The Road Blog – Overzealous Police in OKC
Oklahoma City – A construction worker with an anti-President Obama sign in his pickup truck window was stopped by police who confiscated the homemade sign.
Chip Harrison of Oklahoma City had a sign reading ‘Abort Obama, not the unborn’ when he was stopped by two officers last week.
Harrison says an officer told him the sign could be considered a threat to the president and police notified the Secret Service.
Chip Harrison of Oklahoma City had a sign reading ‘Abort Obama, not the unborn’ when he was stopped by two officers last week.
Harrison says an officer told him the sign could be considered a threat to the president and police notified the Secret Service.
The officers took the sign but later returned it to Harrison and police say the officers were “overzealous.”
Special Agent in charge Adrian Andrews of the Secret Service’s Oklahoma City field office says agents interviewed Harrison and determined he’s not a threat.
Harrison says he’s no fan of Obama but the sign is a political statement opposing abortion, not a threat to Obama.
He says the sign is back in his truck and that he’s considering whether to pursue a civil matter against the police for what he considers a violation of his right to free speech.
Special Agent in charge Adrian Andrews of the Secret Service’s Oklahoma City field office says agents interviewed Harrison and determined he’s not a threat.
Harrison says he’s no fan of Obama but the sign is a political statement opposing abortion, not a threat to Obama.
He says the sign is back in his truck and that he’s considering whether to pursue a civil matter against the police for what he considers a violation of his right to free speech.
