Cop pepper sprays large group of bikers passing by for no reason

[Liberal_in_LA]

police officer in Fort Worth, Texas is under investigation following the release of video footage showing him trying to use his pepper spray against a group of motorcyclists who were not interacting with him.


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MUST WATCH!!! This is how our law enforcement chooses to "protect and serve". This is wrong ...

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram identified the officer as “W. Figueroa,” using the name listed for him in an incident report on Sunday.

According to the Dallas Morning News, Figueroa had pulled over a pickup and was citing the driver, Brittany Botella, and her passengers for blocking traffic while filming the bikers.

The footage shows Figueroa pull out his spray canister and fire it toward the bikers, who were passing by the traffic stop on US route 287. It was later posted on Facebook and YouTube by a member of the group, Chase Stone.

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Authorities told the Star-Telegram that they received several calls accusing Stone’s group of reckless driving and obstruction of traffic. Jack Kinney, the rider who shot the video, accused police of conducting a “propaganda campaign to try to mitigate the damage.”

“What’s in the video? The people at that time, they weren’t committing any crime,” he said. “They were driving slower than the speed limit and they got pepper sprayed for it.”

[ProfessorPlum]

1. wtf

[awoke_in_2003]

2. Good way to kill someone

asshole cops

[Rex]

3. The only thing worse then an authoritarian is a fundamentalist and the biggest assholes on the

planet are BOTH. I hope he loses his job, it would serve him right for being so juvenile.

[TeamPooka]

4. asshole with a badge is still an asshole. nt

[surrealAmerican]

10. An asshole with a badge is a much more dangerous asshole ...

... than one without a badge, because he's far less likely to suffer the consequences of his actions.

[yuiyoshida]

5. WTF??

He is trying to create a Traffic Accident on purpose. I hope they see who it is, who thinks he has the right to arbitrarily create havoc on the roadways. He should be fired.

[Iggo]

6. The same thing should happen to that cop as would happen to me...

...if I pepper-sprayed a motorcycle cop who's driving down the street.

Equal protection under the law.

[yuiyoshida]

7. I don't understand why

Police Officers are above the law. I could be walking down the street minding my own business and a cop could shoot me dead, and never get a trial. I am not sure there is Equal Protection under the Law any longer.

[Iggo]

8. And that's the turning point.

When people get fed up with the system only working in one direction, they turn it around.

A "revolution", as it were.

If the system changes before the violence starts, so much the better. A peaceful revolution would be great.

[NightWatcher]

9. Too bad it didn't blow back in the pig's face