scumbag

[slngsht]

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2715792117793977759

[scannon]

That scumbag needs to go to jail, lose his job and take daily anger management courses for the rest of his life.

 

Cops like him reflect poorly on those out there risking their lives for the rest of us.

[slngsht]

he got suspended, but IMO he should face criminal charges because *gasp* what he is doing is against the law

[scannon]

he got suspended, but IMO he should face criminal charges because *gasp* what he is doing is against the law

Probably just suspended because he generates so much revenue for that speed trap town. He deserves much worse.

[WestTexasS2K]

That would be a slam dunk law suit. Police have rules to follow too. Being a fireman we are trained constantly that we are the ones that liability lies with. The guy obviously is doing nothing wrong. It is your right to ask why your were stopped, then to follow that up with 12 min of badgering and threats is wrong. He is blaming the guy for attitude but the cop is the one with attitude.

 

I bet the LEOS in NC would love to hire this guy.

[powderbrake]

This event occured in the city of St.George, a suburb of St.Louis. I drive thru St.George very frquently, as it is near my home, and it is a known radar trap.

St George is 6 blocks long and 2 or 3 blocks wide. It has one main street which connects to Interstate 55, so it gets a good bit of traffic.

The city gets 28% of it's revenue from traffic tickets. It has only 3 or 4 cops. The police deppartmennt and the city hall are in a small house.

 

The local talk radio shows have been concentrating on this event for two days. That guy is going to own the town after his lawsuit of the police department. The park and ride commuter lot where he followed this guy into is NOT in the city of St George. It is adjacent to I55 and is owned by the State of Missouri, and is the territory of the State Higway Patrol.

 

I couldn't hear it on the tape , but it was reported on the radio when the cop asked about the camera, the guy told him it was broadcasting the images to a computer in a secure location.( the cop got nicer after that) The reason the guy had a camera, was that he was once hasseled by a cop, and won his case, and thought that a camera, which he always keeps running, would give evidence of any possible situation.

 

Guess what!!!! the cop reported that the camera in the police car was not operating properly!!!! The chief of police ( more on him later) was on the radio this morning, and said he checked the camera, and it was working properly!! :crazy:

 

Guess what!!...Now the St George police say they can't find the tape from the cop camera

 

The Chief of police was suspended for days 3 by the State Review Board for molesting a 17 year old girl when he was a partolman in another suburb. During his interview on the radio, he stated the cop should not have gotten belligerent..... but he said " the guy was asking questions of the officer, and that's unususal, most people don't question an officer" ( WHAT PLANET IS THIS CHIEF FROM?)

 

The mayor of the town of St George is a former cop in the nearby city of Bella Villa, which is 1/2 the size of St George!!, so he knows a thing or two about using traffic tickets for revenue.

 

 

The reason the guy said he was in the commuter lot at 2:00am, was that he left his cell phone at his girlfriends house , and she was bringing it to him there as it was halfway between their houses. I think that sounds a little funny myself. Actually the cop was parked, blocking the road tp the commuter lot, and had to move for the guy, so that is probably what ticked him off in the first place, as it probably woke him up.

 

The whole thing stinks, and that cop will take the fall.

Telephone call ins to the talk radio show are about 50% saying they were hasseled in St George, and the other 50% are demanding the police in St George be disbanded.

 

[WestTexasS2K]

Glad to hear that the guy is standing up for himself. I heard him ask about the camera and his tone did get a bit quiter soon after and then he started to sweet talk the guy saying he was concerned about his welfare and so on and so forth. I was blown away when he actually arrested him. I figured he was going to arrest him and then destroy the tape in the guys camera.

[slngsht]

I figured he was going to arrest him and then destroy the tape in the guys camera.

 

:iagree:

[solder_guy]

As Bobby Kennedy once said during an investigation into police abuse of searches and seizures, "I suggest that durning the next break, the officer read the Constitution of the United States of America."

 

Rob

 

[powderbrake]

The latest on this is that the cop turned out to have two convictions for stealing, one in the 1980's and one in 1990, and he managed to talk a judge into getting the records expunged, so he could get a job as a cop.