The number8 really hates cops thread

[Derek]

LAPD shoot 2 hostages fleeing their captor, killing one b/c he fit the ultraspecific description of the criminal - White man in black shirt. It'll be interesting to see if murdering innocent white people actually leads to significant disciplinary actions. Probably not.

http://touch.latimes.com/#section/-1.../p2p-79882955/

[number8]

This is Will Ferrell character level dumb.

(Warning: no death but someone does get shot. Not graphic.)

[number8]

By the way, great blue wall in all this. This massive idiot was investigated by IA in 2009 and quit before he could be disciplined, and just worked as a sheriff's deputy elsewhere. Then the troopers fucking hired him back thee years later in 2012.

http://www.thestate.com/2014/09/19/3...lved.html?rh=1

Then in 2013, the massive idiot pulled over the head of the Department of Public Safety (not knowing who he is) and tried to slap on a bogus DUI charge, which obviously didn't stick because there's no alcohol on the guy. The DPS head complained about the massive idiot, and he was fired for muckraking while the massive idiot just "underwent a counseling session after the 2013 incident because the offense was considered a minor policy violation."

http://www.wistv.com/story/21454237/...-firing-arrest

The massive idiot is fired now, but I'm not gonna hold my breath on him actually facing any punishment for this attempted murder.

[Skitch]

What a fucker. If you approach a guy outside his vehicle and ask for license, wouldn't you think he might reach in his vehicle? Shit, seems common sense that you would stay back until he turned around and produced whatever...that way if he goes for a gun, you are behind cover of your vehicle. Instead he walks right up behind him. Some people just need hit by a bus.

[bac0n]

Groubert was charged with assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, a felony which carries a penalty of up to 20 years in prison, according to a news release from the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division.

He's currently out on 75,000 bond.

Article.

[Barty]

It's amazing how many cops involved in these types of incidents are fired from previous police work and then rehired again or rehired by other departments. Monumentally stupid.

[Pop Trash]

He's currently out on 75,000 bond.

Article.

Yeah that's a no brainer. I don't think anyone needs to drum up any internet fauxrage about that one.

I did get sick of a few people in my fb feed still trying to make a cause celebre out of the Django actress even after an audio recording surfaced revealing an extremely patient cop dealing with the race card and the publicist card.

[number8]

Whoa, a city in Florida has disbanded its entire police department.

http://www.gainesville.com/article/2...LES/140939932?

Five cops whistleblowed on the department and took down the police chief. This part is nice:

After the meeting, Waldo Police Officer Brandon Roberts -- who led the Aug. 26 presentation that unveiled the unlawful ticket quota -- unpinned his badge and smiled. He said he found it funny that the actions of Szabo and Smith led to the loss of his job, but he said what he and four officers did was in the fabric of the oath they swore to as officers.

“It's what was right,” Roberts said. “A lot of people complain about cops not stepping across the blue line, and this is a prime example, because you have to worry about this kind of stuff.”

Roberts added that the resignations of Szabo and Smith were worth the loss of his own job.