>> A SINGLE FATHER, A LAWYER,

AND A STATE LEGISLATOR ARRESTED

ON A GUN CHARGE.

NOW THAT THE CHARGE HAS BEEN

DROPPED HE IS SHARING HIS STORY

WITH "CHICAGO TONIGHT" INCLUDING

VIDEO OF THE INCIDENT.

AMANDA VINICKY JOINS NOW WITH

MORE.

>> STATE REPRESENTATIVE CURTIS

TARVER A DEMOCRAT SAYS IF IT

COULD HAPPEN TO HIM IT COULD

HAPPEN TO ANYONE GOING BACK TO

AN INCIDENT IN NOVEMBER.

TARVER WAS PULLED OVER IN THIS

DES TRICK AT 64TH AND STONEY

ISLAND AVENUE FOR INITIALLY

HAVING A HEADLIGHT OUT.

HE WAS APPRECIATIVE AT FIRST HE

HAD NOT KNOWN THAT HIS HEADLIGHT

WAS OUT.

HE SHARED THE VIDEO WITH FROM

THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT

CAMERAS WITH WTTW.

NOW, BY LAW, C.P.D. CANNOT SHARE

IT WITH US DIRECTLY NOT

IMMEDIATELY.

WHEN THE VIDEO WAS SILENT

BECAUSE THE RAW VIDEO, IS TOO,

WE SEE TARVER GIVE ID CARDS TO

OFFICERS.

AND ONE ASKED IF HE HAD A GUN IN

HIS CAR.

>> BEING A TRAINED ATTORNEY A

HEADLIGHT BEING OUT IS NOT A

REASON TO ASK FOR A FIREARM.

SO I DISCLOSED IT BECAUSE I AM A

BLACK MALE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF

CHICAGO AND I AM AFRAID NOT TO.

THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS TO

MAKE IT HOME TO YOUR FAMILY.

AND SO WHEN HE ASKED ABOUT THE

FIREARM I TOLD HIM I HAD THE

FIREARM I HAVE A CONCEAL CARRY

AND TOLD HIM WHERE IT WAS AND HE

SAID HAND IT TO ME.

WHICH MADE ME A BIT CONCERNED

FOR OBVIOUS REASONS.

I EXPLAINED TO HIM, THAT THEY

SHINED A LIGHT IN THE CAR AND

REMOVE IT BUT I WAS AFRAID TO

HAND HIM A FIREARM AND I

EXPLAINED I WAS GOING TO REMOVE

THE MAGAZINE FROM IT AND

HAPPENED HIM THE FIREARM WITH

THE TRIGGER FACING HIM AND THE

BARREL FACING ME TO GIVE HIM A

LEVEL OF COMFORT AND TERRIFYING

FOR ME.

>> YOU CAN SEE THAT EXCHANGE IN

THIS VIDEO.

NOW, IN CASE IT ISN'T OBVIOUS

HERE IS WHY HE WAS HESITANT.

>> IF EVERYBODY IS IN FEAR OF

THEIR LIFE AND POLICE OFFICERS

SHOOTING UNARMED BLACK MEN IN

THE BACK THE LAST THING IS TO

SAY HAND ME YOUR FIREARM.

>> HE WAS WITHIN HIS RIGHTS TO

HAVE THAT GUN HE SAYS HE HAD

BEEN AND STILL DOES HAVE A VALID

FIREARM OWNER'S IDENTIFICATION

CARD AND A CONCEAL CARRY

LICENSE.

THE PROBLEM IS THE DATABASE THAT

C.P.D. ACCESSED DID NOT SHOW

THAT.

YOU CAN HEAR THE OFFICERS TALK

ABOUT WHAT TO DO.

>> NOTHING HE HAS CONCEAL CARRY.

IF IT'S REVOKED AND HE IS

CARRYING IT.

>> DOESN'T SAY WHEN IT GOT

REVOKED.

IT SHOWS WHEN IT WAS ISSUED.

>> TARVER OFFERED TO CALL THE

STATE POLICE TO CLEAR IT UP AND

MAKE KNOWN TO THE OFFICERS THAT

HE HAD RENEWED HIS CONCEAL CARRY

LICENSE.

INSTEAD HE WAS HANDCUFFED AND

TAKEN TO THE WENTWORTH POLICE

STATION WHERE HE DID NOT GET TO

USE THE BATHROOM FOR SEVEN

HOURS.

POLICE WERE AWARE HE IS AN

ELECTED OFFICIAL.

>> HE IS A CONGRESSMAN.

>> TARVER WAS CHARGED

MISDEMEANOR OF FAILING TO

SURRENDER A CONCEALED CARRY

LICENSE MANY HE SAYS THE ISSUE

WAS DUE TO A CLERICAL ERROR THAT

DID NOT SHOW HIS CCL LICENSE WAS

VALID.

THE CHARGE WAS DISMISSED THIS

MONTH.

COOK COUNTY STATE'S ATTORNEY KIM

FOXX CONCLUDED THAT THE EVIDENCE

WAS INSUFFICIENT TO MEET OUR

BLOOD PRESSURE BURDEN OF PROOF

TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A

PROSECUTION.

THE COURT GRANTED OUR MOTION TO

DISMISS THIS CASE.

MEANWHILE, THE C.P.D. SAYS IF

OFFICERS WERE FOLLOWING PROTOCOL

WHICH INCLUDES THAT SOMEONE WITH

A HANDGUN MUST PERMIT THE

OFFICER TO SAFELY SECURE THE

FIREARM FOR THE DURATION OF THE

INVESTIGATIVE STOP.

TARVER SAYS AS PART OF HAVING

THE CHARGES DROPPED HE HAD GIVE

UP HIS GUN.

HE DIDN'T AND WILL NOT GET IT

BACK.

IN A STATEMENT THE STATE'S

ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SAYS FIREARMS

LAWFULLY RECOVERED AS A RESULT

OF A VALID ARREST ARE NOT

RETURNED.

>> TARVER IS UPSET HE WAS

REQUIRED TO TAKE OFF HIS

SWEATSHIRT FOR A MUG SHOT AND

THE C.P.D. SAYS THAT THAT IS IN

ACCORDANCE WITH POLICY LIKE IF

AN ARRESTEE HAS A TATTOO.

TARVER HAD NOT FILED CLAIMS WITH

THE CIVILIAN OFFICE OF POLICE

ACCOUNTABILITY BUT HE PLANS TO

FILE A LAWSUIT OVER BAD

TREATMENT AND VIOLATIONS OF HIS

RIGHTS.

>> WHAT IF --

FORGET BEING A STATE REP WHAT IF

I WERE NOT AN ATTORNEY AND KNOW

MY RIGHTS.

I AM A LAWYER I WILL SPEAK WITH

HIM.

YOU KNOW, THEN HOW DIFFERENT

WOULD THINGS HAVE BEEN?

SO I MEAN THAT [INAUDIBLE]

MY CONSTITUENTS WHO DEAL WITH

THIS EVERYDAY THEY DON'T HAVE

THE MEANS THAT I HAVE.

>> TARVER SAYS WHEN HE HELPED TO

PASS A LAW THAT BANS

DISCRIMINATION IN HOUSING BASED

ON ARRESTS HE HAD NO IDEA HE

WOULD BECOME THE POSTER CHILD

FOR IT.

BRANDIS, BACK TO YOU.

>> A LOT TO THINK ABOUT.

THANK YOU.