Ethics

Another Cop Lies, Gets Caught on Videotape

By Ed Brayton

Yet another example of that "new professionalism" for you, Justice Scalia. And yet another example of a cop caught arresting someone falsely and lying on his police report only to be caught because a surveillance camera recorded what actually happened. Here are the facts.

A young woman named Agnes Lawless gets rear ended by another driver, Alberto Lopez Jr., at a stop light. Lopez leaves the scene of the accident. There was no serious damage, so Lawless and her friends continue on their way and stop at a convenience store. Lopez Jr., on the other hand, drives to a police station and informs his father, Alberto Lopez Sr., of what happened. And Lopez the Elder then takes his son in a squad car, goes to the convenience store, slaps Lawless around a bit and puts a gun to her head. Then for good measure, he arrests her for assaulting him.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on July 24, 2009 (boomark / email).