Man arrested with guns near California Trump rally sues sheriff for defamation
by Associated Press from US news | The Guardian on (#6RHXD)
Lawsuit accuses sheriff of falsely characterizing Vem Miller's arrest as a thwarted assassination attempt
A Nevada man who was arrested over the weekend with guns at a security checkpoint outside a Donald Trump rally in the southern California desert has filed a lawsuit accusing the sheriff of falsely characterizing his arrest as a thwarted assassination attempt for his own personal gain.
The man, identified as 49-year-old Vem Miller of Las Vegas, had been driving an unregistered black SUV with a homemade" license plate when he was stopped by deputies assigned to the rally in Coachella, east of Los Angeles, Riverside county sheriff Chad Bianco said on Sunday at a news conference.
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