Cop St Louis area fired (video posted here a few days ago)

[proud2BlibKansan]

ST. GEORGE — A police officer who was recorded berating a motorist earlier this month has lost his job.

The board of aldermen voted 5-0, with one member absent, to fire Sgt. James Kuehnlein on Monday. The vote was cast in a session closed to the public and wasn't announced until Wednesday, when a notice was posted at the City Hall of this tiny south St. Louis County community.

In a video that got wide viewership on the Internet, Kuehnlein taunts and threatens motorist Brett Darrow, 20, sometimes shouting and using profanity, after questioning him in a commuter lot near Interstate 55. Darrow posted the footage of the Sept. 7 incident on the web.

more . . . http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/D46A8EE4AB8299A68625735D000200C0?OpenDocument

[yardwork]

1. Nothing would have been done without the video

[Kingshakabobo]

2. Good. I hope there is some way to keep him from............

.............getting hired in another jurisdiction. Probably not.

[ThomCat]

3. Good. I hope he's unemployed for a while

and only goes back to work in a position with absolutely no authority over anyone.

[I_Will]

4. He probably has his app in to TSA already :)

[ThomCat]

6. And they'll consider a history of abuse to be a positive

qualification. x(

[TlalocW]

5. Maybe he can get a job as a security guard for that parking lot

He seems to place a great deal of importance on it.

TlalocW

[proud2BlibKansan]

7. LOL The lot with no cars

Sounds like a perfect job for him.

[DaveJ]

8. Sadly it should be easy for him to get a job in security

But I doubt it will have all the great benefits like a pension and decent health insurance like police have.

[truebrit71]

9. Good. Jack-booted thug. Serves him right.

Enjoy your next job tasing people at Circuit City that don't show you their receipts...

He shouldn't just be fired, he should be sued and in jail...