Posted on Aug 13, 2015
Florida police officer investigated after challenging US veteran over use of disabled parking space
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Cop Harasses Disabled Veteran for No Reason!
Officer Wilson is going to have some explaining to do.
[Warning: Video has explicit language!]
From: Fox News
A Florida police officer is under investigation after he allegedly ordered an Army veteran to remove his car from a handicapped-accessible parking spot despite the veteran’s vehicle displaying a disabled placard.
According to WPBF-TV, Riviera Beach Police Sgt. Gary Wilson is now on paid administrative leave while he is being investigated by internal affairs following an incident Sunday involving Isiah James, a U.S. Army combat veteran who served nearly 10 years.
The incident, caught on James’ cellphone video, shows an angry exchange between James and Wilson after the officer allegedly asked the veteran to move his Dodge Magnum out of the disabled parking spot outside a Walgreens because he did not look disabled.
Wilson is seen on the video challenging James, 29, saying the veteran is “in the wrong” because he “can walk.”
“What I’m saying is there are people in wheelchairs who can’t get out and you just get out of the car and float right into the store,” Wilson says to James.
“You are not the arbitrator of my disability; you don’t get to decide if I’m disabled or not,” says James, who reveals during the exchange that he served tours in Afghanistan and Iraq. James also explains that he has screws in his leg and suffered a traumatic brain injury.
Wilson, who asks for James’ license and calls in the plate number to check for outstanding warrants, also appears to knock James’ cellphone out of his hand as the veteran records the exchange.
“Move the camera out of my face,” Wilson says.
“You can’t do that, officer,” James says. “You broke my phone.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VkkOMMmQIg
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/08/12/florida-cop-investigated-after-challenging-veteran-over-use-disabled-parking/
From: Fox News
A Florida police officer is under investigation after he allegedly ordered an Army veteran to remove his car from a handicapped-accessible parking spot despite the veteran’s vehicle displaying a disabled placard.
According to WPBF-TV, Riviera Beach Police Sgt. Gary Wilson is now on paid administrative leave while he is being investigated by internal affairs following an incident Sunday involving Isiah James, a U.S. Army combat veteran who served nearly 10 years.
The incident, caught on James’ cellphone video, shows an angry exchange between James and Wilson after the officer allegedly asked the veteran to move his Dodge Magnum out of the disabled parking spot outside a Walgreens because he did not look disabled.
Wilson is seen on the video challenging James, 29, saying the veteran is “in the wrong” because he “can walk.”
“What I’m saying is there are people in wheelchairs who can’t get out and you just get out of the car and float right into the store,” Wilson says to James.
“You are not the arbitrator of my disability; you don’t get to decide if I’m disabled or not,” says James, who reveals during the exchange that he served tours in Afghanistan and Iraq. James also explains that he has screws in his leg and suffered a traumatic brain injury.
Wilson, who asks for James’ license and calls in the plate number to check for outstanding warrants, also appears to knock James’ cellphone out of his hand as the veteran records the exchange.
“Move the camera out of my face,” Wilson says.
“You can’t do that, officer,” James says. “You broke my phone.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VkkOMMmQIg
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/08/12/florida-cop-investigated-after-challenging-veteran-over-use-disabled-parking/
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Officer Wilson is completely out of line. A true embarrassment to police everywhere.
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I have a completely different take on this. As a veteran I was assigned to a military police unit when I got out I decided to try to become a state highway patrol officer I was not selected not because I did not pass the PT test not because I did not pass the entrance test not because I wasn't put in the hiring pool but more likely because politics want police forces to choose people with a college education and a minority in their background if police forces around the country continue to hire people based on things other than whether they qualify and have experience then you will continue to get a lower quality officer who may or may not be able to control their emotions and a standard that is satisfactory with and LEO this is a prime example of that situation . Here's an officer who by physical standards should not be out there in the field he is not in shape and obviously by the way he conducted himself did not pass the proficiency and professionalism that he should have learned in the Academy
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They are both wrong, but there are a lot of arm chair quaterbacks on here...
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They need to nail his ass to the wall. Isiah has more restraint than I have I would have beat his brains in had he assaulted me. I have sever anger issues these days and must remain medicated. Someone putting there hands on me or my possessions just infuriates me like nothing else.
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Was he breaking the law by parking in that spot? NO, the police officer should be retrain currently he is a U at that station.
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i respect all veterans no matter what, but what the hell is this guy doing? ridiculous
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Being a veteran isn't really here or there; being decent to the people you meet shouldn't be reserved for us/them. As someone with an invisible illness, what this cop did does disgust me though.
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The 1st cop was ENTIRELY in the wrong, especially when became physical and knocked the phone out of the gentleman's hand. What a terrible way to treat a physically disabled veteran!!! I hope he gets his tubby ass kicked out of that particular law enforcement agency!!!
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The police officer should be disciplined for this outrageous act of stupidity
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