Michigan County Settles Lawsuit for $100K After Commissioner Showed a Rifle During a COVID-Era Zoom Meeting

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A Michigan county has settled a lawsuit over an elected official who flashed a rifle during a COVID-19-era public meeting on Zoom.

Patricia MacIntosh accused Ron Clous of trying to silence her right to free speech when he displayed the rifle during a 2021 meeting of Grand Traverse County commissioners.

The county last week approved a $100,000 deal with MacIntosh, the Traverse City Record-Eagle reported. Insurance will cover it. Clous, who is no longer a commissioner, also apologized.

“While not my intent, I understand that my actions in getting my rifle could reasonably have caused you to feel uncomfortable or intimidated, and for that, I apologize,” Clous wrote.

The incident occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic when the county board held public meetings over video conference. During the public comment period, MacIntosh had urged commissioners to make a statement opposing anti-government extremists, a few weeks after the U.S. Capitol riot.

That’s when Clous, a commissioner who was participating from home, left the screen and returned with a rifle.

— AP in Pandemic-era lawsuit over gun at Michigan Zoom meeting is settled for $100,000

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  1. .40 cal Booger

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  3. .40 cal Booger

    David Hogg Out as DNC Vice Chair?

    Well, it appears that our favorite gun control advocate, David Hogg, is about to lose his position as DNC Vice Chair. Washington Gun Law President, William Kirk, discusses a recent committee vote taken by the DNC to invalidate his election in February and get a do-over. And it appears that there is plenty of momentum for this motion. Does this spell the end of David as a DNC Vice Chair?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPFHNPKWDMA

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    1. tsbhoa.p.jr

      no. as malig- nancy says, she hopes he runs again. they’re invalidating the election but he is still eligible.

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  7. .40 cal Booger

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  8. .40 cal Booger

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  9. .40 cal Booger

    Biden ATF corruption probed: Grassley, Ernst Demand Answers and Action in [Alleged] ATF ‘Waste, Fraud, Abuse’.

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    …
    In a Monday, May 12 statement, the two Hawkeye State senators leveled their allegations against ATF Senior Executive Lisa Boykin and Justice Management Division (JMD) Acting Deputy Director of Human Resources (HR) Ralph Bittelari.

    In a 5 ½-page letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi, Acting ATF Director Daniel Driscoll and Assistant Attorney General Jolene Ann Lauria, who heads the Justice Department’s Administration Justice Management Division, Grassley and Ernst detail their allegations.
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    In his joint press release with Ernst, Sen. Grassley stated, “The Biden administration’s ATF illegally lined employees’ pockets with tens-of-millions of taxpayer dollars.
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    https://www.ammoland.com/2025/05/grassley-ernst-demand-answers-and-action-in-alleged-atf-waste-fraud-abuse/

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