Brickbat: One Bad Apple

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When Edison, New Jersey, police officer Paul Pappas was caught in full uniform, on duty, and out of his jurisdiction slashing the tires of his former girlfriend's car, it quickly expanded into a department-wide investigation that include allegations of steroid use, officers illegally running license plates, and officers getting paid for no-show jobs. Four other officers have been charged so far, and local media report that as many as 20 officers could be involved.

Comments

[Fairbanks]

What's with the rash of police getting investigated and charged? Have some DA's suddenly grown a pair?

[MatthewSlyfield]

We can hope.

[Hamster of Doom]

Nah. We can dream, lol.

This seems to be the pattern. Societal problem is ignored as long as it only bothers the vulnerable. Societal problem increases apace until it is no longer bothering only the vulnerable. Societal problem grows so high and stinking, it changes from Things That Can't Happen Here to common knowledge.

I'm guessing some DAs are taking action that is unthinkable when This Doesn't Happen In America, but they're taking perfectly rational actions to further self-preservation now that dirty cops are something everyone knows exist.

[Felicia744]

hello

[Felicia744]

Stay at home mom Kelly Richards from New York after resigning from her full time job managed to average from $6000-$8000 a month from freelancing at home... This is how she done it

??????

[Fist of Etiquette]

Pappas is going to be popular with his colleagues in whatever other New Jerksey police department they all end up moving to.

[Inigo Montoya]

Yeah, and women will be fighting over him, especially ones who own cars. Ever try to price a set of four new tires? They are not cheap.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Honestly, he probably won't have any problem there. Women tend to believe they can be the one to change a dirtbag, and so many of them overlook the high domestic violence probability that comes with marrying someone who is trained to be violent and is brother to those you would call for help.

[Fuck you, Shikha (Nunya)]

They always way a nice guy... To be friends with.

[JWatts]

That's something you learn early or suffer the consequence. You don't have to be a jerk. And you should certainly be courteous and help out when asked. However, you should never be a friend to a girl you are interested in. That immediately puts you into the wrong mental bucket.

[Left Libertarian]

I doubt it, the dude more than likely told on his bros in blue. Its no coincidence that 4 others got charged. The feds dont fuck around, they prob got him on embezzelment and section 1001. Faced with that he undoubtebly spilled the beans on everyone else.

[loveconstitution1789]

Brickbat: One Bad Apple

Finally. The Apples get in trouble instead of the Oranges.

[Jerry B.]

Must be Fake News. The Edison Mayor and Township Council are all Democrats, and they'd never let anything like this happen.

[Conchfritters]

New Jersey - shit hole country.

[loveconstitution1789]

50,000 more years and the radiation dumped in that state should decay enough so New Jersey is livable again.

Whoops.

[Jerryskids]

As somebody here pointed out, it's telling that the guy slashed his ex's tires in broad daylight, in front of God and everybody, while in uniform and his patrol car, as if he just took it for granted that of course he's allowed to do that. Who's going to stop him? And from all the other stuff that turned up in that police department, he had good cause to believe he could do whatever he wanted with no consequences. We'll see if he's right, but that's a hell of a message from the boys in blue that they're above the law and you'd better know your place, maggot.

[loveconstitution1789]

Thin Blue Line?

[SQRLSY One]

What's the going rate, generally, for me to get the cops to slash my enemy's tires? Since I already pay their salaries through taxation, shouldn't it just be some small nominal fee, maybe 10 or 20 bucks?

[Longtobefree]

Corruption in New Jersey? Say it ain't so.

[TrickyVic (old school)]

If only the police has some sort of theory that in concept would remove the actors of the bigger crimes by going after the actors of smaller crimes.

[sarcasmic]

All of this stuff is perfectly normal behavior for police officers. They must have crossed the wrong person for it to become an issue.

[perlchpr]

I dunno. It seems a bit over the top, even for cops. Well, the tire slashing anyway. The rest of it is pretty normal cop behaviour.

[Vernon Depner]

That was my reaction. Are there any cops who are NOT on steroids?

[Lowdog]

The fat ones?

[Robert]

20? Wouldn't that be approx. their entire force?

[dew]

~102,000 residents, so even if they have a low crime rate, they probably have minimum 100 cops.

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