What a bunch of yahoos. You have to read this article. These undercover police officers from Polk County Florida arrested the drug dealer in question, then as they searched his house, found a Wii. They began playing the bowling game on the entertainment system. Some of them even jumping up and down to celebrate a good turn. Unbeknownst to them, the suspects home has a video security system, they were caught on tape.
My first reaction includes at least one, shall we say, colorful word, so I will skip that, and just say that I had to wonder about the intelligence level of these officers. I mean really, they just busted a know drug trafficker, and instead of searching for valuable, usable evidence, they took turns Wii bowing. At one point, the video shows a female officer lifting a sofa by herself, while others in the room are engrossed in the video games.
Ok, that is out, then my second reaction is this: they are only human after all. For crying out loud. They really didn't do anything wrong, and if not for the video, no one would have ever known. The media is really painting this as a horrible infraction by the officers in question. In my opinion, it is not like they got caught splitting up the dealers weapons or drugs. They just took turns playing a video game. Seriously,who hasn't goofed off at work? Give them a break.
This story makes mention of the fact that this information will be used against the officers in hopes to get the drug dealer "off". Yay! What ever sleazy lawyer this man hired must be awfully proud of himself, to use this video against the police officers. I hope it doesn't work, but I have some personal experience with knowing that 88% of the time, the bad guy goes free and a good guy somewhere is getting the screws put to him.
All in all, this story made me laugh, and I hope you read it and get a giggle too!
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We have all goofed off at work, most definitely. And it was the Nintendo Wii...lord knows I can't even resist that. However, the police already have a horrible reputation for consistently making themselves look like a bunch of fools. You would think they would want to polish up their tarnished persona. Anyway, this articles made me chuckle and I enjoyed it!
ReplyDeleteGo figure it was the female lifting the couch while the guys were engrossed. What is it with boys and their toys? I agree everyone goofs off at work, but police officers know what they are getting into and need to set themselves at a higher standard. On the other hand they are always getting their butts chewed because so many people keep an eye on their behavior or just have something against law enforcement.
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