#Occutard Brings Gun To Court Building…For His Own Hearing For Assaulting A Police Officer
Feb 23, 2012 7 Comments ›› Toro520
Apparently, DeKuyper has taken Occupy Austin’s call for an armed revolution to heart…
This Occupy Wall Street protester is definitely not among the 1% — of brightest Americans.
John Scott DeKuyper arrived for a Wednesday court hearing at the wrong building while carrying a Colt .45 pistol in his leather backpack, police and court officials said.
DeKuyper, 53, was also toting cartridges for the unloaded handgun in his bag when he was handcuffed at the weapon screening area inside 100 Centre St. around 11:30 a.m.
The Lewes, Del., resident said he was licensed to carry the weapon in another state before adding this was “the stupidest thing he’d ever done,” said Lt. Pete Dolan.
Or maybe it was in the top two.
DeKuyper was first arrested last Oct. 15 while trying to yank the badge off the shirt of NYPD Chief of Department Joseph Esposito during a Times Square rally, according to a criminal complaint.
DeKuyper was charged with disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and attempted grand larceny. He was supposed to be at 346 Broadway for that hearing.
He was held on $50,000 cash bail Wednesday on the gun charge.
His lawyers said he is a married father of two who is battling cancer.
Attorney Lawrence Linzer said his client would “have to be an idiot” if he thought he could get the weapon past security. He said DeKuyper “merely forgot” he had the gun in his bag.
