Brickbat: Jackass: The Police Department
Four Memphis, Tennessee, police officers have been relieved of duty with pay after video surfaced of them tipping over a portable toilet with a man inside. They were reportedly trying to arrest the man for trespass and evading arrest when he hid in the toilet.
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Seems like they didn’t think this through. After enemy no. 1 was pulled out of his hideout, they would be physically handling a guy potentially covered in feces.
They could just shoot him and let the coroner handle it.
OT: what happened to R C Dean?
Still here. New handle.
He’s around, he just changed handles.
He’s Dunphy now. 😀
Pigs don’t mind rolling around in shit
If you wrestle with a pig, you’ll both get covered in shit, but the pig likes it.
Video needs a theme song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9nr27rOrL0
police officers have been relieved of duty with pay after video surfaced
There’s video, and they still get to go on paid vacation. I won’t hold my breath for any repercussions.
“Relieved of duty with pay” must be new cop-speak.
Do wrong; get paid vacation. Hell’s bells, but I’m in the wrong line of work.
Man, that turned out to be a “shitty” situation.
3.5/10
You can make a better pun.
Nah, thats all I got this morning, though id love to read yours.
uh-oh, urine trouble with the cops
It’s inevitable that pubic opinion of the police will eventually reach a tipping point, and incidents like this one will only stir the pot.
140 more cops and that would have really been gross.
Heh, heh. RELIEVED of duty…
You said ‘doody’ huh huh huh huh huh.
HUH HUH HUH HUH
American towns are like Gotham now! Where cops are thugs and corrupt and criminal gangs run the city and everyone beats up on the people. Marginally better up here minus the insane, retarded, immoral, violent no-knocks raids because we have no war on drugs.
So are costumed criminals and vigilantes next?
You know, an unstable port-o-toilet was probably not the BEST choice of a hiding place. Stupid gets what it deserves.