So if I want to screw up someones day I just call the police and say they are acting erratically and have a gun. Then the police come and find a guy talking on a cell phone, no gun, but arrest him anyway.

Wow! Obama has turned this country into a bunch of snitchers.

It is against the law for police to arrest someone without sufficient reason and I think it is a crime to give a false report to the police.

Report of armed man leads to lockdown at Wal-Mart

[link to www.kirksvilledailyexpress.com]

Kirksville, Mo. — A report of an armed man acting erratically in the Wal-Mart parking lot Wednesday led to the store being temporarily locked down before Kirksville Police responded to and defused the situation with no injuries.

According to Kirksville Police Chief Jim Hughes, a passerby stopped a Kirksville Police officer and said they had seen an individual acting erratically in a truck in the Wal-Mart parking lot shortly before 2:30 p.m. The passerby believed the individual had a gun to his head.

"We don't take these things lightly," Hughes said, "especially nowadays."

KPD responded to control the scene and ordered a lockdown of the store both to keep shoppers in and prevent the individual from entering the store.

After identifying the vehicle and person in question, Hughes said a decision was made on the scene for police to attempt contact. They were able to communicate with him and he voluntarily exited the vehicle. No weapon was found and the individual was taken into custody without incident less than 20 minutes after police arrived on scene.

The individual was talking on a cell phone at the time of the incident. It's likely that is the object the passerby identified as a gun.