Somers Man Catches on Hidden Camera Police Officer Removing His Pro-Gun Sign

(here's a "he said/she said" argument in New York--alexis)

A Somers man who was determined to find out who was stealing pro-gun signs he had reportedly placed on his lawn is now seeking to sue the town of Somers for violating his free speech rights.  

The controversy began when Jon Gibson, who lives on Acacia Drive, placed a hidden camera and caught a Somers police officer removing his "Protect the Second Amendment" sign from his lawn. The story and images have since gone viral on the Internet. 

Gibson had set up the hidden camera after three separate signs he had placed were removed. To his surprise, the fourth sign was removed by a police officer on Monday, Sept. 23. 
  
"We were expecting a neighbor," Gibson's lawyer Richard Bombardo told Patch. "We were very, very surprised."

Somers Supervisor Mary Beth Murphy, though, said this was not an issue of free speech or gun rights, but rather an issue of town zoning. She said the sign had been placed on town-owned property and a local town code prohibits signs in the town's right of way – or 15 feet of either side of the road. She confirmed that two of the signs had been removed by a police officer after a neighbor complained. 

"A lot of people seem to think the [Somers] police officer went onto his property," Murphy said. "That's not the case. There is a lot of misinformation."

http://yorktown-somers.patch.com/somers-man-catches-on-hidden-camera-police-officer  for the complete story and video....