Deone Slater, owner and master barber at Kangaroo Kutz in Akron, had enough of the antics of Daniel Kovacevic, 25, who was walking around with a rifle strapped to his back.

An Akron, Ohio, barbershop owner had enough of one young white man who was walking around the neighborhood with a rifle on his back, so he confronted the 25-year-old outside his shop on Thursday and called the police, Cleveland.com reports.

Deone Slater, owner of Kangaroo Kutz, did not want Daniel Kovacevic in front of his shop that morning. "He was a threat to my community," Slater told the news site. "If I can prevent him from shooting up the city, I would. I won't condone it. Somebody's got to stand up."

Police arrived shortly after and tried to calm Slater, who was reportedly shouting at Kovacevic.

"[Slater] was obviously emotional and concerned about his safety and the safety of everyone in the community," Police Sgt. Doug Sandor said.

"I told [Kovacevic] to take his guns off," Slater said. "I told him let me have five or 10 minutes with him without his weapons."

Slater also called officers out for trying to calm him instead of engaging with Kovacevic. "[The police] asked me why do I have a problem," Slater said. "He's a threat to me and my people. He's a threat to me.

"[The police] were more concerned about me than him, as if I were the threat," he added. "It it were me with a gun, they would have shut the whole block down."

Officers are claiming that they have their hands tied—even as Akron police spokesman Lt. Rick Edwards acknowledged that the man has been spotted in predominantly black communities—because of Ohio's gun laws, which allow open carry.

Some, however, aren't too thrilled with the police response and suggest that race may be a factor in the toned-down response, especially considering the deaths of Tamir Rice and John Crawford, both of whom were shot in Ohio by police while carrying toy weapons.

"It's different if it's a black person. People say it isn't, but it is," one person, 26-year-old Traneece Johnson, told the site, referencing Tamir. "[Kovacevic] was approached, and they gave him a chance to speak and say he was expressing his right. The little boy didn't get that chance."

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Guess what, I'm a black man and I support open carry.

I intend to open carry in my compound in Ibadan

EgunMogaji:
Guess what, I'm a black man and I support open carry.

I intend to open carry in my compound in Ibadan

Go to a white neighbourhood and publicly display a gun.
If u end up in jail, your chi must be strong.

SIRTee15:


Go to a white neighbourhood and publicly display a gun.
If u end up in jail, your chi must be strong.

There's no such thing as a white neighborhood.

I don't open carry, that's nonsense. I conceal carry but will open carry on my property in Ibadan as I clearly stated.

EgunMogaji:


There's no such thing as a white neighborhood.

I don't open carry, that's nonsense. I conceal carry but will open carry on my property in Ibadan as I clearly stated.

Open carry or conceal carry.........
Just let them call police for u......
Na that day u will know the definition of white neighbourhood and your boundaries in such areas.
As per ibadan........
Just make sure its legal and licensed, or else.......
Police will declare feast on top ur head.

SIRTee15:

Open carry or conceal carry.........
Just let them call police for u......
Na that day u will know the definition of white neighbourhood and your boundaries in such areas.
As per ibadan........
Just make sure its legal and licensed, or else.......
Police will declare feast on top ur head.

You like to exaggerate.

There's no such thing as white neighborhood in my circle. But I submit that it probably depends on your character.

The law defines boundaries not neighbors or police.

I think it's insane to open carry an M16 in public but it's not illegal in certain communities.

As far as Ibadan, you do you and I do me, Kapish?

EgunMogaji:



As far as Ibadan, you do you and I do me, Kapish?

Sir Egun Mogaji a.k.a Agba Awo Ton fi Basket sip Hennessy. Egbon, I troway salute oooo