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Darian Balcom has filed a civil rights lawsuit naming Pittsburgh police Officer Gabe Figueroa as the person she says arrested her for not being a supporter of President Donald Trump.
In her lawsuit against the city of Pittsburgh, Balcom claims Figueroa and several other officers responded to a burglary call on Fleming Avenue in the Brighton Heights neighborhood as she removed stray animals from an abandoned house.
"He went directly to, 'You probably don't support Trump do you?', and I said, 'No I don't,'" she said.
Matthew Grebner says he was with Balcom and says Figueroa referred to her in a disparaging manner. "She's a bleeding heart liberal but you can't sass at the police," Grebner recalled Figueroa as saying.
Balcom was arrested minutes later and charged with burglary and trespassing, but those charges were later dropped.
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The cop should be fired.
Al
NCjack
(10,279 posts)Fire Officer Figueroa and give Ms. Balcom $1 M. nt
iluvtennis
(19,936 posts)The Genealogist
(4,723 posts)He'll probably nominate this Figuera ass to a cabinet level position
JDC
(10,161 posts)Perseus
(4,341 posts)Gabe Figueroa's last name makes me think he is Hispanic or from a Hispanic family, and for someone to not understand the hate the buffoon has for Hispanics is to have your head in your own butt.
RVN VET71
(2,707 posts)And many other latinos agree with Trump that "those other latinos" are a blight and a drain on society while they (e.g., Figueroa and his ilk) represent hard working, good, true-blue Americans whom Mr. Trump doesn't include with the rabble.
Guess what, Mr. Figueroa, he does. Trump offers no passes if your DNA is latino, no matter whether you are white or brown.
Brawndo
(535 posts)as his mob turns on them too.
uponit7771
(90,379 posts)... understand the dynamic of racial purity from MAGA Cultist
marble falls
(57,878 posts)Initech
(100,182 posts)And get hauled away in handcuffs because... fuck this fucking administration.
KatyMan
(4,236 posts)Hahaha! They kill people with immunity.
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