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Police officer gets into guy's face and then does this

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u/VegasLife84 2d ago edited 2d ago

Oh, there are..... They'll give him "paid administrative leave" while they investigate themselves and determine there was no wrongdoing 

EDIT:  THE UPDATE WAS EDITED IN AFTER I POSTED. JFC you derps are so thirsty to get a "win", get a hobby

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u/VegasLife84 2d ago

I'm amazed.... Of course, I'll be even more amazed if he's not promptly hired the next town over

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u/AfterEffectserror 2d ago

“Five days after the incident, Chief Mondary confirmed the officer is no longer with the department.” Then he immediately got hired as an ICE agent (probably) 😂

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u/Zarathustra_d 2d ago

ICe probably took this video as his Resume.

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u/Alecto7374 2d ago

He seems to prefer a certain skin colour, he'd fit right in.

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u/CarolinaSurly 2d ago

Exactly. Never says he was fired.

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u/tangledtainthair 2d ago

Promoted to ICE

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u/Dyerdon 2d ago

I mean, this looks like an audition tape for ICE for sure.

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u/Irishconundrum 2d ago edited 1d ago

He probably had a new job the same day.

EDIT: TOOK OUT THE WORD FIRED. REALLY DOESN'T MATTER IF HE QUIT OR WAS FIRED, HE PROBABLY HAD A NEW JOB THE SAME DAY.

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u/MOOshooooo 2d ago

With a sign on bonus, it’s one of those Police Station Employees LOVE This One Trick. Continue reading to find out how the tax payers pay for the endless loop….

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u/clutzyninja 2d ago

ONLY because this video went viral.

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u/Bayesianballad 2d ago

They said they fired him before the video went viral. Idk if it’s worth taking their word for it but that’s what they said.

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u/CarolinaSurly 2d ago

Said he no longer works there. He wasn’t fired. These police chiefs let them resign so it doesn’t mess up their next job as cops in the next city.

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u/BurleySideburns 2d ago

Exactly. They just move from department to department terrorizing citizens.

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u/Empty_Conference_612 2d ago

Churches used to do the same thing smfh.

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u/gingerbeard1321 2d ago

Sounds like the Catholic Church

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u/the_vault-technician 2d ago

I didn't consider this. You're probably right.

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u/SandJFun74 2d ago

The other cops should have been held accountable too. They should have stepped in and stopped the aggessure. I believe if you hold all the accountable you might see good cops (if there are any) start to step in. It shouldn't be after the person's life has been turned upside down.

We give too much benefit of doubt to all cops.

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u/Unusual-Thing-7149 2d ago

But they must be good cops right? Bad cops are a tiny minority apparently but the good cops couldn't tell the bad one to back off. So are they good, just as ignorant of the law or actually bad cops or frightened of the blue brotherhood?

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u/mmorales2270 2d ago

A so called “good cop” that doesn’t at least attempt to stop a colleague from harassing a citizen is just a bad cop in my eyes.

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u/Healthy_Ad_6171 2d ago

Frightened of the blue botherhood. The ways these cops act out on the streets is the same way they act toward other officers. Bully in the streets, bully in the house. Other cops wind up going along to get along.

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u/armoured_bobandi 2d ago

There is literally no such thing as a good cop.

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u/UltimateChaos233 2d ago

Are you familiar with one of their favorite phrases? “A few bad apples”. The irony is that they seem to be completely unaware of the entire context of the phrase. “A few bad apples spoils the whole bunch”. The other cops who do nothing to stop this aren’t good, they’re complicit.

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u/NeatNefariousness1 2d ago

The good cops would get more of the support they’re due if there weren’t so many instances like this where the “good guys” stand back silently watching as a colleague escalates situations in the field. We KNOW that there are more good cops than bad ones but seeing the number of cops silently watching as a rogue cop goes off the rails instead of helping him and the victim by restoring order, is a bad look.

Standing by, doing nothing when a cop is becoming unglued, gives the appearance that ALL of the cops witnessing what is happening approve of the bad acts and escalation being driven by a single cop whose adrenaline and emotions have gotten the best of them. Not only does allowing this to happen put everyone in danger, it gives the appearance that there is tacit agreement with the lead cop’s bad acts.

My faith in cops is dramatically increased when I see instances where one of them (a peer or a supervisor) steps in to de-escalate tense situations that are aggravated by ego, testosterone and a misunderstanding of the law. What cops do in these tense moments is what helps change the fear that there are more bad cops than there actually are.

Authority figures who do nothing when something bad is happening in front of them is a bad reflection on them whether or not they were the protagonist.

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u/someone447 2d ago

No. We do not "KNOW" most cops are good. There are no good cops. The good cops get run out of the profession. Not every cop is a violent psychopath, but every cops wakes up and chooses to be a part of a corrupt system that protects the horrible cops.

All cops are bastards.

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u/yerBoyShoe 2d ago

I feel like these guys are embarrassed for the main cop but because of their thin blue reluctance to step in, the citizen was harassed and the cop lost his job.

Cops, if you're reading this, if you won't step in to protect the citizenry, at least step in to protect your "brother" from himself.

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u/Rhewin 2d ago

No, he's "no longer with the department," and they won't comment further. That means allowed to resign and go be a cop elsewhere. When they actually fire a cop, they don't get the special protection.

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u/the_vault-technician 2d ago

Ah. Well that sucks. He's got no business being a police officer.

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u/heddyneddy 2d ago

Fired*

*moved to the next closest department

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u/PWScottIV 2d ago

lol, they’ll just transfer him to the next town over, just like the Catholic Church “disciplines” its leaders who rape little children.

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u/Mongo_Sloth 2d ago

He'll be working in the next county over in a few months

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u/mmorales2270 2d ago

Pfff! A few days more likely.

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u/dafunkiedood 2d ago

Welcome to the dystopia named America

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u/falcrist2 2d ago

They fired him

After he threatened and kidnapped a person who did nothing to him?

Not enough.

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u/mmorales2270 2d ago

Yes of course that’s probably what happened, because that’s always what happens. Police committing crimes or being fired for offenses should follow them the same way that someone being on a sex offender registry does. It’s absolute bullshit that they can just take their abusive roid rage behavior a town over and get a new job doing the same shit like nothing even happened.

I doubt I’ll ever see it in my lifetime, but boy I would be so overjoyed if we ever got to a point of really holding police accountable and held to some kind of standard of conduct. Like I said, I’m not likely to see it, but it would be really nice.

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u/WhyAmINotStudying 2d ago edited 2d ago

He wasn't standing uncomfortably close, either. He was straddling the guy's legs.

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u/HorsePersonal7073 2d ago

He was close enough that he should've asked to see a clean bill of health from the officer.

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u/DarwinianMonkey 2d ago

He was close enough where contraception was probably a real concern.

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u/off-on 2d ago

He was close enough that the taxpayers could be liable to cover the cost of a bouquet of flowers.

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u/bokmcdok 2d ago

Haha I wonder if that might be a good defense. "Dude stand back, I'm not on the pill!"

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u/HorsePersonal7073 2d ago

I'd probably go with "Dude, you aren't my type, stop humping my legs."

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u/Tybob51 2d ago

Gotta protect from that swine flu

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u/Choogie432 2d ago

Trying to touch tips lol.

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u/Jolly_Line 2d ago

That is very uncomfortable

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u/Man-e-questions 2d ago

That costs $100 at most strip clubs

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u/Pleiades_Please 2d ago

A lapdance is so much better when the stripper cop is crying

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u/Rishfee 2d ago

He was one stumble away from riding that dude cowgirl.

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u/Caftancatfan 2d ago

I‘be never seen anyone give a lap dance to someone who isn’t even sitting.

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u/nicknick1584 2d ago

Yeah. Not that close. Just close enough that it requires the sitting party, to put a dollar bill in the waistband of the standing party.

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u/Rock4evur 2d ago

Man I definitely would’ve said something about getting more contact from the cop than a stripper. It would be way too hard not to ask how many songs he’ll dance for.

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u/DrFlabbySelfie 2d ago

That looks pretty uncomfortable to me.

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u/rythmicbread 2d ago

They fired him

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u/Quakes-JD 2d ago

He is probably working for ICE now. He would fit right in.

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u/MegaDOS 2d ago

Yeah you right

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u/CourtPapers 2d ago edited 2d ago

That policy is specifically in place to obfuscate in these situations

It is the Peace Officers' Bill of Rights, often also called the Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of rights in places, and yes, they generally codifiy into law the idea that police officers have different, extra, special rights than you or I from the sole fact that they are a police officer. It's truly digusting, it was just used in my state to reinstate an officer who beat a handcuffed suspect

Edit: just reveiwing the details, the cop in my state plead guilty to assault (kicking and punching a hand-cuffed man) and was still reinstated after a suspension of 45 days. Check this shit out:

Hanley’s saga is one of the cases that prompted Rhode Island legislators to overhaul the state Law Enforcement Officers’ Bill of Rights last year. The new measure increases the size of panels that will review LEOBOR cases, and changes the way the panels are chosen — previously, the accused could pick one of the panelists.

Imagine being able to choose your god damn judges, absolutely wild, if the whole concept of POBAR/LEOBAR isn't a miscarriage of justice I don't know what the fuck is

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u/jaywinner 2d ago

Cops don't get fired. If things start to look bad, they resign and get hired in the next town over.

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u/Isair81 2d ago

It just says he’s ”no longer” with the department so likely he ”resigned in lieu of termination”

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u/Abject_Jump9617 2d ago

It would be great if they did, because he does not need to be working with the public. But where did you see that he was fired?

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u/SugarCookie197 2d ago

And he's likely hired in the next town over now.

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u/Otherwise-Alps-7392 2d ago

You forgot the part where after the investigation he just gets shipped to a different department with a bump in pay because he had to move

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u/DecadentLife 2d ago

Kind of like what the Catholic Church does with pedophiles.

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u/prince-pauper 2d ago

That’ll show ‘em!

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u/MeepMeeps88 2d ago

They fired him. Learn to read

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u/Celestial_Hart 2d ago edited 2d ago

Which is why shit either changes or you sacrifice rights for the rest of your life cuz this will only get worse.

I am glad that he got his but often times these guys just go sign with another department that's totally on board with racism and abuses of power.

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u/Im_A_Fuckin_Liar 2d ago

Guys, it’s okay. They aren’t even cops anymore…

They’re ICE agents now.

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u/Radiant_Pineapple600 2d ago

More like Gestapo . . .

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u/testtdk 2d ago

And this is why ACAB. They will be until they stop supporting corrupt pieces of shit like this because of some stupid code. You want to be able to trust the guy to have your back? Sounds like you’re permitting corruption because you think the guy will NOT have your back when you’re in danger if you don’t.

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u/artguydeluxe 2d ago edited 2d ago

Until the good cops can arrest the bad cops, there are no good cops.

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u/bits_and_bytes 2d ago

Probably one of those masked feds out and about lately...

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u/sheepsclothingiswool 2d ago

Damn. Police departments are like the priesthood. No matter how many boys you diddle, there’s another department somewhere willing to take you in.

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u/shottypipp3n 2d ago

Wrangellite here. He was out as an office not long after this video made the rounds on Reddit a few years ago. I did see him at the post office a few times in the year or two that followed - had a full beard and was less recognizable. Think he was just laying low, not working, and hoping to fade away in a town with population 2,400. Haven't noticed him lately and sorta forgot about him altogether.

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u/Nilpo19 2d ago

There though. People win constitutional cases against police everyday.

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u/Dirtymikeshalfcousin 2d ago

Cops also get away with this shit every day 

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u/Dedpoolpicachew 2d ago

Which is why cops should have to have malpractice insurance, like lawyers and doctors. So the tax payers aren’t the ones on the hook for their shitty behavior. This would also tend to weed out the bad cops because their rates would skyrocket after they fuck up, and they wouldn’t be able to get or afford the next rates. There also needs to be more intensive training and screening of these cops. Far too many are roid ragers, and have been abusers of their own families. If they’ll beat their wives, why not an innocent “mad dogging” him??

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u/Dirtymikeshalfcousin 2d ago

I agree. Unfortunately, I have no hope of any of this happening. 

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u/MuffleeOfficial 2d ago

Then we pay for it and not the officers who lost the suit. Isn’t that awesome?

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u/KillionMatriarch 2d ago

If settlements were paid out of the police pension funds, there would be an immediate change in behavior.

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u/KoolWitaK 2d ago

Individual insurance like doctors have. The rate increases after the thousands of payouts would actually change things real quick.

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u/NorthNorthAmerican 2d ago

This is starting to happen, although not in the direct way you mentioned:

Reinsurance co's are refusing to back some municipalities because their police departments are costing so much in payouts. The insurance co's are demanding changes in policies and procedures to reduce exposure.

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u/KingOriginal5013 2d ago

My wife works with people with disabilities. Just connects them with services to help them. She is required to have insurance.

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u/Nilpo19 2d ago

Unfortunately, that's true.

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u/OSRS-MLB 2d ago

And what happens to the cops when that happens? Jack fucking shit.

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u/Firefly_Magic 2d ago

It’s an expensive process and no guarantees you’ll win even if you’re 100% in the right.

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u/Weary_Proof_6458 2d ago

those are civil and the public is footing the bill for those pay outs. at most they go through internal review, which is their own guys who may or may not give a shit. and if they do it results in minimal penalties or lowered chances at promotions, at most.

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u/TotalInstruction 2d ago

Winning happens but qualified immunity is a real hurdle and some judges will use it in just about any cop case. All the city's lawyer needs to do to get the case thrown out on QI grounds is find some reason that this is different from a previous published court case where similar conduct was found to be unconstitutional. "Oh, well this was a Terry stop because the plaintiff was sitting suspiciously on the hood of his car. He sprayed some saliva while he talked to the officer that was 2 inches from his face and the officer felt in fear for his own safety."

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u/Gold_Cauliflower_706 2d ago

He’ll show up at another PD and do more of the same shit. History shows it’s a pattern with these domestic terrorists.

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u/xBTGx 2d ago

Just like the catholic church and their child raping priests.

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u/Ok-Wave8206 2d ago

“Contrary to what’s being said online, the officer did not commit a crime,” Chief Mondary said

Bullshit. Arbitrary detention is absolutely against the law

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u/9outof10timesWrong 2d ago

You expect the police to know the law? Isn't that asking a bit much?

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u/ZennTheFur 2d ago

If literally anybody else did what this cop did, they'd have like half a dozen charges. But because he's a cop, he's above the law.

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u/NRMusicProject 2d ago

Also, standing/approaching a victim in a threatening manner is absolutely assault in California. I think even a mediocre lawyer could argue this easily.

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u/hashtag-adulting 2d ago

"Amid social media speculation, Mondary also addressed claims of racial bias: “This incident had nothing to do with race. While the officer may appear to be white, he is Hispanic and has never shown any form of racial prejudice while serving in our department.”"

It couldn't possibly be race-driven because the officer in question is a white-presenting Hispanic?!

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u/Lucky-Acanthisitta86 2d ago

Terrible response. He should no longer be able to be a cop anywhere ever again. If cops went into the job knowing they would get rightfully fired for ridiculous behavior that would get anyone fired at any other job, they would act a lot differently

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u/MothSign 2d ago

Thanks for saving me the time. Goes to show... Don't go alone, and don't forget your camera.

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u/BiggestShep 2d ago

"Standing uncomfortably close to" THE BASTARD WAS STRADDLING THE MAN'S FUCKING HIPS

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u/ArrowheadDZ 2d ago

Once the camera zooms back you realize that the officer actually had the man pinned to the car.

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u/BiggestShep 2d ago

Not just pinned to the car, but literally had the civilian's legs between his. The cop had to waddle backwards to avoid the man's legs. I was not hyperbolizing when I said the cop was straddling his hips. That cop sinks down an inch and that recording's classified as porn.

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u/mr-english 2d ago

Chief Mondary confirmed the officer is no longer with the department.

That doesn't mean he got fired. If they were that concerned that they fired him they'd want the public to know just how serious they took it and they'd just say so.

It literally just means he's been moved to another department.

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u/Redit2158 2d ago

Thanks for the update. He's not with the department anymore, but he will get another job somewhere else and do the same thing to someone else. He's a bully. He will always be a bully. Lately, because of so many situations like this, I think of Motorheads song "Just ' cos you got the power doesn't give you the right"

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u/Semperty 2d ago

he’s no longer with the department, but you can rest assured knowing he’s harassing people under a different department’s jurisdiction.

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u/EverythingBOffensive 2d ago

so he transferred

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u/WOLF-123_ALPHA 2d ago

This is a great example of how cameras and public scrutiny are needed. If this hadn't been on camera and discussed on social media, that dirty cop wouldn't have been held accountable. This could have escalated and eventually lead to a subsequent assault or fatality down the line.

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u/DilbertHigh 2d ago

The accomplices faced no consequences it seems. This criminal cop also will just start working for a different department because he, nor his accomplices, are being charged for their crimes.

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u/bdillathebeatkilla 2d ago

Officer not named, not found to have broken any laws. Did not make my day at all

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u/brickson98 2d ago

Didn’t really make mine… All he got was fired. He’ll just get hired at the PD in the next town over.

It sickens me that they claim he broke no laws while blatantly violating the man’s rights.

I won’t be satisfied until these pigs start getting charged. End qualified immunity.

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u/YouArentReallyThere 2d ago

Nice…but did he get his POST certs revoked? Without that he’s just a cop somewhere else tomorrow

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u/EarEquivalent3929 2d ago

His boss said the officer did nothing wrong. Then it goes on to say the officer isn't with the department. So he's either working for another department or he is on paid leave.

No punishment for violating someone's rights and kidnapping em. And then they have the balls to whine about how nobody respects them.

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u/PrismaticSpire 2d ago

I’m confused as to how he “didn’t break the law” he clearly detained this man without cause. Isn’t that illegal?

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u/Helpful-Sail-5170 2d ago

Thanks for sharing that update

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u/Mal-Ase 2d ago

Thanks on the update! I was gonna comment, "You know that cop is gone." But yep! Dude handled it just fine (outside the R word). If I knew my feiend was filming I'd just enjoy the ride knowing good and well this cop just fucked up.

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u/WildImportance6735 2d ago

Oh good, thank you for sharing the article. Why video is so important.

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u/Just-Zone-2494 2d ago

Good they took action, now take action against the other cops who stood around and didn’t de-escalate…they’re complicit.

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u/BegrudginglyAwake 2d ago

Tried looking to see if I can find where he is now. Quick Google didn’t pull that for sure, but looks like the officer did attempt to sue the city the next year and they settled with him.

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u/aurumtt 2d ago

"Amid social media speculation, Mondary also addressed claims of racial bias: “This incident had nothing to do with race. While the officer may appear to be white, he is Hispanic and has never shown any form of racial prejudice while serving in our department.”

this guy is literally Garcia from reno 911.

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u/Hydration__Nation 2d ago

Should be the opposite.

Cop was a piece of shit. Instead of punishment he gets a retirement check every month for the rest of his life and a personal recommendation for his next police job

Now he is making 1.5x his old salary at least and all he had to do was break the rules and harass someone

Until there is an independent body that sets national guidelines for training and holds trials for incidents like this no police will be held accountable and peoples crumbling faith in their institution will continue to decline

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u/LobstaFarian2 2d ago

Imagine fucking up at work hoping you get in trouble so you get a free 3 week paid vacation.

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u/jasonbravo1975 2d ago

I’m sure this… “cop”… is on another force somewhere.

Any guesses as to how he most likely votes?

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u/Lord_DJ_Goliath 2d ago

He’s a former marine? He should know better than this. Good riddance!

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u/Conscious-Cut-5350 2d ago

Looks like this was from my hometown back in CA. Glad the city PD acted with proper and swift judgement. Guys like this are dangerous to employ, gotta put your ego & temper in check with that kind of work.

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u/FrizzleFriedPup 2d ago

"No longer with the department"

He was transferred, nothing bad happened to him.

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u/big-ol-kitties 2d ago

Funny that they say it was not racially motivated because the officer is Hispanic, too. Like Hispanics can’t be racist.

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u/Toolfan333 2d ago

So the police chief doesn’t know that Hispanic people are white and I’m sure the officer just got a job in the next town over with a glowing recommendation from his chief.

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u/AbjectDirection8131 2d ago

Hate how they emphasized that the officer did “nothing illegal”. Putting someone in cuffs for expressing their first amendment rights seems like an illegal detainment to me.

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u/Bitter_Ad5419 2d ago

Sad thing is because of the way police unions are disciplinary records don't usually need to be reported to other departments they apply at. It's why so many bad officers never go away. They just slide from one department to the next

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u/Late-Objective-9218 2d ago

He's probably already on the field with the ICE

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u/Mediocre-Celery-5518 2d ago

"Chief Mondary confirmed the officer is no longer with the department"

That means nothing has happened and will happen to him. He was just transferred to another department until this blows over. "No longer with the department" is such weasel-speak

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u/fucshyt 2d ago

“While the officer may appear white, he is actually Hispanic” 🤣🤣🤣

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u/clientnotfound 2d ago

And all the other cops standing around that allowed this to happen. Nothing happens to them.

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u/Technical_Writer_177 2d ago

the update is a fucking shitload of lip promises about the departement and the guy who used to be a marine, then a cop is now probably with swat, a PMC or something else equally prone for power abuse

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u/Trevors-Axiom- 2d ago

Update was way more lenient than I was hoping for. He is “no longer with the department” just means he probably switched to a different department

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u/Ferahgost 2d ago

I’ll never understand the obsession with hiring ex military as cops…. They should realistically have very different mindsets.

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u/isausernamebob 2d ago

So I wonder which department will pick him up next. That's the real problem with policing. I'm the private sector you would need to get an entirely new line of work if you screwed up this bad, with cops they just change their commute.

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u/Nellie_reesa 2d ago

FWIW white privilege extends to those who are white passing - and there is absolutely bias and prejudice between non-white passing and white passing Hispanics - so I call bullshit on “no racial profiling”. Tall, white passing dude loving his position of power over a smaller, browner guy, period.

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u/Quantum_Pineapple 2d ago

We're at the point where you need to take it to court, which is what they want, because they know too many are both tied up time and money wise for that shit.

Infinite revenue hack.

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u/nebdarski 2d ago

Unfortunate that there is no mention of anything being done to the other officers standing around enabling his behaviour. All guilty.

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u/PM_ME_SOME_ANY_THING 2d ago

So, the cop “didn’t break any laws” but he broke the rules of conduct for the area and was let go of the department. No biggie, he’ll probably go to a neighboring area and harass people there.

Also, funny enough…

claims of racial bias: “This incident had nothing to do with race. While the officer may appear to be white, he is Hispanic and has never shown any form of racial prejudice while serving in our department.”

He was hispanic the entire time!

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u/Current_Volume3750 2d ago

Yeah probably working for ICE now. What a POS. We can no longer trust the police to keep us safe as is their sworn duty.

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u/Low-Pop-9155 2d ago

"The officer is not racist because he is Hispanic"

What a racist fucking thing to say...

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u/phred_666 2d ago

He’ll just move on and get a job as a cop in a different city.

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u/CarolinaSurly 2d ago

I dunno, sounds like the cop left to go to another place and do the same thing. He didn’t say he was fired. I’m sure he resigned so he could move to the next group of unsuspecting citizens.

Then this police chief making excuses for his other officers not stepping in and for them covering their cameras etc… Wouldn’t even name the cop. Pathetic leadership.

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u/Outlandah_ 2d ago

Contrary to what’s said online the officer did not commit a crime of course he attorney’s office would say that, they protect them, and they’re also wrong as fuck lmao

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u/FerricPowder 2d ago

“Contrary to what’s being said online, the officer did not commit a crime,” Chief Mondary said.

I thought arresting without giving reason for arrest is violation of civil rights which I think is a crime. Also there wasn't even a crime which should make it an unlawful arrest. My knowledge about law and cops is limited to shorts of the TV show rookie but please tell me I am right.

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u/Calm-Avocado6424 2d ago

Wait, what was the suspects battery charge allegedly about?

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u/thefatchef321 2d ago

Now he's a captain for ICE making way more money.

(I have no clue, but I saw Assume that's where all these fired cops went)

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u/Itsyourmomordad 2d ago

Thought we overcame this hurdle after George rip the good ole boys are back with their old plant antics

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u/imsmartiswear 2d ago

Note how they said it though, "he is no longer with the dept." He's just with a different police dept now. I guarantee you.

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u/aguyonahill 2d ago

No charges, no longer with the force, no comment when asked about past issues.

He'll be working next door at another department in a week.

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u/battlecryarms 2d ago

That’s pretty great. Thugs shouldn’t have badges.

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u/Sum-Duud 2d ago

Amid social media speculation, Mondary also addressed claims of racial bias: “This incident had nothing to do with race. While the officer may appear to be white, he is Hispanic and has never shown any form of racial prejudice while serving in our department.”

So he did 23&Me as had a trace is hispanic roots I"m guessing, otherwise he is one of the whitest hispanics I've ever seen... maybe I'm just being judgy

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u/his_rotundity_ 2d ago

Ex-LEO here: 4 officers I worked with directly have done time for various offenses ranging from drug violations, misconduct on duty, and domestic violence.

There's something wrong with the apple orchard...

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u/Dedpoolpicachew 2d ago

That just means the cop got a job offer from a district two towns over… he’ll be back on the streets harassing people in no time.

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u/psy_raven 2d ago

Unfortunately, even tho he was fired, he will find another police dept who will hire him in a week. There is a huge shortage of police officers and no shortage of departments who will ignore past behaviors.

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u/SmutLordStephens 2d ago

“This incident had nothing to do with race. While the officer may appear to be white, he is Hispanic"

Gotta play the hits.

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u/wee-wee-breff 2d ago

so clearly there are consequences for their actions lmao sorry that rhetoric doesn’t actually hold up the way you think it does

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u/ChipmunkObvious2893 2d ago

“Contrary to what’s being said online, the officer did not commit a crime,” Chief Mondary said. “But we’re taking this seriously and examining whether our code of conduct was upheld.”

If this isn't a crime, then there's something wrong with the law.
Blatant power-trip intimidation without probable cause, and then proceeding to an arrest as well.

Shit like this is how fate in the system gets lost.

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u/SugarInvestigator 2d ago

Paid vacation and no doubt a new role onnhigher pay the next town over

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u/kandoras 2d ago

It shouldn't have made your day.

The main cop who did this is "no longer with the department" - which means he's probably just moved to the next town over.

And the police chief said that illegally arresting this man was not a crime.

And nothing at all was done to the other police officers who stood by and helped the main cop commit this crime.

They all got away with it. This is not a good outcome.

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u/Exotic-Cobbler4111 2d ago

Except apparently its not possible for a latino to be racist against another Latino. Officer should be charged with a hate crime. Not get extra money for not working anymore....

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u/IndustrialPuppetTwo 2d ago

There are good departments out there with good leadership and I am glad to say I live in such a town with a chief that would not tolerate that. But that's the problem in the USA, there is not national code of conduct, it's all up to individual departments and that pig will just move on to one that accepts shitty cops like him.

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u/Traiklin 2d ago

When people say Defund the police this is who they are talking about right here.

A cop harassing a citizen doing nothing and arresting him for no reason

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u/MyAccountWasBanned7 2d ago

Why would that make your day? He's almost certainly just transferring to another department and that department still insists that he did nothing wrong.

It's shitty cops covering for shittier cops. ACAB

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u/lastchanceforachange 2d ago

“Contrary to what’s being said online, the officer did not commit a crime,” Chief Mondary said. “But we’re taking this seriously and examining whether our code of conduct was upheld.”

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u/Vegetable-Round7850 2d ago

All cops deny constitutional rights. 2 years ago I was dropping my autistic son off at school. Another parent came in after me high as hell! HIGH dropping off his kids. He got nasty with me. Tried ro ignore him, he pulls a gun on me on school property, in front of teachers, students, other parents, nothing!!! The police did nothing!!!! Gun in plain day light. Cop wrote it up as road rage!!!!!!!!! I was by the school door not in the car!!!!!!!!!! I even asked the school for surveillance, the fire station next door and a store next door, police wouldn’t let me obtain the footage! I do not trust the police no more and I taught my kids not to trust them anymore. I have other instances to

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u/chucklin 2d ago

Hey, hold on a sec. The Chief said "While the officer may appear to be white, he is Hispanic" and he is no longer employed? So he is a jobless Hispanic male living off the teat of society? He needs to be reported to ICE immediately.

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u/otm_shank 2d ago

Citing the Peace Officers Bill of Rights (POBAR), he declined to provide further details.

Oh come on

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u/Tipop 2d ago

Wanna bet he got transferred to border patrol? That’s where the most brutal cops get sent.

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u/Past-Magician2920 2d ago

It's not illegal to put an innocent man in handcuffs without cause and without stating a reason? Insane.

All the officers standing around allowing this harassment should also be fired.

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u/BlommeHolm 2d ago

None of the other pigs stopped him. The only accountability comes from others filming and spreading. If no one had filmed, they would absolutely have claimed that he assaulted them.

This is why ACAB still holds true.

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u/MassiveChest6327 2d ago

Guess he got a job working for ICE. Perfect candidate

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u/BRIKHOUS 2d ago

The guy was a suspect in domestic battery. It's gross what the officer did, but I'm not cheering about this dude getting paid of it.

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u/Bwilderedwanderer 2d ago

These bastards always get rehired by another department anyway

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u/SquadMERK 2d ago

What was the update? That they were looking into it? What part made your day

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u/Humble_Umpire_8341 2d ago

Why did it make your day? Nothing happened to the cop. He wasn’t suspended or even disciplined. Not even named.

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u/CyberneticPanda 2d ago

“Contrary to what’s being said online, the officer did not commit a crime,” Chief Mondary said. 

U.S. Constitution - Fourth Amendment | Resources | Constitution Annotated | Congress.gov | Library of Congress https://share.google/LEmzFTkQ527oBBLO0

Detaining someone requires reasonable suspicion of criminal activity. Reasonable suspicion is specific articulable facts about the individual being detained, combined with inferences drawn from those facts based upon common sense and law enforcement training and experience. This guy was detained for exercising his first amendment right to free speech. That the chief thinks no law was broken is worse than the officer's behavior. The highest law of the land was broken.

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u/Hot-Celebration-8815 2d ago

Probably working one country over today. That’s why the officer’s name wasn’t released.

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