Ex-cop says he was wrongfully arrested in suit

[alp227]

Source: San Francisco Chronicle

(03-09) 10:14 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- A former San Francisco police officer is suing the city in federal court, saying two fellow officers wrongfully arrested him as he was jogging in Golden Gate Park, causing him to be fired from the department.

Bret Cornell, 27, said he was jogging on a park path on the morning of July 10, a little more than two months after he graduated from the police academy. He heard a man say, "I will shoot you!" and turned to see a "dark figure" pointing a gun at him, according to the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in San Francisco.

Cornell did not realize until later that the man was Officer David Brandt, the suit said, so he continued running until he stumbled, rolled down a hill and saw uniformed Sgt. Wallace Gin and asked him for help. Gin ordered him at gunpoint to hold up his hands, and Cornell complied, the suit said.

Cornell told the officers, "I'm a cop" and identified witnesses that could confirm that he had been running in the park, but they arrested him for resisting arrest and seized his duty weapon from his parked Ford Bronco, handcuffs from his pants, star and police identification, the suit said.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/03/09/BAFV1I6DNR.DTL

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What? Seriously?

[Taverner]

1. Corruption in the SFPD runs deep

And there is something you will never ever hear a cop say: 'I was wrong'

[ret5hd]

2. So Bret, how does it feel?

[uppityperson]

3. He was jogging in a suit? Re the article, sounds like Birk from Seattle PD

I hate poorly written headlines.

Birk who shot John Williams when he turned to see who was yelling "hey hey drop the knife" because he had a stern look on his face.

[PM Martin]

4. The "bitch of karma" has come back to him in the ass.