I know this happened a couple of months ago, but I just learned of it. A man in Stuart, Florida was attending the town’s Christmas parade when police noticed he was wearing what turned out to be Level IV body armor. He was detained and it turned out he was also carrying a dagger and a pistol.
Local residents freaked out, saying that he must have been up to no good, since he was carrying those items and was in the same general area as a sitting congressman.
The cops held him for hours before releasing him without charges. That doesn’t matter to the cops, they kept his vest, knife, and gun, and are going to use a risk protection order to strip him of his rights. Keep in mind, he wasn’t breaking any laws.
This is why I have been, and remain, opposed to so-called “red flag” laws.
13 Comments
ghostsniper · February 12, 2026 at 3:10 pm
I wonder how the jackboots noticed his armor?
Anyway, Ol’ Remus said, “Avoid crowds.”
Michael · February 12, 2026 at 4:01 pm
Level IV plates are a tad hard to conceal when I looked up the temperature during that timeframe. 75 degrees and sunny.
Not like you’d be wearing a trenchcoat then.
I tried to look up “concealable” level 4 exists but no luck.
ghostsniper · February 12, 2026 at 3:18 pm
Just went and read the article (the comments wouldn’t open for unknown reason).
What a clusterfuck that whole thing was.
I’ll never move out of our rural acreage because it seems the suburban and urban areas are infested with weak, braindead crybaby’s. jeez….
Divemedic · February 12, 2026 at 3:58 pm
Followup
https://youtu.be/jksTInkpT7U
GrayDog · February 12, 2026 at 4:36 pm
So he was legally wearing body armor and legally carrying a pistol. And was illegally groped, fondled, assaulted, robbed and arrested for this completely legal behavior by a bunch of guys who were outraged by this behavior yet were, themselves, wearing body armor and carrying pistols. We live in clown world.
Joe Blow · February 13, 2026 at 8:33 am
Honestly… suing the ever living shit out of everyone even remotely involved is the only way any of this stops. Yes, I know the county/state/city will be the ones cutting the check – but they’re also the one’s setting, and tolerating, such behavior.
As I’ve said many times, if CEO’s were held accountable for every illegal employed by their company, there would not be a single illegal employed in this country ever again.
If police districts tolerate this sort of behavior from their employees, that’s the behavior they will get. The WHOLE premise of punishment for a crime, is to deter. Ratchet up the deterrent, and crime goes down.
If a cop who violated a citizens rights in such an egregious manner was stripped of their license/ability to practice law-enforcement, black-balled, and never able to work in the field again (because nobody will hire them), this shit would clear up right quick.
ghostsniper · February 12, 2026 at 8:47 pm
Watched the whole thing. I hope the victim can successfully sue the hell out of them. He should also, right away, move to another state preferably in a rural area and live the rest of his life as he sees fit.
According to Professor John Lott in his book “More Guns, Less Crimes” you are 13 times more likely to be shot by a law enforcement officer than a fellow citizen.
WallPhone · February 14, 2026 at 12:43 pm
You ought to strip off the ‘si=’ and any characters following it when you share a video. It’s a unique identifier that is used to link your Google account to every account that watches said video and the point in time it had been shared.
Alternately, replace characters in it at random.
Divemedic · February 14, 2026 at 12:46 pm
I usually do, but this was a quick comment.
lynn · February 12, 2026 at 5:33 pm
Me too.
Honk Honk · February 13, 2026 at 7:29 am
DARE to keep cops off donuts.
Chris · February 13, 2026 at 12:06 pm
Meh. “Permission” slips and pieces of paper matter not. Look how the CoStiTuTiOn has been shredded and not followed. No matter where you live, just live free for fucks sake. Free men and all that.
Chris(CIII)
Steady Steve · February 13, 2026 at 7:31 pm
A federal conspiracy against rights lawsuit would be appropriate here. That way you could include the judge who issued the red flag order, the police officer issuing the complaint, the police agency for it’s policy, and the state of Florida for the red flag law. This goes against the Supreme Court ruling that any such law comport with laws circa 1791.
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