Cop caught on tape: 'I'm going to make stuff up'

http://news.yahoo.com/seattle-arrest-questions-cops-dash-cams-194643944--abc-news.html ^

[OUTKAST]

Two friends who had planned to visit a Seattle sports bar claim they ended up being kicked, arrested at gunpoint and held in jail for several hours by a cop who said he intended to "make stuff up." Part of the arrest of Josh Lawson, 23, and Christopher Franklin, 22, on Nov. 16, 2010 is caught on tape by the officer's dashboard camera. But key moments of the arrest that should have been captured on video are missing and it was unclear whether the officer intentionally neglected to turn on the dash cam. None of the released footage shows the officer in the moments he made the stop or kicked Lawson. The accusations against Richardson are among many that have put a spotlight on the Seattle Police Department and it comes after the release of a Department of Justice report in December that said "serious concerns about practices that could have a disparate impact on minority communities" were raised by its review.

[JimRed]

They just wanna see “those smelly hippies get their asses kicked”, rather than supporting people that exercise their first amendment rights.

When they stick to exercising their first amendment rights, I support their right to do so. But they seldom do so, and when that happens, proceed with the kicking!

[christx30]

And that’s the pity. These people have a huge amount of power. They can kill you and face less penealty than a regular person would. They need to conduct themselves better than this. His comment was disgraceful. Cops like that cause hatred of the police.