Ex-Honolulu officer who forced homeless man to lick urinal sentenced to 4 years in prison
A former Honolulu police officer who forced a man to lick a urinal in a public bathroom was sentenced Wednesday to four years in prison. John Rabago pleaded guilty in December to civil rights violations stemming from the January 2018 incident during which Rabago told the man that, "If you lick the urinal you won’t get arrested."
U.S. District Judge Leslie Kobayashi said Rabago threatened the man, saying he would beat him and push his face into the urinal if he did not lick it. Rabago held his legs down and grabbed his shoulder.
In February, Samuel Ingall, the man involved in the incident, sued the Honolulu Police Department and the city. Ingall alleged that Rabago followed him out of the bathroom and laughed as he told other officers about Ingall licking the urinal.
Judge Kobayashi said during Rabago's sentencing that the ex-officer had abused his power as a law enforcement official and took advantage of the man. "You took from him his only possession: his dignity as a human being," Kobayashi said.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/07/16/john-rabago-ex-honolulu-officer-forced-man-lick-urinal-sentenced/5449671002/
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