Dumb Criminals: Two Detroit Men Found To Be Impersonating Undercover Cops Were Actually Real Police

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Original Story: A Good Samaritan snapped photos of what appeared to be two men impersonating police officers involved in a pistol-whipping and robbery outside a Citgo gas station on Detroit's east side on July 21.

Once Fox 2 aired those photos, an even more disturbing picture developed.

"Several unidentified police officers were working this particular robbery case, recognized one of the suspects in the photographs as being a member of the Detroit Police Department," Chief James Craig said Monday.

Now under arrest are two police sergeants, a 47-year-old officer and 20-year veteran of the Detroit Police Department and his 42-year-old buddy from the police academy, who is a former DPD cop and 17-year veteran of the St. Clair Shores Police Department. The later recently received a distinguished service award.

Read more: http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/story/22949343/breaking-news-police#ixzz2aXzWHR1P

[TxDemChem]

1. That's almost Twilight Zone material

People looking like they're pretending to be something, only to turn out to be the thing they looked like they were pretending to be