Cop in Pennsylvania who sounds drunk racially profiles an innocent Black man

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Fifty Shades of Whey
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Apr 25, 2021
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This is part 2 of drunk Officer William Moore with the Vandergrift Police in PA racially profiling an innocent Black man



Fifty Shades of Whey
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Officer William Moore was charged with assaulting and threatening a child in 2017. There were no consequences.

[aeromanKC]

1. Um, I'm not a lawyer, but if no warrants then.........

WTF is send everything down. Criminal history..?? There better be some action taken on this drunk racial profiling unstable police officer!!!

[Demovictory9]

2. ugly drunk racist... investigation started on him

https://triblive.com/local/valley-news-dispatch/vandergrift-cop-removed-from-schedule-pending-investigation-into-restaurant-incident/

A Vandergrift police officer was removed from the work schedule Monday while the borough investigates his conduct during a police call over the weekend, Mayor Barb Turiak said.

Officer William Moore, who has worked for the department for more than 20 years, is being paid while off the schedule. Once the internal investigation is complete, council members will decide whether Moore returns to duty.

“It’s an ongoing investigation, and I can’t comment further,” Turiak said.

Moore declined to comment about the incident.

Vandergrift police Chief Joe Caporali said Moore responded to a Westmoreland County 911 call just before 8 a.m. Saturday reporting that a Black male was smoking marijuana outside G&G Restaurant on Columbia Avenue. The chief did not say who placed the 911 call.

When Moore arrived, he initiated a conversation inside the restaurant with Marcus Townsend, 20, of Vandergrift, Caporali said. Townsend, who is Black, could not be reached for comment Monday.

Townsend recorded video of the encounter and posted several clips on social media after the incident. He can be heard asking why he was being questioned and then asked to leave the restaurant by the officer.

In an exchange outside the restaurant, Townsend said in one video, “You came straight to the Black dude sitting at the table.”

https://triblive.com/local/valley-news-dispatch/vandergrift-cop-removed-from-schedule-pending-investigation-into-restaurant-incident/

[ret5hd]

3. OH NO! A paid vacation!!! That'll teach 'im!

[aeromanKC]

7. 2 days unpaid suspension

Wow, only 2 days suspension. UN F'n real.

"Officer William Moore, 50, of Gilpin, who has been with the borough's police department for 18 years, was suspended for two days without pay."

https://archive.triblive.com/local/valley-news-dispatch/vandergrift-suspends-longtime-police-officer-william-moore/

[uponit7771]

10. Right?!?? omfg, some departments have the most screwed up incentive or disincentive

[Clash City Rocker]

4. Wow

[Maraya1969]

5. Where are the white people standing by this man's side? I saw one walk into the

restaurant and say/do nothing.

Racial profiling is not going to stop until the white privileged masses stop it.

[Tommymac]

8. Hate to say it but that has a slim chance of happening in parts of Westmoreland Co PA.

One of the reddest areas of the state. They luv the former Guy there.

I went to a John Kerry rally there in 2004 - it was kind of scary even back then.

[intheflow]

6. Man responds with calm integrity after being racially profiled.

I want to hear the 911 call. Also, smoking weed is not 911-worthy, so whoever made the call is also responsible for wasting police time and money. I also don't see any engagement with staff to see if this is the person who was allegedly smoking weed in the cafe.

Anyway, kudos to this guy for keeping calm in the face of blatant profiling and recording the interactions. I'm willing to give the officer the benefit of the doubt that he's not drunk (some people have speech impediments), but he gets no pass on being a racist POS.

[Tommymac]

9. Hey - ALL POC smoke da weed. It's part of their genetics don't ya know.

[intheflow]

13. Damn, this makes me think I need a genetics test.

[Tommymac]

14. Love your sig. nt.

[Tommymac]

11. I wanna know why isn't he wearing a mask???????????

The cops here in my South Hills borough refuse to wear them too. Never have and never will.

And they get extremely belligerent if you ask them about it.

[Ace Rothstein]

12. Beyond the profiling, imagine calling the police because someone is smoking marijuana.

That should be a call that the police don't even respond to.

[Tommymac]

15. In PA Medical Weed is legal. But this is Pennsyltucky.

They still show Reefer Madness in their theaters.