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Gun Rights Advocate Sues City After Cops Eject Him And His AK47 From Zoo
Saturday, September 15, 2012 16:00
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A man who is suing the city of Evansville over being removed from Mesker Park Zoo & Botanic Garden last year after employees there called 911 about his open wearing of a gun was also stopped by police in August after they received a call about a man riding a bicycle with an AK-47 assault rifle strapped to his back.
That incident and other gun-related confrontations involving Benjamin A. Magenheimer were detailed in a 30-page court document filed Aug. 31 by city attorneys arguing that Magenheimer’s Sept. 16, 2011, lawsuit against the city should be dismissed.
Evansville police officers removed Magenheimer from the zoo on Sept. 10, 2011, after he argued with responding officers.
