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| Paris police investigated in Hubcapgate |
| 2004-02-27 |
| A French judge was Friday investigating claims that four police officers beat a suspect, pulled off his pants, and photographed him with a hubcap stuck between his buttocks after a car chase. So that’s where Rodney King went. The four were Thursday put under criminal investigation and suspended of their functions pending the outcome of the probe, which is one step short of charges being laid. Unfortunate use of the word "probe". Three of the officers were accused of excessive violence towards the suspect, a 27-year-old man who drove his car into three policemen, injuring them, when they tried to pull him over during a vehicle check on February 19. Cops don’t like that. The third, the head of a Paris police station, was accused of doing nothing to stop his underlings. Underlings normally don’t take action without direction from their overlord, it’s in the job description. According to sources close the investigation, a preliminary two-day inquiry by a police internal affairs division concluded that at least a dozen officers had watched the suspect be beaten by the three officers after they managed to force his car off the road. "Oh, good one, Jean-Paul. Give him another!" The suspect’s claims that his pants were pulled down to his ankles and a hubcap forced between his buttocks while he was lying handcuffed on the ground was backed up by witness testimony, despite denials by the three officers, the inquiry found. "Les mensonges, tous se trouve ! Nous n’avons jamais étendu une main sur lui." A cassette of the police video that is usually taken during such arrests was said to have been ordered destroyed by senior officers, along with image files on the camera-equipped mobile phones that some of the officers used. Gee, what a surprise. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #5 yeppers! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-2-27 10:14:38 PM |
| #4 I had "baby moons" on a '51 Ford sedan - 239 flathead - then we cut it down in auto shop into a rail dune buggy. 'Twas awesome! Uh, does that count? ;-) |
| Posted by: .com 2004-2-27 8:43:28 PM |
| #3 doesn't anyone else remember the old "moon" hubcaps? I bet it was one of those..... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-2-27 7:47:47 PM |
| #2 Just one hubcap? Where did they put the other three? "But Pierre, I said kneecap, not hubcap!" |
| Posted by: john 2004-2-27 4:07:01 PM |
| #1 Non, non, it eez all a mistake. Zee photo it is to be entered for the Turner Prize. Eet is named "Driving Like an Ass" |
| Posted by: War46 2004-2-27 3:13:17 PM |