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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Sun May 30, 2021, 05:52 PM May 2021

A Pennsylvania police chief who allegedly threatened to 'make up a fake arrest' in retaliation to

Facebook posts got charged with a civil rights violation

A federal court charged a police chief with a civil rights violation after he allegedly told a man that he could "make up a fake arrest" and jail him.

Brian Buglio, a 45-year-old police chief employed with the West Hazleton Police Department in Pennsylvania, "threatened a private citizen with criminal charges" in March, a press release from the Justice Department says.

Buglio told Paul Delorenzo to remove social media posts that were critical of his work as police chief, Delorenzo said to WNEP, a local TV news station affiliated with ABC News. Delorenzo on Facebook criticized the chief and the department, saying they were "slow to make an arrest" in a case they said involved him.

"He called me, left me a voicemail, and said that he was going to arrest me for a crime that was being investigated for something I've never even done or had any part of," Delorenzo said to WNEP.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/pennsylvania-police-chief-allegedly-threatened-181832700.html
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A Pennsylvania police chief who allegedly threatened to 'make up a fake arrest' in retaliation to (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2021 OP
Just a few bad apples. Riiiiiiggggghht. marble falls May 2021 #1
West Hazleton Police Chief Buglio Goonch May 2021 #2
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