Former police officer arrested in park for throwing ball with daughter due to coronavirus social distancing rules

ABC "News" / Disney ^ | April 8, 2020 | By Jeffrey Cook , Clayton Sandell and Jennifer Leong

[Oldeconomybuyer]

[fieldmarshaldj]

These Paul Blart “real” cops need to be terminated.

[wny]

if that’s all these clowns have to do, this town obviously has too many cops.

[Texas Eagle]

Did they go into the guy’s backyard and shoot his dog for good measure?

[CatOwner]

So the MSM is going to continually report this episode from Sunday?

[ifinnegan]

Crazy stupid stuff.

They apologized to the guy later, but still.

The easy hop to totalitarianism is here.

[LukeL]

So to enforce social distancing rules three officers pile on one person?

[jeffc]

LOL! They arrested a former State Trooper? I wonder if the State Police will have something to say to the Brighton police chief.....

[Wuli]

INSANITY brought on by mass social level herd mentality, where all ability to actually think is suspended, to follow the herd mind.

[MrBambaLaMamba]

Who still believes the jackboots won’t go door to door attempting to confiscate illegal items.

[KarlInOhio]

Police arrived soon after, Mooney said, telling him and others in the area to leave because the park was closed.

Was the park closed? All the questions about whether he was allowed to be within 6 feet of a family member disappear if the park was closed and he refused to vacate. I remember a few times hanging out with friends when the cops told us "park closed at sunset so go somewhere else". We may have grumbled but we left without getting atrested.

[Kickass Conservative]

So much for Social Distancing.

I see none of the Policemen are wearing Masks.

Did they disinfect the Handcuffs when they took them off this Life Endangering Criminal?

Have they gone to his Home to confiscate his Firearms? He must be on the Red Flag List now.

[Magnum44]

I wonder if this former state trooper was carrying at the time. I know I would have been. No mention in the article of him being disarmed during his arrest.

[Crim]

Ahhh...the other shoe drops...former cop gets an apology...

[Fiji Hill]

If that were me, I’d tell them to take their apology and stick it where the sun don’t shine, then I’d sue.

[Magnum44]

Sounds like this former cop should still be in uniform, and the current cops need to be in a soup line.

[TexasGator]

“Did they go into the guy’s backyard and shoot his dog for good measure?”

+10 for originality!

[A_Former_Democrat]

But illegal aliens felons and other criminals

They get released out into the public

[Polynikes]

Ka-ching. He just won the lotto and his daughter gets to go to the private school of her choice. The officer in charge should have his pension forfeited and be part of the settlement.

[FreeReign]

Was the park closed? All the questions about whether he was allowed to be within 6 feet of a family member disappear if the park was closed and he refused to vacate. I remember a few times hanging out with friends when the cops told us "park closed at sunset so go somewhere else". We may have grumbled but we left without getting atrested.

The article says that the park was closed.

And there is difference between a park being closed at sunset and a park being closed in the day time, because of COVID.