Colorado police officer resigns after video shows him pulling gun on black man picking up trash

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

A white Colorado police officer has resigned after being caught on video drawing his gun on a black man who said he was picking up trash at his property.

The city of Boulder said in a statement Thursday that officer John Smyly violated multiple department policies when he confronted Zayd Atkinson, 26, in March. The city added that Smyly resigned before the city concluded an investigation into the incident.

"While the finding likely would have resulted in suspension or possibly termination, Officer Smyly resigned prior to the conclusion of the disciplinary process," the statement said.

Smyly's resignation comes more than two months after he and other officers confronted Atkinson, a student at Naropa University, at the patio area of his apartment, according to ABC News.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/colorado-police-officer-resigns-after-video-shows-him-pulling-gun-on-black-man-picking-up-trash/ar-AABsGKA?li=BBnbcA1

What a fucking dumbshit.

[shanny]

1. Resigns before he could be fired

and so will be able to be hired elsewhere

[dalton99a]

3. He probably was offered another job

in law enforcement

[dalton99a]

2. No evidence of racial profiling, my ass.

[abqtommy]

4. I liked it better when

Quick-Draw McGraw was a cartoon and not reality!

[The Figment]

5. Officer Smyly...

Has been a P.I.T.A. in Boulder for many years. He harrassed homeless people relentlessly for years, used profiling to pull over hippies/Deadheads/Alternatives since the middle 80's, when Boulder banned projectiles (frisbees) on the Mall he ticketed folk for playing Hacky sac.

He is known among long time residents as a real jerk,he wrote a Good friend a "animal at large " ticket for walking across the Mall on her way home from class because she was holding a rabbit in her arms!