These two boneheads basically filmed themselves discussing how to frame a peaceful protestor.

AOL.com says police in Connecticut approached Michael Picard and slapped his phone out of his hands without warning. Unfortunately for them, it was still on and everything they said after that was recorded. (The altercation begins at about 2:10 in the video above.)

After running Picard's ID and gun carry permit, his lawyer says;

"Michael's permit comes back as valid, they say 'oh crap,' and one of the troopers says 'we gotta punch a number on this guy,' which means open an investigation in the police database. And he says 'we really gotta cover our asses.'

They charge him with 'reckless use of a highway by a pedestrian,' and 'creating a public disturbance', then a superior tells them to say that:

"multiple motorists stopped to complain about a guy waving a gun around, but none of them wanted to stop and make a statement.'

After over a year, the charges were dropped. Picard and the ACLU have since filed a lawsuit.

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