Motorcycle cop's McCain bumper sticker draws complaint

[The Sushi Bandit]

http://www.denverpost.com/commented/ci_10317097?source=commented-

Denver visitor filed a complaint against a Denver police officer for putting a pair of John McCain bumper stickers on his motorcycle.

But more troubling, said Warren Jones, 32, a Grand Junction music teacher, was the intimidation he said he felt when he asked the officer about the sticker.

"He got very belligerent," said Jones, a Barack Obama supporter, about a Tuesday incident a block from the 16th Street Mall. "It really kind of unsettled me."

Lt. Ron Saunier, Denver police spokesman, said having a political bumper sticker on a city vehicle is a violation of police policy.

"He is allowed to express his political views on his personal vehicle but not on city-owned property," Saunier said.

Jones said after filing the complaint, he received a phone call from a Denver police internal affairs sergeant who apologized and promised the problem would be dealt with.

But Jones said the intimidation was what really rattled him.

After he asked the officer about the bumper sticker, he said the policeman approached him menacingly with his hand on his gun. He said the officer chided him by saying, 'You don't like democracy? It's my right.'"

He said the officer told him that because the "police commissioner" supported McCain he could display any bumper sticker he wished to. Other officers also made fun of him, he said.

"It was really weird," he said.

Saunier said the officers may have been guilty of discourtesy, which is another infraction of police policy.

If the complaint is confirmed the offending officers could received verbal or written reprimands depending on whether they have been in trouble before, he sai

[merwin]

1. Time to give that cop the medal of freedom.

Isn't that what we do these days?

[goddess40]

7. Freedom to find a new job

What a jerk. It amazes me that this asshole votes against his own interests and than is so smug about it, what an idiot.

[norepubsin08]

2. That fucking pig ought to be fired

all cops are intimidating assholes who usually can't get along in life so they become cops so they can bully people!!

[Kire]

3. I wouldn't have confronted the guy.

I would have just gotten the license plate and taken it down to Internal Affairs.


That's just me. I've benn in many situations like that before.

To each his (or her) own.

[FatDave]

4. 95% of cops...

...give the rest a bad name.

[Truth4Justice]

5. Isn't that the truth? Most police these days are as corrupt as their hero, the Chimpster. nt

[TheCoxwain]

9. That is Woody Alanesque ...

You are funny :D

[FatDave]

10. I can't take credit for it

I'm not sure where it originated, but it wasn't me. Works with "republicans" instead of "cops" too.

[natrat]

6. police should become more dangerous as the junta's plans unfold

[Truth4Justice]

11. You havent been paying attention. The cops are thugs now. nt

[lifesbeautifulmagic]

8. Well, first of all Warren Jones is a hero for speaking out, alot of people

would just be too intimidated to say anything.

And second of all, if the officer thinks he is being treated unfairly, he can always appeal to his union, you know that thing that guarantees him fairness on the job, and overtime pay - and the thing that McCain and all republicans would love to do away. with.