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Chakab

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49. “If Doug had been in the sheriff’s deputy’s shoes, Doug would have been in prison now,”
Sat Nov 8, 2014, 05:03 PM
Nov 2014

It's amazing what these guys can get away with in uniform and be able to keep their jobs when most of their people would have their lives (rightfully) ruined.

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Just a few bad apples..... Chakab Nov 2014 #1
Too be fair... WhiteTara Nov 2014 #2
To be further fairer, the rot quickly spreads thru out the barrel. rhett o rick Nov 2014 #15
True! And the thing stinks very quickly. WhiteTara Nov 2014 #16
"...spoils the barrel". They always forget the relevant last part of the saying. Odin2005 Nov 2014 #44
Glans was the subject of a $60 million lawsuit..why is this asshole still a cop? FlyingFluck Nov 2014 #3
“If Doug had been in the sheriff’s deputy’s shoes, Doug would have been in prison now,” Chakab Nov 2014 #49
Saratoga County Sheriff's Dept is a rotten-to-the-core organization... Cooley Hurd Nov 2014 #4
Upstate is rife. Stealin and dealin is part of their benefit package. nt adirondacker Nov 2014 #60
Suspended without pay. GGJohn Nov 2014 #5
What asshole leaves a visible weapon in the backseat? JaneyVee Nov 2014 #6
True... and irrelevant tkmorris Nov 2014 #9
Isn't it amazing how people always focus on something other than the story at hand? NutmegYankee Nov 2014 #10
Don't worry, I can multi-task. JaneyVee Nov 2014 #11
The man didn't deserve to be assaulted nor have his vehicle illegally searched. NutmegYankee Nov 2014 #13
I agree completely with all your points, AND.... JaneyVee Nov 2014 #17
No, but that would be an illegal act nonetheless. NutmegYankee Nov 2014 #19
Actually your single minded focus on instantly adopting whatever opinion sibelian Nov 2014 #63
Long guns.. sendero Nov 2014 #14
I'm not saying it's illegal, just dumb. And cars are made of glass. JaneyVee Nov 2014 #18
Hunters do it quite often where I'm from. smiley Nov 2014 #38
Really? That's your take away from this article? I think he probably was illegally parked also, rhett o rick Nov 2014 #20
I have numerous take aways from this article. JaneyVee Nov 2014 #21
So he should have put in the trunk and been charged with CCW? The gun was ballyhoo Nov 2014 #25
Um, the cop should be charged with criminal assault under color of law hootinholler Nov 2014 #52
What! Is that what you thought this story was about? ballyhoo Nov 2014 #24
I'm an asshole for leaving my hunting rifle in the back seat? Odin2005 Nov 2014 #46
"Glans"...appropriate name for such a prick. True Blue Door Nov 2014 #7
Rights? What rights? lpbk2713 Nov 2014 #8
He's not even sorry he did it Bonx Nov 2014 #12
Psychopaths being psychopaths. Odin2005 Nov 2014 #48
Strokes their ego in some demented way to treat people like this damnedifIknow Nov 2014 #22
So, when speaking to a cop, are we allowed to drop the "F-bomb"... KansDem Nov 2014 #23
YAY COPS THEY ARE THE BEST! Rex Nov 2014 #26
In this case, the Saratoga County Sheriff was the best. GGJohn Nov 2014 #30
To serve and protect... Hulk Nov 2014 #27
Not ALL cops!!! bravenak Nov 2014 #28
Seems the Saratoga County Sheriff is one of the good cops, GGJohn Nov 2014 #29
Good!!! bravenak Nov 2014 #31
Funniest line in the news story. Savannahmann Nov 2014 #32
Oh, how I would love to get killer cop Darren Wilson's spouse on the stand and under oath to KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #35
Why? GGJohn Nov 2014 #36
I'd like to hear about any financial or job-related stressors that Wilson KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #37
Except a wife can't be compelled to testify against her husband, GGJohn Nov 2014 #40
Well, I guess we know where you stand with regard to killer cop Wilson, now don't we? Aren't KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #41
I stand with the Constitution, you know, that pesky little 5th Amendment? GGJohn Nov 2014 #42
You're tiresome. Go away and have a nice life now. - nt KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #45
And you have just conceded my point, thank you. GGJohn Nov 2014 #47
Whoa whoa whoa NutmegYankee Nov 2014 #50
Yeah, I wasn't saying I wished Wilson's spouse compelled to testify, merely that I would like to KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #51
The wife is in a denial mode. NutmegYankee Nov 2014 #53
From his attitude, NOLALady Nov 2014 #56
I assume you're referring to this spouse and not to Wilson's spouse (from whom I have KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #57
The NY wife. NutmegYankee Nov 2014 #58
That man was NOT a "suspect." (What was the crime he was a "suspect" for?) tblue37 Nov 2014 #59
Prison for the sheriff braddy Nov 2014 #33
The Sheriff is the one that suspended him without pay, GGJohn Nov 2014 #34
Deputy Sheriffs braddy Nov 2014 #61
Ok. GGJohn Nov 2014 #62
This message was self-deleted by its author chrisa Nov 2014 #39
Fuck the pigs. Odin2005 Nov 2014 #43
kick Liberal_in_LA Nov 2014 #54
suspended without pay. good. Liberal_in_LA Nov 2014 #55
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