r/woahthatsinteresting • u/kudukobapav37888 • 2d ago

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

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u/[deleted] 2d ago edited 2d ago

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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/Expensive_Pipe_4057 2d ago

The cop is Hispanic as is the victim

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u/indefiniteretrieval 2d ago

The officer was also Hispanic

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u/Alone_Measurement809 2d ago

I highly doubt he identifies as hispanic. Only when things like this come up. Dudes living full white privilege.

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u/indefiniteretrieval 2d ago

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.”

Ofcr Paul Huerta

I like to research stuff before I post .

Appearances are deceiving....

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u/Alone_Measurement809 2d ago

Well ofcourse cops be covering cops. I like to take cops words for it. They never lie for their own..

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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/L6P9 2d ago

And went after the same guy (most likely) 🤣

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u/Critical_Letterhead3 2d ago

With mandatory mask thrown in with tactical gear to sweeten the gestapo deal

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u/[deleted] 2d ago

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u/Occams_RZR900 2d ago

Dale Mondary is the Chief, not the cop in the video.

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u/JungleIsNeutral 2d ago

Reading comprehension is truly a lost art.

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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/CarolinaSurly 2d ago

He resigned. Not fired. It’s how they handle these incidents.

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u/FSCK_Fascists 2d ago

If he's fired, it could delay him from walking down the street to become a Deputy in the same place.

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u/BeginningPitch5607 2d ago

They didn’t name the officer for a reason. He never got fired.

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u/Irishconundrum 1d ago

I was going off of a deleted ( and wrong) comment. So sorry

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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/UltimateChaos233 2d ago

Where did you see this?

I only saw them saying they were aware of the incident before it went viral. Which they need to say regardless of whether or not it’s true.

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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/AirAcademy 2d ago

A police officer that gets fired shouldn’t ever be able to be a police officer again. That’s absolutely absurd.

This needs to be a law soon

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u/FSCK_Fascists 2d ago

They will just have them "resign" instead of firing them.

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u/the_vault-technician 2d ago

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

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u/LoisWade42 2d ago

I would guess that many departments in Idaho would be happy to have him.

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u/AnnikaG23 2d ago

It didn’t say that he was terminated, it just says he is no longer with the department which means he could’ve just been transferred to the next town over lol

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u/Aritra319 2d ago

Yeah that’s a real problem with law enforcement in the US. like child-raping priests and youth councillors; they get fired, no charges filed so when they apply for the next job there’s no mark on their record. It’s a disgrace.

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u/TheBeardedHen 2d ago

Agreed. The fact that thery didn't release the officer's name suggest he's working as a LEO close by.

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u/Diddy_Block 2d ago

Not the town over, Officer Paul Huera joined the Wrangell PD in Alaska one year later.

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u/CptCheerios 2d ago

99% of the time this is how it goes. Just remember your barber/hair stylist is more highly trained than a police officer (Police go through less training than a barber/beautician in the US)

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u/phunktastic_1 2d ago

Or maybe not even a town over. We had a problem officer go from state police to city to county sherrifs department as he was allowed to resign over incidents. He finally moved away on request of his wife and kids because no one would associate with them because of him.

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u/xzavionlouisx 2d ago

Yeah, I was just about to say this usually when you see that they are “not with that department anymore”, they normally just get hired by the next one immediately. There’s tons of cases where you look at the cops history and every time there was a complaint they just got hired by another. I’d say quite literally what happens about 75% of the time we see these articles and think something good came from it.

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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/megustaALLthethings 2d ago

Any that are NOT weeded out WAY before seeing the streets KNOW to never stand between a pos(‘bad apple’) and their victim.

They suffer mysterious death during mysteriously unrecorded training in a spot where the cameras seem to intentionally make a LARGE gap…

That or harassed off the force and forced to move far enough away.

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u/TomBanjo1968 2d ago

You can’t expect a cop to turn on his fellow cop. Having each other’s back is EVERYTHING in that world

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u/inventingways 2d ago

Sounds like a gang to me.

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u/Nominaliszt 2d ago

And this is why there is no good cop.

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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/Unusual-Thing-7149 2d ago

But we're always told bad cops are a tiny minority so the rest must be good cops!

Which is crazy because if good cops were the majority why would they care about the actions of a tiny number of bad cops,,?

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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/Sad_Conversation3661 2d ago

R/im14andthisisdeep

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u/someone447 2d ago

Nope, it's deep-seated belief from being involved in leftist activism for decades and seeing hundreds of cops from dozens of departments tear gas, beat, and shoot rubber bullets at completely peaceful protesters.

Hundreds of cops and not a single one stepped out of formation to try to stop the violence. So, tell me, where were the many good cops?

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u/Sad_Conversation3661 2d ago

You just admitted to being a child that only sees the world in black and white. And even funnier is you admitted to only looking at videos that confirm your childis bias rather than being a grown up and actually understanding basic logic

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u/megustaALLthethings 2d ago

Oh gtfo you boot licker. At this point NOT acknowledging the RAMPANT and systematic corruption of ‘policing’ is being willfully ignorant, at best.

Otherwise it’s being actively supportive. Being dismissive of the fact that a whole group of pigs standing around supporting the pos in the video is proof. That they are more willing to put their effort in standing together than holding themselves accountable.

The pigs have literally more rights and power than any 3 other citizens. I mean even off duty or retired their ‘word’/opinion is already valued at a vastly higher level than a dozen witnesses and actual evidence.

Let alone the fact they can ‘creatively’ submit a report that is noticeably different enough to dismiss issues of wrongdoing while the video is there.

But as long as boot deepthroaters like you blindly support and be bigoted hateful little pos like your bffs the pigs. They will always be a corrupted and menacing threat against ALL citizens let alone the non white rich ones.

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u/someone447 2d ago

Not videos. Personal experience in hundreds of protests around the country. Friends being beaten and sexually assaulted by cops as others just watch on. A cop who almost beat my friend to death and hospitalized her for weeks being elected to be the head of the police union.

A police Captain, in a major US city, telling me that I better be careful what I protest, because cops can, and will, massage the law to make something stick.

A local department protecting a cop who shot 3 unarmed men within 5 years. When we finally put enough pressure on to get rid of him, he was given a generous severance and a glowing review so he could be hired the next town over.

And that doesn't even get into the amount of harassment I faced when I was homeless. No, I earned my hatred of cops through decades of experience all over this fucking country.

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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/NeatNefariousness1 2d ago

Such wise advice. Let’s hope they take heed.

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u/yerBoyShoe 2d ago

It sounded wise in my head.

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u/TheFullbladder 2d ago

The issue is that the "good cops" who stand back and let the rogue one escalate things are not "good cops." Inaction isn't the opposite of bad action. If they actually disapproved they would step in.

We know what happens to police who do speak up or step in. They don't stay police very long. Which says even more about approval of these bad actors.

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u/NeatNefariousness1 2d ago

This is why I put “good guys” in quotes. Given the exact forces you’ve mentioned (such as being fired for not going along with the cover-ups), it’s impossible to know whether a cop failing to do the right thing is because of fear of retribution, financial hardship/desperation, sadistic tendencies, bigotry or simple cowardice. I believe that there are some truly evil, disturbed or easily triggered people among us and some of them are cops.

But I also believe that under different operating principles, we would see that the number of inherently bad cops is smaller than it seems today. So, for a period ot time, I’m willing to avoid labeling them as all irredeemably bad and consider them to include many more “good cops” than current perceptions would have us believe. Condemning them all as evil without any option to demonstrate otherwise based on them making reforms, changing behavior and adjusting attitudes that impact policing, cuts off any possibility of convincing the public that they are serving the greater good.

I’m a law abiding, taxpayer with no direct dealings with bad cops but I avoid them all because we can’t know in advance whether we’re dealing with a bad cop or one that we can trust to do the right thing. It seems unlikely to be sorted out any time soon but by recognizing that change is possible I’m willing to believe that under different circumstances, we would find that there are more good cops than bad ones.

TBH, we don’t know what the actual proportion of good to bad cops is but I assume that the distribution of goodness and evil among cops is similar to what we see in other populations. But, fixing the factors that defend and cover-up bad behavior would change the widespread belief that all cops are bad. Goodness in cops isn’t just based on a comparison to bad cops, nor to pious monks but they should be judged based on how well they meet a standard the police, legislators and the public can agree serve society well. In this moment, all too often, they’re falling short and are unchecked.

I’m willing to believe that if we addressed the forces that create bad cops and bad outcomes, we would see more “good cops”. Given public sentiment, that would be in everyone’s best interest.

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u/rbremer50 2d ago

I disagree about there being "good" cops. They are all complicit. The "good" cops tolerate, encourage, and cover for the bad ones because they believe they benefit and gain an edge by the fear and intimidation the "bad" cops generate in the public. Police officers in America are warped, sick individuals.

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u/Joeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeyy 2d ago

I know some good cops. Some do really want to just catch real bad guys but the departments are twisted. Most good one’s quit but a few stick around I keep an eye on the rest. That’s been my experience in So Cal.

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u/SandJFun74 2d ago

You start making the cops, prosecutors, and politicians financially accountable when they are proven wrong, I guarantee you would see a change in short time.

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u/CarolinaSurly 2d ago

I used to give them benefit of the doubt but not anymore. Too many cases like this. iPhone cameras are cops worst nightmare.

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u/RealSimonLee 2d ago

There are no good cops. Why are we even debating this at this point?

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u/Ok-Butterscotch-1005 2d ago

You have to deal with this afterwards honestly. I get what ur saying but realistically speaking.. If one cop stops this cop from being aggressive and another cop feels this cop is justified, we’re creating bigger issues. It sucks but I don’t see another way. Now if it’s a matter of how someone is being detained, for Instance the knee on the neck and all that, I do believe another cop should be able to step in to figure out a better way.

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u/SandJFun74 2d ago

I guarantee if there were monetary consequences for governments and courts involved that a lot of this crap would change overnight. If a jury finds you innocent, then the state would have to pay for any damages occurred in the process. It would change immediately, because there is a cost of acting without consequences.

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u/RealSinnSage 2d ago

lol that will never happen, can’t break the code of brotherhood cult all these aggro sociopaths enter into when they join a police force

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u/jcmac0321 2d ago

While they were harsh with him and inconvenienced him in a minor way, I'm not sure that his "life has been turned upside down."

I hate how this cop and his buddies conducted themselves, but the sensationalism and hyperbole is just getting tired.

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u/CarolinaSurly 2d ago

So you’d be totally fine being treated this way? You’re fine with getting handcuffed but not arrested because you used words?

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u/jcmac0321 1d ago

Maybe you should read my comment again. In fact, yes. Do read it again and tell me just how in the fuck you got that from it. Fucking weird.

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u/SandJFun74 2d ago

He gets arrested, put in jail, has to bond out, get an attorney. All this costs money, and for people that do not have anything could mean losing their job, because of trumped up charges from a bad cop, who most of the time gets a slap on the wrist.

Money that he can't get back, that most of the time can't even sue. Everything in the Judiciary system costs money to do. Fighting for your rights should not be about how much the courts and attorneys can get.

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u/jcmac0321 1d ago

No. He was not arrested, pur in jail, paid a bond, nor hired an attorney. It was made very, very clear that he was detained; not arrested. You made all of that up.

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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/[deleted] 2d ago

Why does it not surprise me that he was a jarhead.

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u/the_vault-technician 2d ago

Stop mad doggin' me

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u/[deleted] 2d ago

Ole boy was mad enough for everyone. He needs to stop taking that test booster aka roids. None of them would be tough without the badge.

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u/Priest_Apostate 2d ago

This is why something more permanent needs to happen to them, as the justice system protects these cops

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u/heddyneddy 2d ago

Fired*

*moved to the next closest department

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u/CarolinaSurly 2d ago

Never said he was fired.

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u/PupperoniPoodle 2d ago

With a raise / signing bonus

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u/sniff3 2d ago

Out of a cannon?

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u/the_vault-technician 2d ago

Into the sun

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u/LoisWade42 2d ago

LOL! Gives "Disaster Area" of HHG2G vibes.

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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/Beachboy442 2d ago

Now the gestapo guy will go wear a badge for the next suburb and do the same thing again.

Jeez........how insane. Should be National Registry for BAD COPS.....keep the bad ones from getting another job in law enforcement.

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u/AppropriateString293 2d ago

Definitely just relocated to another department to continue fucking up other people’s days and triggering people that have trauma. Imagine if he did that to someone with PTSD from abusive parents/partners or if it was someone that was prone to stress-induced seizures. Seizures caused by emotional distress would be even more likely for someone if they had other underlying mental conditions that cause them further distress then had this shit thrown at them on top of it. Goes to show nobody gives a shit about anyone- even those that are supposed to care. Therapists see you as a check to earn, and cops see you as an opportunity to get their power trip fix off of. Saw this story that was going around a while back of this Down syndrome teen running from the cops because they scared him and the mother told them that he had a bad incident with cops before and is easily scared by them. He needed help, was terrified, had no weapon, wasn’t aggressive, and was shot dead. It’s shocking how unfazed cops tend to act when they shoot someone innocent. Everything’s always rigged somehow. Do everything right and still get fucked- that’s the American way. 🫠

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u/LauraLoomersFace 2d ago

Yeah but did he end up working a county next to the county he got fired? They do that bullshit all the time

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u/24_Chowder 2d ago

Should have fired and barred all three of them as everyone of them had the opportunity to pull hot head off that guy and do the right thing.

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u/Willing_Juggernaut60 2d ago

It’s all good. He just needs to move to a different county to get a new job there.

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u/Roadwandered 2d ago

He’s probably working for ICE these days…

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u/kcox1980 2d ago

The department says "no laws were broken" by the officer, but when asked why the guy was being detained the officer clearly responded with, "we're putting him in handcuffs while we figure that out". I'm not a lawyer, but isn't that breaking a law right there? Don't they have to have cause before detaining you? I didn't think they were allowed to detain you until they found a reason to justify detaining you.

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u/CarolinaSurly 2d ago

He wasn’t fired. It never says that. These guys are allowed to resign so they can go do the same shit in another city to other innocent citizens.

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u/magneticgumby 2d ago

Friend of a friend's ex husband is one of the corrupt Baltimore cops like in the show "We Own This City". In fact, his stupid face is there at the .23 second mark in the opening credits. He's a complete piece of shit who got busted, being a complete piece of shit. He was fired.

He is now a cop in another town.

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u/the_vault-technician 2d ago

So it's just another "cops protecting cops" bunch of bullshit.