Here Comes Another Payout

Does anyone know the Law any more? Or is it all DEI guesswork?

• A Chicago man is suing the city and three CPD officers, alleging he was arrested when he tried file a report about bullets he says went missing from his legally owned firearm during a traffic stop.

  Qwentin Howard, a registered gun owner who holds both a Firearm Owner’s Identification (FOID) card and a concealed carry license, alleges in a federal lawsuit that Officers [...] and [...] pulled him over and placed his weapon in his trunk during the stop. Howard claims two bullets were missing when he retrieved the gun from his trunk after the stop.

  He then drove to the Wentworth (2nd) District station, 5101 South Wentworth Avenue, to file a report about the missing ammunition. According to the lawsuit, that’s when things escalated.

  Howard alleges that when he arrived at the station, he met with [the officers], along with their supervisor, [...], and informed them he would be recording the interaction to protect himself. [the supervisor] then allegedly ordered Howard to produce a physical FOID card, despite Howard having already shown [...] an electronic version during the traffic stop earlier that day.

  When Howard insisted that an electronic card was legally sufficient, as it is under Illinois law, [the supervisor] allegedly told him, “Well, you have a problem now because you’re accusing my officers of stealing your bullets.” Howard alleges he apologized if he was mistaken, explaining he simply did not want any bullets linked to him turning up later. [the stupidvisor] allegedly ordered [...] to detain Howard. Howard was handcuffed and arrested. [...] told Howard he was being arrested because he “wanted to escalate the issue and make it bigger than it had to be,” the lawsuit claims.

Well, it just got "bigger" than it needed to be (allegedly). 

Honest to god, who is this dumb?