Video: Off-duty officer pulls 2 guns in dispute

Newly released video shows an incident in a New Orleans gas station that caused an NOPD police officer’s resignation after he pulled out two guns during a verbal altercation.

Officer Devyn Swanier argued with 17-year-old Michael Martin at the gas pump after a female friend of Martin’s reportedly bumped into Swanier’s goddaughter in the parking lot.

Swanier, who was off-duty at the time, retrieved a personal gun and an NOPD-issued glock from his trunk during the argument, and because it was unclear why the weapons were involved, a police investigation and criminal charges against Swanier resulted.

Swanier stated that he could not confirm seeing a weapon in Martin’s hand, but he also could not confirm that no weapon existed, and after several more rapid-fire questions from the investigator, Swanier, apparently tearful, resigned.

Nothing in the video exists to prove Swanier’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, Rafael Goyeneche, a Crime Commission spokesperson, stated.

Martin was never physically harmed, and it is unclear whether or not he feared physical harm.

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