A longtime Marine and current owner of a security firm says San Diego police pulled him over and detained him, and on one occasion, confiscated his licensed gun, for no reason other than the color of his skin.
In a newly filed federal lawsuit, Hakimkhalfani Webb, a 21-year veteran of the Marine Corps, who served in three combat deployments, was pulled over by San Diego police officers in June 2025 while he was driving to the office from the worksite.
Officers, who pulled over Webb for missing his front license plate, then approached Webb with their guns drawn, according to the lawsuit. After discovering Webb had a gun in his truck, Webb’s lawsuit states officers then threatened to shoot him. They arrested Webb and charged him with possessing an unregistered gun – officers had erroneously entered the wrong serial number while checking for its registered owner.
Webb was unable to recover his work weapon for six months following the confiscation…