Here’s the story of US Army veteran James Brinkley, arrested in DC for doing doing exactly the same thing as David Gregory of NBC News, and how he wasn’t treated in the same deferential manner as Gregory, who happens to be buds with the prosecutor…
The Washington Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) inquiry into whether NBC’s David Gregory broke the law by possessing a 30-round “high-capacity” magazine on national TV has been ongoing for three weeks. Meanwhile, U.S. Army veteran James Brinkley is still grappling with the fallout from his arrest last year on the same charge.
Mr. Brinkley’s story is just one example of at least 105 individuals who, unlike Mr. Gregory, were arrested in 2012 for having a magazine that can hold more than 10 rounds. […]