Massachusetts police officer to be charged with hoax shooting claim

[LiberalElite]

Source: Reuters

A Massachusetts police officer who sent a Boston suburb into lockdown earlier this week after reporting that an unknown assailant shot at his patrol cruiser will face criminal charges for allegedly making up the whole thing, police said on Friday.

The officer, 24-year-old Bryan Johnson of the Millis Police Department allegedly called a dispatcher on Wednesday to say a white man in a maroon truck had opened fire on him, causing him to crash the sport-utility vehicle, which erupted in flames.

Local and state police swarmed into the town of 8,000 people about 20 miles southeast of Boston, launching a manhunt and ordering schools locked down.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/04/us-usa-massachusetts-police-idUSKCN0R42A720150904

[Xipe Totec]

1. Good. That Asshole deserves no sympathy. nt

[Sunlei]

2. very annoying police departments give these newbies a patrol car and send them out alone.

All because they seemed friendly with the other officers, a "quiet and nice guy".

[branford]

3. I would love to know why the ex-officer and dispatcher would do something so stupid

and potentially dangerous?

[csziggy]

4. I wonder if he crashed his police cruiser and it was an effort to cover it up?

That would make twisted sense to a stupid kid.

[branford]

5. Possibly, although the officer's issues may run much deeper.

Among the DU community, I more willing than many to give police officers the benefit of the doubt, but situations like this are truly inexplicable and very unhelpful.

[csziggy]

7. I'm sure this officer has serious problems and has only made them worse

I hope he gets help for his problems.

[Ino]

9. That was the first thing that popped into my mind too (nt)

[olddots]

6. the boy that cryed wolf

just cost tax payers alotta dough .Fear , militarized police and huge news crews , just another day in gun land .

[wolfie001]

8. This narcissism should have been apparent on a psychological test.

Right?