Cop Wrongly Arrested as “Terrorist” Can’t Sue OKC For Abuse

Cop Wrongly Arrested as “Terrorist” Can’t Sue OKC For Abuse

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Joshua Shaw, a police officer from McLoud, Oklahoma, was enjoying a dinner conversation with a female police academy trainee at Henry Hudson’s Pub in Oklahoma City when he was suddenly accosted by four fellow officers. One officer grabbed him from behind, and with the help of a comrade dragged Shaw bodily from the room.

Angered and alarmed, Shaw demanded to know why he was being manhandled and frantically identified himself as a police officer. Shortly after the assault began one of the assailants noted Shaw’s badge under his jacket. After Shaw had been detained for nearly a half-hour he was told that an off-duty officer in the pub had overheard a conversation in which Shaw had discussed shooting an AK-47. Shaw and his dinner companion, he was told, had been suspected of “discussing terroristic acts.”

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