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Showing Original Post only (View all)69 yr old black man using golf club as cane gets arrested. dash cam saves him from cop's lies [View all]
White female officer who trained gun on 69-year-old man using golf club as a cane is pulled from duty after her online rants against 'rampant black racism' exposedDash cam video revealed that Officer Cynthia Whitlach was lying when she claimed William Wingate brandished the club at her in July
In the video, Wingate appears confused at Whitlach's screaming demands he drop the club he was using as a cane
After having some trouble hearing Whitlach, Wingate refuses to drop the club and is arrested
Facebook posts in which Whitlach appears to rage against 'black racists' in the wake of the Ferguson protests also came to light in the investigation
Whitlach has been placed on desk duty as



She told him he had swung it at her, and that audio and video recordings from her cruiser would back up her allegations.
Wingate appeared surprised, seemed to have trouble hearing the officer, and then insisted he had done no such thing.
He said he had used the golf club as a cane for 20 years.
Wingate was eventually convicted of unlawfully using a weapon under a plea deal in which the charge would be dismissed if he had no other offenses for two years.
No recordings surfaced to bolster Whitlach's version of events, and after a state lawmaker questioned the arrest, the city attorney's office took another look.
Whitlach was initially just given 'counseling' when the dash cam footage emerged. She was placed on desk duty when her Facebook posts were revealed
Whitlach was initially just given 'counseling' when the dash cam footage emerged.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2932419/Seattle-officer-arrested-man-golf-club-reassigned.html#ixzz3QHB1R8DH
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69 yr old black man using golf club as cane gets arrested. dash cam saves him from cop's lies [View all]
Liberal_in_LA
Jan 2015
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Racist bully looking for any excuse--the manufacturing one out of whole cloth when
tblue37
Jan 2015
#1
He is an Air Force vet, too--20 years' service. The article says he's suing, but the text
tblue37
Jan 2015
#10
I agree with you in regards to the officer but not over the chief of police and the prosecutor
cstanleytech
Jan 2015
#20
It wont stop until they implement better training and background checks for the police
cstanleytech
Jan 2015
#22
This shit is rage inducing. She claims that black men have it easier than any other group
Chakab
Jan 2015
#31
Poor guy.. :( Getting acosted with a racist rant by wicked cop of the West.. We see you, Cynthia
Cha
Jan 2015
#36
Hey, dumb fuck badges sniffers stop giving cops "the benefit of the doubt" because all you are doing
TheKentuckian
Jan 2015
#41
She should be off the force..gone. Big tough cop goes after old man...how proud. ugh. n/t
Jefferson23
Jan 2015
#46