4 officers off the job following portable toilet tipping incident

[n2doc]

(WMC) - Four Memphis Police Department officers are relieved of duty after they cornered a suspect in a portable toilet on a construction site.

On a Facebook video circulating on social media, officers tipped the toilet over in an attempt to arrest the man.

The officers relieved of duty with pay pending an investigation into the incident are identified as PII Taylor Ackerman, PII Roosevelt Shaw Jr., PII Timothy Taylor, and PII Manuel Saldana.

An officer by the name of Manuel Saldana was also relieved of duty in April 2013 after a shooting that left a suspect dead. WMC Action News 5's Nick Kenney is working to confirm whether the officer involved in the portable toilet incident is the same officer that was relieved of duty last year.

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http://www.wsmv.com/story/26621829/four-mpd-officers-relieved-of-duty-following-portable-toilet-incident

[gopiscrap]

1. Fucking cops

that's 4th different article of cop misbehavior I have read today..they are getting more and more out of control

[tularetom]

2. Other than the question of the identity of one of the four I see no problem with this

To me, tipping the toilet over is probably an effective response to the situation. This suspect would be disoriented and less able to respond in an aggressive manner.

[trumad]

5. How about if they just asked him to come out?

[ret5hd]

7. "The suspect would be disoriented"...

and (potentially) infected with Hepatitus A, Hepatitus B, Hepatitus C, Polio, etc etc etc.

The suspect hasn't been convicted of anything, they have him cornered,...what's the rush? Is their time exceptionally valuable?

WTF is wrong with you?

[Arkansas Granny]

10. Absolutely. Their actions could have been life threatening.

The exposure with human waste would have been bad enough, but they also use strong chemicals in those toilets. Aspirating any of that material into the lungs could have been fatal.

[tularetom]

11. Actually there's nothing the fuck wrong with me

But thank you very much for your concern.

Sorry but I think it's a stretch to try to fit this story into the stereotypical "All Cops Are Assholes and Everything They Do Proves It" DU meme.

Many times that's true, this time it isn't.

Now you have a nice evening and try to calm down.

[ret5hd]

12. If all cops aren't assholes...

where are the good cops that turn the bad cops in?

ALL COPS ARE ASSHOLES!

on edit: I notice the prominent display of Mr. Burns' blue-haired lawyer. Is that your hero?

[ohnoyoudidnt]

9. Or they could have threatened to spray pepper spray through the vent.

I suspect they were just being assholes.

[packman]

3. I think that's just shitty

[customerserviceguy]

6. Heads will roll.

[d_r]

4. oh crap

not this shit again

[Xolodno]

8. This really stinks.

and...

I bet this made a really shitty mess.

What a pissy response.

Well...when the shit hits you....

[Nolimit]

13. Well that's one way to flush out the suspect.

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