Judge dismisses lawsuit by California principal arrested for gun on campus

By Chris Eger

Kent Williams sued Bakersfield PD over his 2014 arrest, but a federal judge last week sided with police and dismissed his claim (Photo: bakersfieldnow.com)
A federal judge dismissed claims by a former vice principal and concealed carry permit holder that officers violated his rights when they arrested him for having a gun at school.
The plaintiff in the case, Kent Williams, argued two Bakersfield Police officers and the city were liable for Fourth Amendment unlawful seizure violations as well as false arrest and negligence as they had no probable cause to take him into custody. U.S. District Judge Jennifer L. Thurston disagreed, holding in an 11-page decision last week that the officers acted reasonably.
Thurston concluded school officials, when they found out that Williams had the gun on campus were “seriously distressed” and others would have been had they known.
“It is reasonable to assume that had others—particularly the parents of the students—been aware of the unsecured, loaded gun kept in a backpack on the floor of Plaintiff’s office, the entire school community would have been distressed by the knowledge and this would have interfered with the learning environment,” wrote Thurston.
In 2014, a Bakersfield police school resource officer at Tevis Junior High took Williams,

Source: Guns.com