Posted on 11/05/2017 4:59:21 AM PST by raybbr
A state police internal affairs investigator concluded there was “no evidence” to support an activist’s claim that three troopers conspired to concoct charges against him during a contentious interaction at a DUI checkpoint in 2015.
Michael Picard, who supports the open carrying of firearms and opposes random DUI checkpoints, was charged with two infractions while protesting at an I-84 ramp in West Hartford.
Police seized Picard’s camcorder during the confrontation, which, unbeknownst to the troopers involved, captured them discussing whether to file charges. In the audio, one trooper is heard stating that the officers “gotta cover our ass,” while another adds they could “claim that, um, in the back-up, we had multiple people stop to report” a man with a gun.
All of the troopers — now retired Trooper First Class John Barone, Sgt. John Jacobi and Master Sgt. Patrick Torneo — were exonerated, with the investigator accepting their explanations for their statements.
Barone told the investigator that he was trained to always create some sort of documentation — such as issuing an infraction — any time he puts his hands on someone, and “that ‘cover your ass’ is merely an expression which he has created over the years,” according to the investigator’s report
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I've always wondered who invented that phrase. I guess it was this guy. Who knew?
It was blatant.
They even discuss how to lie about what happened.
http://gunwatch.blogspot.com/2016/01/ct-police-gotta-cover-our-ass-on-open.html
Video at the link.
And there are dolts out there who set up situations like this to try and trap the cops for their own personal gain.
Clinton defense
The state internal affairs investigator should be fired and charges made against him and the officers, strip them of their retirement, throw them in jail.
Who will investigate the CT state police internal investigator?
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha...
bttt
Get Jeff Sessions on it. I hear he's got some time.
I presume an internal police investigator is selected because of his friendly attitude toward the police—and he’d likely fear for his life, family, and/or reputation if he went against them.
The local prosecutor should really empanel a grand jury for something like this. Internal investigations are generally a farce.
*impanel*
CT state basically has no internal affairs.
I’ve tried. Failed. Left.
West Hartford cops have always been awful.
“......there are dolts out there who set up situations like this to try and trap the cops for their own personal gain”........
In today’s world, its the cell phone camera which numerous people, particularly blacks, use to hopefully catch an officer in some illegal act against the person they are detaining or arresting. Great tool that can serve both sides in an altercation.
Sometimes “CYA” means “You tell the lie and I’ll swear to it”....
99% of CT state police are great, but it’s the 1% that makes them look like thugs. In some of the small towns, the CT state police are the police department. Meet a few officers, great people.
If only 1% are corrupt, how did three of them wind up working together, overseen by a corrupt investigator?
“And there are dolts out there who set up situations like this to try and trap the cops for their own personal gain.”
Which wouldn’t be possible if cops didn’t break rules, violate Civil rights, and lie about it.
L
Back in the 90s, I lived in a town without a Police Department and the state troopers were great. Like anything else, they will be bad apples around. Those 3 are bad apples.
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