Brickbat: I'll Think of Something

In England, the Lancashire police department has suspended an officer caught on video threatening to "make something up" to arrest a man. The officer, who wasn't identified, pulled the man over and ordered him to give him his car keys When the man protested he hadn't done anything wrong, the officer said he could make something up and added, "Who are they going to believe, me or you?"

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[Fist of Etiquette]

The Police Federation said as the investigation into the officer’s action is ongoing it wouldn’t be appropriate to comment at this stage.

Of course, if they were investigating a member of the public you would hear all about the perp's actions no matter how flimsy the evidence. Here, there is video evidence and still they "investigate" at length and keep the perp anonymous.

[Still Curmudgeoned (Nunya)]

That is certainly the real brick bat part of this to me.

[loki]

That'll teach him to make idle threats.

[Jerryskids]

You mean like the comfy chair? Oh wait, no, that would be a palin threat. Ok, we'll go with the idle pun.

[loki]

Lol! I was thinking along the lines of him leaving his "evidence" baggies at home,but yeah, the free vacation angle works too.

[Sometimes a Great Notion]

Not a cleese quip?

[Agammamon]

BOOO! HEY! You with the afro - sit down. Turn the music back on.

[Jimbo BTR]

"... a palin threat"

"I'll make you walk across the bridge to Russia!"

[Rat on a train]

He is inexperienced. First you plant the evidence, then you offer to ignore it in exchange for what you want.

[Unicorn Abattoir]

Those poor British police. Don't they have qualified immunity there?

[markm23]

In the USA, qualified immunity is a doctrine made up by the courts that protects cops only against civil lawsuits. It does not protect them from criminal charges - because the prosecutors' buddies hardly ever need that protection.

[Wizard4169]

He committed the crime of being a little too honest about it.

[Agammamon]

And they wonder why people just stand there and film them when they're wrestling with suspects.

[Rockstevo]

It took a public outcry before they did anything?

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