You cannot make this shit up - Two football officials arrested.

[grumbler]

Well, cops are not notorious for their smarts and are notorious for their egos, so none of this surprises me.  Just as I am sure that the city won't be surprised when they get sued for false imprisonment.  But I bet the cop keeps his job, because it is hard to find people dumb and egotistical enough to replace fired cops.

[Neil]

And he was a lieutenant, too.  LOL

[CountDeMoney]

Yup, charges dropped, city gets sued and pays, cop goes on to nightstick darkies until his pension kicks in.

[Razgovory]

It should really be a criminal offense to abuse one's authority like that.  Giving one citizen legitimate control over another citizen should come with great responsibility, and merely having that authority removed if you're caught abusing it is not enough of a responsibility.

It's a necessary evil, Football games need officials or there would just be chaos on the field.

[lustindarkness]

Who won the game?

The law.

But justice loses.

[Barrister]

Well, cops are not notorious for their smarts and are notorious for their egos, so none of this surprises me.  Just as I am sure that the city won't be surprised when they get sued for false imprisonment.  But I bet the cop keeps his job, because it is hard to find people dumb and egotistical enough to replace fired cops.

Nah.  Cop makes (is ordered to) a grovelling apology.  Police benevolent association makes a nice donation to the high school football team.  Matter gets swept under the rug because you don't want to distract from high school football.

[Berkut]

It should really be a criminal offense to abuse one's authority like that.  Giving one citizen legitimate control over another citizen should come with great responsibility, and merely having that authority removed if you're caught abusing it is not enough of a responsibility.

It's a necessary evil, Football games need officials or there would just be chaos on the field.

OK.

That is actually pretty damn funny.

Back to ignoring Raz.

[Razgovory]

Not entirely sure if Berkut realized that was a joke.

[The Brain]

Who won the game?

The law.

But justice loses.

[BB] Does.. not.. compute... *bzzt* gaol always corr-corr-correct *bzzt* Machiavellian... *bzzt* *croink* Daisy, Daisy... *kaboom* [/BB]

[Berkut]

Not entirely sure if Berkut realized that was a joke.

Of course I do - that is why I said it was pretty damn funny.

[Berkut]

Well, cops are not notorious for their smarts and are notorious for their egos, so none of this surprises me.  Just as I am sure that the city won't be surprised when they get sued for false imprisonment.  But I bet the cop keeps his job, because it is hard to find people dumb and egotistical enough to replace fired cops.

Nah.  Cop makes (is ordered to) a grovelling apology.  Police benevolent association makes a nice donation to the high school football team.  Matter gets swept under the rug because you don't want to distract from high school football.

And meanwhile tow guys doing their job have arrest records and mugshots.

I would sue.

[grumbler]

Nah.  Cop makes (is ordered to) a grovelling apology.  Police benevolent association makes a nice donation to the high school football team.  Matter gets swept under the rug because you don't want to distract from high school football.

Nah.  The refs don't work for the football team, so don't give a shit about PBA donations to it.  Despite pleas from the DA to sweep matters under the rug, the referees go for the lawsuit (and why wouldn't they?  They aren't even local, necessarily). 

The best part about this?  Apparently, the cop wasn't there for crowd control, he was just watching the game.  And he is the city's internal affairs investigator! 

The only thing worse than a cop you rent is a cop you don't.

[CountDeMoney]

The best part about this?  Apparently, the cop wasn't there for crowd control, he was just watching the game.  And he is the city's internal affairs investigator! 

The only thing worse than a cop you rent is a cop you don't.

They get dumber the farther up the food chain they go.  Honestly.  But you knew that.

[Neil]

Yeah.  This cop has made them unemployable.  They need to sue, and sue big.

[lustindarkness]

I don't have time to read up on this, can someone explain to me:
The cop was working security for the game or not? Was he in uniform? Was he also on the field instead of behind the fence?