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Related: About this forumWATCH: Cops Arrest Blind Man After Mistaking Walking Cane For Gun
Where on Earth do they find these idiot cops?
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WATCH: Cops Arrest Blind Man After Mistaking Walking Cane For Gun (Original Post)
Quixote1818
Nov 2022
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reymega life
(675 posts)1. HEAVY ALCOHOL use in the cop world REAL HEAVY
cbabe
(3,551 posts)2. It's everywhere.
https://www.theguardian.com us-news 2015 jan 31 seattle-police-officer-arrest-man-golf-club-cane
Seattle officer at centre of outrage over arrest of man with 'golf club ...
Jan 31, 2015 Officer Whitlatch, who is white, arrested 70-year-old William Wingate, who is black, in the city last July on charges of obstruction, after accusing him of "swinging" the golf club at her....
(City settled for $1.3million.)
Seattle officer at centre of outrage over arrest of man with 'golf club ...
Jan 31, 2015 Officer Whitlatch, who is white, arrested 70-year-old William Wingate, who is black, in the city last July on charges of obstruction, after accusing him of "swinging" the golf club at her....
(City settled for $1.3million.)
exboyfil
(17,865 posts)4. They also paid the cop $100K
as part of the settlement with her.
Wingate actually only received $325K - the rest were attorney fees.
pansypoo53219
(21,004 posts)3. that is a dim cop.
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,687 posts)5. These cops need to be fired and prosecuted