Police threated, assault uniformed Army officer at traffic stop based on incorrect assumptions

[GungHo]

Their Chief Rodney Daniel Riddle tried to buy the Army Officer's compliance by saying he don't mention it then they won't press charges to "ruin" his career.

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Do they think they're in an episode of Knight Rider?

 

[onadesertedisland]

Reform must begin with eliminating police unions. Period.

 

[SolidSnakex]

When was the cop fired? Yesterday, whenever this got national attention, or weeks/months ago? This happened in December.

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It'd have to be very recently since when the story broke the media reported that both officers were still employed.

 

[Dali]

It'd have to be very recently since when the story broke the media reported that both officers were still employed.

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So basically they did it because they had to, not because they wanted to or thought his actions were so improper that losing their job was the appropriate course of action.

 

[SolidSnakex]

So basically they did it because they had to, not because they wanted to or thought his actions were so improper that losing their job was the appropriate course of action.

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Absolutely. The heat's so hot on that department right now that they're just trying to do something to make people think they care. But they've had this footage for months and did nothing until it became public. So, it shows that they found his actions perfectly acceptable.

 

[nihilence]

When was he fired?
And he better not get hired at neighbor county.

 

[Late Flag]

I didn't realize until just now that this event took place in early December. Interesting that it took like 30 seconds to fire the guy after the video went viral.

 

[purplemonkey111]

White people hate to be associated or called out as racist. Their probably hoping by firing him the LT wont sue the town.

 

[SilentPanda]

When was he fired?
And he better not get hired at neighbor county.

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Sunday 04/11

ficer Joe Gutierrez was terminated from his employment after an investigation determined he did not follow policies set by the police department, the town of Windsor, Virginia, said in a statement on Sunday.

The statement did not detail any punishments for the other officer involved in the incident, Daniel Crocker.

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"The town of Windsor prides itself in its small-town charm and the community wide respect of its police department," the statement said.

"Due to this, we are saddened for events like this to cast our community in a negative light. Rather than deflect criticism, we have addressed these matters with our personnel administratively, we are reaching out to community stakeholders to engage in dialogue, and commit ourselves to additional discussions in the future."

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The Windsor police chief didn't respond to messages sent through the police department's Facebook page over the weekend. Windsor is about 70 miles south-east of Richmond, the state capital.

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US police officer accused of assaulting Black Army officer fired

Joe Gutierrez in Virginia terminated from his job over what court papers say was a violent traffic stop of US soldier.

www.aljazeera.com

Caron Nazario: Windsor police officer fired over pepper-spray traffic stop

Governor Northam calls for state police investigation after Black and Latino Army officer threatened and knocked down

www.theguardian.com

 

[Charpunk]

Dude not being fired until the video went viral over 4 months later is such bullshit

 

[onadesertedisland]

How about involving the feds against the local podunk PD since the victim is a military officer?

 

[rjinaz]

Dude not being fired until the video went viral over 4 months later is such bullshit

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On the other hand, the asshole probably thought he was in the clear, it had been months, so this was likely quite a shocker. I'm sure they told him that they'd have to wait it out and see if anybody cared, outside of the lawsuit.

Absolutely. The heat's so hot on that department right now that they're just trying to do something to make people think they care. But they've had this footage for months and did nothing until it became public. So, it shows that they found his actions perfectly acceptable.

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Investigations can take time. You know, they have to "investigate" to see if people actually will care or not by just waiting it out. Could take months. YEARS! At this point I'm convinced only officers accused of misconduct are the ones that ever have to do "desk duty". There is enough of them, those jobs are filled.