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Police probably got away with a lot more before these cameras. Police chief in small WV town stops woman for expired registration. He is in an unmarked car and not in regular uniform. She opens the window a crack and asks for identification, which he does not provide. She tries to drive away slowly to her home a few yards away. He points gun at her and threatens to shoot, breaks windows with sledgehammer. She was charged and held in jail for several days without bond.
1 posted on 08/13/2024 9:16:20 PM PDT by xxqqzz
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“Back the Blue”. Until it happens to YOU!

This is a LOT more common than many thought, and all these personal dashcams have started to bring to view more and more of the misbehaviour of the constabulary.

So much for the “Most cops are good guys” narrative that’s been rubbed into our faces for years. If “most” of the cops are good guys, why didn’t/haven’t/won’t they stop this kind of abuse of their position?


2 posted on 08/13/2024 9:25:45 PM PDT by Don W (When blacks riot, neighborhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn)
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When is the guy getting sued for deprivation of rights under color of law?


3 posted on 08/13/2024 9:35:48 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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>> Police chief in small WV town stops woman for expired registration.

He probably wanted to hit on her.


6 posted on 08/13/2024 10:01:47 PM PDT by Nervous Tick ("First the Saturday people, then the Sunday people...": ISLAM is the problem!)
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I guess the shirt that had the word “police” on it, the blue lights on the unmarked car, and the black handgun screamed police impersonation! The cop may have overreacted, but this idiot driver is at fault, too


18 posted on 08/14/2024 1:51:22 AM PDT by bort
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I remember before cameras I’d see a story where the cops said someone “resisted arrest”, “made a furtive move” “reached for his waistband” and the story just seemed fishy. I’d get into arguments with this fellow who was a lawyer who represented police, and he’d get very angry that I’d question these stories.

When cameras became more common, many of these “fishy” stories did, in fact, turn out to be police frauds.


23 posted on 08/14/2024 4:16:32 AM PDT by Fido969
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FIle this one under “But the other 99%...”


31 posted on 08/14/2024 5:29:00 AM PDT by Hatteras
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Since the Chief was NOT in uniform and flat out REFUSED to properly identify himself, he should be Criminally Charged with Impersonating a Peace Officer and Thrown in PRISON until he learns to respect the citizens he works for.


34 posted on 08/14/2024 5:57:45 AM PDT by eyeamok
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