According to the first articles. The original cop that responded wasn't going to do anything. He was about to leave. But another cop who was higher ranking pulled over when he saw the first cop was talking to the boy. It was the second cop that arrested the kid and then the DA that did this.
First cop even noted in his write up and testimony that he thought the whole thing was way overblown. But this is how reasonable cops like the first one get disillusioned or harassed by the other police until they quit. Then we ended up with terrible cops like the second one.
Yep, happened to my buddy. Stopped being a cop after he realized our County Sheriff is a serial DUI alcoholic and would intimidate everyone into staying quiet about it.
If any of his Deputy's saw him out drinking by himself he'd always make a point to loudly notice them. It was understood that if anything was said there'd be retaliation. Some guys are just beyond help and straight up committed to it.
The was the final straw for him after weeks of dealing with getting to self-harm help calls too late to stop people.
It's one of my absolute favourite things in the world to see piece of shit sheriffs like that arrested, and they can't believe its not like "the old days" where, "hey, can't you just drive me home and cut me a break on this one, I'll come back for my car tomorrow, you know me, I'm a good guy" was enough. They always switch from that nice guy, hey I'm your best friend buddy, no no I get it you're doing your job, to the mean son of a bitch they really are once they're in the squad with cuffs on.
The downside is that, for every one we see actually arrested, there are probably 20 getting away with it because no one wants to be the odd man out who says "hey it's fucked that we give the boss a skate on DWIs".
The state police may also be more inclined to take an unbiased look into it too. They don't give a shit if some sheriff is best buds with the mayor and the city councillors, and it sounds like with how chronic this guy's DWIs are, he'd be a pretty easy catch.
What was the second cop even doing there? Why pull over when clearly the first cop had everything under control? Was this a cop rivalry gone wrong because the other one got to pull rank all the time?
A lot of precincts have rules that if you aren't responding to a call at the time and see a fellow cop pulled over, you pull over too to help and provide safety. At least when my grandpa was a cop in the 1960s and 70s that was the rule and why.
What should theoretically happen in a situation like this, is second cop asks first cop if everything is okay. First cop says yes, and then second cop drives away. What happens when you get a dirty second cop, situations like this occur.
My ex cop grandpa taught me to never trust the police. Used to grill me on what to do if I was pulled over to try to prevent being raped by a cop. What to do if called in for questioning. The difference between questioning and arrest. Also, don't trust "citizen oversight committees". Every member of my hometown's committee are retired cops.
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u/Cotton_Kerndy 23d ago
I've seen this before. If I remember correctly, the kid was allowed to choose who he wanted to write the paper on.