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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,986 posts) Fri Aug 24, 2018, 02:58 PM Aug 2018

'Finish yourself off': Cop suspended, sergeant fired after video reveals police taunting distressed

Yorkville, Ill., police fired one sergeant and disciplined two officers after one of them taunted a 44-year-old man for living with his mother and urged the man who was choking himself to "finish yourself off."

Police dashcam video obtained by The Beacon-News shows officers responding to a disturbance in a residential neighborhood Sept. 14, 2017, and the situation escalates as the man and his mother go inside their home. The man yells obscenities at officers. Officer Jeffrey Johnson then ridicules the man, challenges him to "bring it," and later tells other officers the man is "getting tased immediately - just FYI," according to the audio.

"Hey, you still live with mom. Bring it. Bring it. Bring it. Bring it. Go ahead, please, finish yourself off," Johnson said to the Yorkville man who had run inside his house in the 2500 block of Overland Court and grabbed his own throat.

The Yorkville Police Department concluded an internal investigation and on Aug. 2 announced disciplinary measures against the three officers. Sgt. Sarah Klingel was fired. Johnson was suspended without pay for 30 days. Officer Christopher Hayes received a written warning.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/finish-yourself-off-cop-suspended-sergeant-fired-after-video-reveals-police-taunting-distressed-man/ar-BBMnUE4?li=BBnbcA1

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'Finish yourself off': Cop suspended, sergeant fired after video reveals police taunting distressed (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2018 OP

Nice. lpbk2713 Aug 2018 #1

They don't sound trained at all, frankly. LisaM Aug 2018 #2

It's an institutional problem that goes for decades,esp. in big cities. dixiegrrrrl Aug 2018 #3

The cop escalated that so badly. joshcryer Aug 2018 #4

lpbk2713

(42,757 posts)

1. Nice.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri Aug 24, 2018, 03:04 PM

Aug 2018

To protect and to serve.

They were absent the day that was taught at the police academy.

LisaM

(27,811 posts)

2. They don't sound trained at all, frankly.

Reply to lpbk2713 (Reply #1)

Fri Aug 24, 2018, 03:10 PM

Aug 2018

I feel as if there is a massive lack of training with police forces all over the country. There's a huge pattern of inappropriate behavior. It's frightening, because we should be able to trust our police forces and yet you hear story after story of incidents like this. They all seem on a short fuse, many seem actually unqualified, and they are endorsing each others' behavior. It's an institutional problem and we need to fix it.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)

3. It's an institutional problem that goes for decades,esp. in big cities.

Reply to LisaM (Reply #2)

Fri Aug 24, 2018, 03:59 PM

Aug 2018

The old corrupt cops teach the newbies.

Many cities have had court ordered oversight, some for years.

joshcryer

(62,270 posts)

4. The cop escalated that so badly.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri Aug 24, 2018, 04:33 PM

Aug 2018

Accusing the dude of incest. Very pathetic.

Cops have no training, citizens are just threats to be arrested.

If only the cop got there, talked calmly, and very calmly assessed the situation, it would've been resolved very quickly.

Seems like the dude had a meltdown over needing cigs.

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