Cop caught on camera planting drugs on suspect and attacking him with K9

Cop caught on camera planting drugs on suspect and attacking him with K9

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What a bunch of dumb-a**es...Trying to set up a person with your dashboard cam taping it all. Then they sic the K9 on him to top it off. I hope he gets the full $10 mill he's seeking. Thug cops, and not very bright ones at that.

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he wasnt caught puttin drugs on him hes caught saying " what if we just happen to find weed on you " an that was said while he was in the car still, then the dog attacked him an then they tore him to the ground, the pickinghim up an then you see a signal from a officer, then you hear WHOOOoaaaa look like you got some weed on yeah.....

Pretty lame beef on the cops behalf thats sad...... Truely sad...... since when do you need 8 cops to pull over a car now?

Did they just pull this guy over? Or was there a chase? How and why was the police dog the first thing used to confront the guy? Certainly looks bad. I wish we knew what happened before the video and if this person was arrested for a warrant or something.

Needless to say the cops are known to plant drugs on people so I am not surprised by that aspect.

There is an update to the story that the cop in question has been cleared to return to duty and the fellow that was arrested did indeed have pot on him....

But I have to say, involving the dog on a man who was exiting the car alreay was not right...

I realize lots of hay can be made over this video, the truth is, he probably was in possesion at the time...

I have to go back to the K9 being involved though, stuff like this always sticks in my mind with the images of Selma Alabama, I have a real problem with cops putting the dogs onto someone who is not overtly causing a problem...

so now being in possesion of marijuana is a good enough reason to launch a trained animal at someone...knowing damn good and well they will get bitten at leat once.

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[edit on 28-2-2008 by deadbang]

thats how they operate all over the country guy's. you don't think they become cop's because they're smart do you ???????
wait until they try to railroad you like they tried to do to me out here in L.A. county. thank god that i had the wherwithall to hire the best that mony could buy ( one of O.J.'s lawyers ).
you'll learn to hate those nazi's who are suppost to be protecting us . they are the only one's we need protection from. the police themselve's are just the tip of the ice berg. legal organised crime is what we call it out here.
my mother inlaw at one time in her life had the view that if they were on your ass it's because you did something wrong. now at almost 80yrs old she start's to get upset and say things little old ladies just don't say.

I find it HILLARIOUS that this happened in a town called 'Cookeville'.

Did anybody else notice this? Like Kook-ville. Ok, maybe not that funny, but I got a good laugh out of it.

[edit on 2/28/2008 by bigbert81]

Well being a Law Enforcement Officer, I am inclined to resent the idea that WE ALL do it. It's just not the case. Your disgust for LEO's is fine, don't matter to me...but I deal with complete scumbags all day everyday...and I don't stereotype ALL people. Not even ones from California I have been in this game awhile, and NEVER seen or knew of planting anything. Does it happen??? sure, and hopefully those officers are caught, fired and tried.

Now for your little comment about our intellect.....actually...I'll refrain...your not worth the rant.

Sounds to me like Ferrell admitted to possession near the end of the video. Feared for his life my butt...

I've had my own experience with a cop fabricating events (only to defeat the pig in court), but this incident does not appear to be one of them.

Yeah this seems pretty straightforward. The guy probably had some weed and was freaked out, acting suspicious.

Of course the Cops are going to make a big event out of a simple drug possession arrest. That's what they do. In their minds, they are super-heros in a blockbuster action film. They feel like this everytime they pull someone over, even for simple speeding tickets. Once they have the chance to bust someone for some weed, they get really excited and go into 'action-mode'. Hence involving the canine unit etc.

Just let them play. Let the little piggies play their imaginary game of cops and robbers. They are making bigger asses of themselves every day and the country as a whole is starting to pick up on their tactics. They aren't here to protect us anymore, they're here to carry out psychological warfare on the populace.

RCWJ75, Please let me ask you a question...not leading I hope. You seem like a decent guy and I will openly admit I no big fan of LEO and will admit also my sister has ben a LEO for 18yrs (Ft. Worth PD)...just want it all in the open..I'm no hater...

What are your thoughts on the use of K9s in non violent stops?

I will leave it at that as I dont want this to be construed as a passive/aggressive question.

I guess I'm asking where is the line?

and Thanks!

as far as i'm concerned ol'buddy law enforcment as you like to call it is a joke all over america and it need's an enima. it's all about the money and the way to get the money is to get as many people in the system as you possibly can.
yes not all cop's are crooked and i appologise to you for stupid remark .but the one's who treat people with no respect are giving the good one's a bad name and people and group's are usually remembered by the bad things that they do and not the good ones. as for the overall police system.
unfortunately for you the good one's are actually the bad ones too when they don't go against the grain of their workmates and say , HEY QUIT TREATING THAT PERSON WITH SUCH DISRESPECT A-HOLE. so in short it's no wonder that cops have to unsnap that holster everytime they pull someone over for a minor traffic infraction in fear of being smoked on the spot.
and one other thing , when an upstanding pillar of the community like my mother inlaw hates all police then that right there should make you stand back and take a look at your choice of employment sir..

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Welcome...no problem, you don't have to like us..lol...thats of no concern to me. As I have told others in different threads I treat everyone in every situation I come to the way I would want to be treated if I was in their shoes. Now don't confuse my kindness with weakness, IF, IF I must resort to other means, I will without hesitation...but the kind of LEO I am, you done pushed your luck if it comes to that...so with that here is my answer to your question.

I think the K9 is a GREAT tool and has its purpose. When and where to use it lies with the ability of the officer/deputy and the slickness of the suspect. Some officers overreact...i totally agree, other don't do enough. Some suspects are outright stupid in what they try to get by us and some are down right brilliant. So those who are good at the game may need a dog to catch them.

Now, will I use K9 on a suspect who is NON violent/aggressive...NO. No need to, unless its to search his vehicle or a bag/case. And the reason I use the dog on a vehicle isn't to insist he has drugs, at that point its more then a hunch to me that he has drugs, I just don't wanna destroy the guys car. I wouldn't want my truck ripped up, so I don't do it to them. Usually though, I persude them to just give up the location of the drugs, I get them, and there is no problems. Why people fight, bitch, piss, make a scene, lie and try to get away with some weed or maybe a pipe is unreal to me. Just be HONEST, let me write you a ticket and send you on your way (see you in court) or let me hook you up, face it that you were caught, and go post bail...and be on your way.

As for the line of using dogs or the rough up stragedy...its again on the individual officer. As I said, we in this profession DO have some officers/deputies who go balls to the wall making a mountain out of a mole hill. I have used a dog to persude guys to follow my commands. Some people just refuse ALL orders...so when there is a dog I may tell the suspect...exit the vehicle, or get your hands out of your pockets or I WILL SEND THE DOG! It works...but to actually send the dog just because I'm not in the mood...unacceptable...

hope this helps and you understand my points....and if sis worked for Ft. Worth..she has dealt with alot of the same things I have....so she would know the deal too.

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This guy could've done a lot of time for this. What does this prove?? Well, I'll let YOU be the judge....

J.

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simply not true iron...sorry your hate clouds your judgment..but imagine 1 week in this country without people enforcing the law. Or the presence of law enforcement. My god man, it would be unreal...UNREAL..like it or not...the society would create anarchy. If people do the things they do to each other WITH leo's out on patrol...wow...just think about it. Can we agree some cops don't deserve the badge...absolutely...but trust me..its the minority of us.



accepted...and agree...the bad in most minds ALWAYS remains, and the good deeds get overshadowed.



Thats the part you guys don't see. Those of us who do right, do try to weed out the bad apples, but you will never see it, know it, read about it, etc...all I can tell you is it does happen...



With ALL DO RESPECT to your family member, her opinion means nothing to me when it comes to the pride I have in my job, career, and accomplishments. She can hate me, and us all she wants...but as we all know...3am and someones trying to get in her house, who's she going to call...Not Ghostbusters..

hey rcw how do you feel about arresting people for weed possesion in the first place when we all know alcohol kills lots of people every year and I have never heard of a marijuana related death? Even if a cop is a good as can be, having to enforce laws that go agaisnt personal freedom and rights make them seem evil to me? Your judicial system is almost as bad a mess is your Iraq war imo and the 1/100 person in jail statistic proves you are doing it all wrong. I personally put the blame on the people who train you guys but I wonder if ya'll know most of the laws you "uphold" are pure shams and even oppresive?

Well hate to break it to you but we have had vehicle crashes that caused death due to being high on simple weed. And yes DUI is a FAR greater threat to us all on our highways and even in general...but marijuana has led to harder drug use, bad decision making ability, and let us not forget...late night snacks

As for me, arresting over a single joint or seeds...as trivial as it seems is my job. If I don't make that arrest or issue a citation...guess what..I lose the job I love and I lose my income, home, truck, etc..... Have I just taken the weed from kids and flushed it, or thrown it on the ground and cut them a break...sure thing...we are not all SS Nazi's as some on this site will swear too. I'm not here to ruin lives, I'm here to help and protect and UPHOLD THE LAW. Luckily for the people who deal with ME see that I use discretion... We all grow up doing stuff we shouldn't and getting into things we wish we hadn't....and I haven't forgotten that.




See this is the common misinterpretation...WE as law enforcement don't write the laws, or punish for the breaking of those said laws. We enforce them. Thats it. So as much as I understand your gripe about some laws being petty, or seeming unfair, I still have my job to do. As I said before I use as much discretion as I can. But bottom line is, the breaking of a law is a choice made by each individual. The politicians in your state or in DC are the ones you have to disagree with for writing some of these laws. And I'll be the first to admit, some laws on the books...are UNBELIEVABLE....no idea how these idiots put their heads together and came up with some of them. And the other side of the coin holds the courts. I arrest you for having 5oz of weed. It isn't my choice to sentence you to X number of days, or months. It's not my choice to send you behind bars instead of some workers program. So the 1/100 prison report lies with the Judges....



[edit on 2/28/2008 by rcwj75]

its a diffrence to up hold the law and to enforce it ....



[edit on 28-2-2008 by zerbot565]

I live in Cookeville, and this type of crooked police behavior is a commonplace in this town. Remember like 1-2 years ago the Cookeville police officer shot that family's dog when it came out of the car as they were searching the occupants. It was all over the news.

There was also a case about 2 years ago of a pretty high ranking police officer taking cocaine from police evidence, and was caught trying to sell it off up north in the Chicago area. I was a bartender at the time and one of the guys I sold drinks to was in good (or so he thought) with the police officers that were in on the scam. He was the guy that took the fall for everything and I'm pretty sure the officers involved got little to no penalty.

Funny thing is I moved away from the Metro Detroit area to get away from these crooks, and come to find out the police here are a lot worse, unless you're one of the "good 'ol boys." There's a lot more crooked police stories, and even more crooked local/national political stuff going on here. This town has a large problem with crystal meth, which is rumored to be imported by a very prominent family with high powered political ties. Just another town in the bible belt I guess.

I do miss the crackheads from Detroit, at least you knew they were crackheads

Unfortunate that the notion that swine on the force are a minority is rapidly becoming a myth. We pay our police to apprehend those who commit crimes (anyone who thinks they exist to protect us isn't only kidding themselves). How very sad it is that in modern times it is those very people we employ who often commit those same crimes against us.

rcwj75,

You come off as someone who remembers your purpose in service. I only hope more of your colleagues remember what that service is.