaded weapons in Iowa, Tennessee and Utah, according to the organization.
Euclid NAACP Cassandra McDonald said that concerned citizens are not looking to challenge the man’s second amendment rights.
“What we are addressing however, is the law(s) that were actually violated which includes making terroristic threats, and ethnic intimidation,” McDonald said.
She continued: “Even more so, outside of state law, Cleveland Heights charter requires an arrest, or at the least charges being filed against anyone who violates sections 537.09 and 537.06 of their municipal ordinances.”