DC publicity stunt surge grabs lawyer off the street
... The video shows Bryant declaring that he intends to press charges against the officers holding him. The video cuts in after he’s already being held, so we only have his account of the matter, which is that he was walking down the street when roughly 20 cops/feds/troops/etc. stopped him. While he states that the police wouldn’t explain the potential charges, the video suggests they were trying for some sort of gun charge, because Bryant explains for the record that his magazine is in the trunk of his car. As a former Army officer, he understands how to responsibly handle firearms, and as a lawyer he understands the significance of making sure his ammunition is locked away from his weapon.
We already know the D.C. surge is playing fast and loose with the constitutionality of gun searches right now. Based solely on this video, Bryant looks to have been swept up in that trend.
“This is what calling out a failed system looks like,” Bryant says in the clip. Whether or not it’s what “calling it out” looks like, this is exactly what a failed system looks like. A former Army officer and Columbia-trained attorney who, regardless of the specific allegations against Covington, felt genuinely unable to ethically perform his job because of an intimidation campaign being either waged upon or smugly acquiesced to by corporate America. Unable to continue in Biglaw, now he’s being swarmed by an occupying force — who are actively concealing their identities per the video — patrolling the streets over what seems to be a gun charge sent by a political movement that prides itself on fighting against any and all gun regulations! ...
https://abovethelaw.com/2025/08/former-biglaw-associate-who-accused-partner-of-racial-slur-detained-by-d-c-cops-fbi/