"Let me see your f*cking keys... I'm searching your f*cking car"
A New York deputy with the Saratoga County Sheriff’s Department was caught on film early Friday morning slapping a young man who declined to have his vehicle searched.
Don't bet on it; the city paid a 6M settlement against this asshat in '99 already.
“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken
Wise ass prick thinks his shiny badge and leather belt with all the cop paraphernalia entitles him to throw his weight around just as he pleases.
Oughta be shit canned right off the bat. Raw Story says he's suspended without pay which is a start.
New York state sheriff’s deputy was suspended without pay after being caught on video harassing a gun owner and slapping him in the back of the head, Photography Is Not A Crime reported.
The footage shows Saratoga County Deputy Shawn Glans demanding to search Colin Fitch’s vehicle. The video was posted by Fitch’s friend Adam Roberts following the encounter early Friday morning.
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Chief Richard L. Castle said in a statement that Glans was suspended without pay after officials were alerted to the footage of his encounter with Fitch and Roberts.
“At this time this is an internal personnel investigation as there is no criminal complaint from the involved civilian,” Castle stated.