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This is when an idiot who is maybe looking for a payout tries to avoid producing his I.D.
A Sandusky police officer appears to have known exactly who he was pulling over last week during a controversial traffic stop many have alleged was unlawful.
Officer Christopher Denny stopped a vehicle around 7 p.m. Oct. 1 in which Andre Stockett, 34, was a passenger. Stockett and girlfriend Kathryn Said, 30, who was the driver, were subsequently charged with obstruction...
Denny believed Stockett was Jeremy Newell, a man wanted on felony warrants, police said, thus justifying why Stockett had to identify himself.
However, while conducting an internal investigation, Sandusky police Chief John Orzech reviewed radio traffic between Denny and dispatchers that appears to reveal Denny clearly knew Stockett was not the wanted man.
In dispatchers' radio traffic, obtained by the Register through a public records request, Denny can be heard asking if “Andre Stockett” had any outstanding warrants just three or four minutes before he stopped Said's car.
“Any papers on Andre Stockett?” Denny is heard saying.
Huzzah for honest internal investigations!A Sandusky police officer appears to have known exactly who he was pulling over last week during a controversial traffic stop many have alleged was unlawful.
Officer Christopher Denny stopped a vehicle around 7 p.m. Oct. 1 in which Andre Stockett, 34, was a passenger. Stockett and girlfriend Kathryn Said, 30, who was the driver, were subsequently charged with obstruction...
Denny believed Stockett was Jeremy Newell, a man wanted on felony warrants, police said, thus justifying why Stockett had to identify himself.
However, while conducting an internal investigation, Sandusky police Chief John Orzech reviewed radio traffic between Denny and dispatchers that appears to reveal Denny clearly knew Stockett was not the wanted man.
In dispatchers' radio traffic, obtained by the Register through a public records request, Denny can be heard asking if “Andre Stockett” had any outstanding warrants just three or four minutes before he stopped Said's car.
“Any papers on Andre Stockett?” Denny is heard saying.
http://www.sanduskyregister.com/news/law-enforcement/6234671
Huzzah for honest internal investigations!
So, it looks like this was the stereotypical white cop stopping a black driver. This guy should be fired. He won't, but he should be.
I wonder if he could possibly be brought up on Civil Right charges.Huzzah for honest internal investigations!
So, it looks like this was the stereotypical white cop stopping a black driver. This guy should be fired. He won't, but he should be.
The union contract will have strong protections against firing. He won't get more than a slap on the wrist.
The union will defend him, but if he has a history of bad blood with his coworkers, he will get a passive defense.Huzzah for honest internal investigations!
So, it looks like this was the stereotypical white cop stopping a black driver. This guy should be fired. He won't, but he should be.
The union contract will have strong protections against firing. He won't get more than a slap on the wrist.
I wonder if he could possibly be brought up on Civil Right charges.The union contract will have strong protections against firing. He won't get more than a slap on the wrist.
It is extremely disturbing. One thing was certain, the passenger was right about the officer.It will be up to the victim to try to pursue those kind of avenues. He seems like the type that will fight hard for justice in this case, so I don't expect this to just go away quietly and be swept under a rug. Other than the racism element, it seems like a blatant abuse of power that an officer can retaliate for what he deems to be uncooperative behavior. As long as that uncooperative behavior is not illegal, any cop who retaliates clearly has a bully mentality that is very dangerous to have in an officer of the law.I wonder if he could possibly be brought up on Civil Right charges.
A Sandusky police officer appears to have known exactly who he was pulling over last week during a controversial traffic stop many have alleged was unlawful.
Officer Christopher Denny stopped a vehicle around 7 p.m. Oct. 1 in which Andre Stockett, 34, was a passenger. Stockett and girlfriend Kathryn Said, 30, who was the driver, were subsequently charged with obstruction...
Denny believed Stockett was Jeremy Newell, a man wanted on felony warrants, police said, thus justifying why Stockett had to identify himself.
However, while conducting an internal investigation, Sandusky police Chief John Orzech reviewed radio traffic between Denny and dispatchers that appears to reveal Denny clearly knew Stockett was not the wanted man.
In dispatchers' radio traffic, obtained by the Register through a public records request, Denny can be heard asking if “Andre Stockett” had any outstanding warrants just three or four minutes before he stopped Said's car.
“Any papers on Andre Stockett?” Denny is heard saying.
http://www.sanduskyregister.com/news/law-enforcement/6234671
Looks like plenty of blame for both sides here.
The cops are out of line but he started it.
Want the cops to treat you properly? Don't start shit!