Brickbat: Community Outreach

Two Asbury Park, N.J., police officers are facing charges of conspiracy, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, criminal mischief, and unlawful possession of a weapon for vandalizing vehicles of a man who filed a complaint against them. Prosecutors say Stephen Martinsen and Thomas Dowling put on disguises, slashed the tires, and broke windows of vehicles owned by Ernest Mignoli in two separate incidents. They say Dowling hurt his hand putting it through the window of one vehicle. Prosecutors have declined to state what the nature of Mignoli's original complaint was.

Comments

[Fist of Etiquette]

Prosecutors have declined to state what the nature of Mignoli's original complaint was.

Well, this is suspicious.

[Cyto]

That one is easy.... they investigated themselves, procedures were followed, now get back to work.

They actually have that on a pre-inked stamp so they can fill out citizen complaint forms more quickly. One of the few ways that government is actually efficient.

[BigT]

Um....MS Word templates. What century are you in?

[Still Curmudgeoned (Nunya)]

How about a PDF and email.

[Cyto]

Have you guys ever been to a government office?

I was giving the benefit of the doubt with a pre-inked stamp.

[Agammamon]

This is government. They're still using ditto machines.

[Jerryskids]

I'm going to guess Mignoli filed a complaint against the cops for threatening to slash his tires and break his car windows if he didn't comply with whatever demands they were making of him.

[Eddy]

Also, at the bottom of this story is a sponsored video about a "famed" Tel Aviv strip club being turned into a synagogue (not vice versa).

Is it just me, or are others getting the same video?

Anyway, I found an article about it here:

https://www.foxnews.com/world/israel-tel-aviv-synagogue-strip-club

[SQRLSY One]

Will there still be the usual prostitution and drugs available at the Pussycat synagogue? Or only kosher prostitution and drugs?

[TrickyVic (old school)]

"" kosher prostitution""

Does that mean the Rabbi goes first?

[darkflame]

I'm getting one about "Fierce Biotech development. Why do you get all the best ads?

[Sometimes a Great Notion]

Mine is for a mini excavator.

[Sometimes a Great Notion]

This was supposed to be a reply to Eddy.

[Jerryskids]

The only ads I'm getting are for some website named Reason, like I'm going to click on some bullshit clickbait spam site.

[Conchfritters]

possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose

You could probably put the whole force in jail under that charge.

[Al Bendova]

I guess we know why N.J. doesn't want citizens to own firearms.

[markm23]

Only the cops that commit crimes, so 1% of them don't have to worry about that.

[sarcasmic]

They will likely ask for a bench trial and be let off by a judge who doesn't want to have face their retaliation.

[Unicorn Abattoir]

It's how they say greetings from Asbury Park.