Another Day of Shiny Respectable Columbus Ohio Police Dept behavior .

[irisblue]

>>>>>please note, what I posted about the Goodson case today is not from a CPD officer. Franklin County Deputy Sherriffs were in the city. CPD declined to investigate that case.

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snip-"The case stems from a July 7 incident in which ATF special agent James Burk alleges two Columbus Police officers tased and handcuffed him while he attempted to carry out official duties. The complaint alleges Burk was trying to confiscate an illegally-held firearm.

The suspect called 911 and the dispatcher sent officers Joseph Fihe and Kevin Winchell. Burk contends this sort of confusion isn’t unheard of, but in a typical situation, the police officers would check his credentials and then either assist in retrieving the firearm or leave the scene.

In this case, despite putting his hands up and telling the officers he was a federal agent with credentials in his pocket, Burk says the two trained their guns on him, roughed him up, tased him and handcuffed him before finally checking his credentials. The officers then forced Burk into the back seat of a police cruiser and detained him for about an hour.

The case also alleges the officers later privately shared body cam footage from the incident with other officers, making light of the incident and mocking Burk. The lawsuit claims this underscores a code of silence within the division that amounts to a de facto policy."


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[58Sunliner]

1. I hope he gets justice.

[nykym]

2. I hope he gets their

BADGES!

[58Sunliner]

3. And exposes just how deep this corruption goes.

[sinkingfeeling]

4. Paying to defend police in lawsuits is the reason LE budgets are so big.

[irisblue]

5. Funny you mention that....Nov 16, 2020 Columbus City Council

:::CPD vice officer killed a sex worker while he was on duty:::

https://www.daytondailynews.com/news/ohio/city-plans-to-pay-1m-to-family-of-woman-killed-by-officer/PWUGK75BUBH47EU2EXNCJLRMDM/

snip-"COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The city of Columbus, Ohio, plans to pay $1 million to the family of a woman killed by an undercover officer in August 2018, according to documents filed in Franklin County Probate Court."


snip-"Mitchell has pleaded not guilty in state court to killing Castleberry after she stabbed him in the hand during an undercover prostitution investigation. He’s also pleaded not guilty to federal charges of forcing women to have sex with him under threat of an arrest.

Castleberry was killed Aug. 23, 2018.

Mitchell’s attorneys have argued that their client acted with reasonable force because Castleberry, a sex worker, allegedly stabbed him and attempted to choke him when he revealed he was an undercover officer. Court documents said Mitchell fired at Castleberry when she attempted to escape from the back seat of an undercover police vehicle, which had safety locks that prevented her exit."

[luvs2sing]

6. God..we are such a frickin mess..

here in Columbus.

[irisblue]

7. It is just so endemic and most people do not know how corrupt the CPD is

[luvs2sing]

8. I've known some crappy stuff about other departments..

but I admit to being ignorant about our own until a few years ago.