For Once, MySpace Gets Somebody OUT of Jail
For Once, MySpace Gets Somebody OUT of Jail
Posted 03/13/2009 at 12:05pm
| by Paul Lilly
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It's been well documented how what you post on MySpace and other social networking sites can get you into trouble (just ask 16-year-old office worker Kimberly Swann who was fired over a Facebook entry calling her job boring), but for the first time (that we're aware of), the opposite is now true. At least that's the case for an ex-con who was caught taking a joyride on a stolen motorcycle.
Officer Vaughan Ettienne chased down the suspect, who also was allegedly carrying a loaded gun and a bag of ammunition. Under most circumstances, this would probably be an open-and-shut case, but the suspect claims Ettienne planted the gun on him to justify a beating that caused three broken ribs. Here's where it gets interesting.
Ettienne had set his MySpace status to "Devious" one day before the alleged beating, and changed his Facebook status to read "Vaughan is watching Training Day' to brush up on proper police procedure." But what really has Ettienne in hot water is posting a comment on a video of a police office punching a suspect that reads "If he wanted to tune him up some he shoulda delayed cuffing him...And if you WERE gonna hit a cuffed suspect at least get your moneys (sic) worth cause now he's gonna get disciplined for a (expletive deleted) love tap!"
Ettienne's social networking profiles and comments have been subpoenaed by the State Supreme Court in Brooklyn and will be used to help determined if he used police brutality on the suspect.
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Keith E. Whisman
March 14, 2009 at 3:39pm
Probably that ahole cop from Peoria Arizona that tailed me for 2miles right on my bumper and then wrote me a ticket for doing 45mph in a 25mph. I was extremely careful of my speed and especially so when he got on my bumper. I wasn't speeding when I passed him and when he got on my bumper I even slowed to around 20mph. Asshole cop was a liar. He even wrote me a ticket for my license plate light that was working. He wrote that it wasn't. He laughed in my face and told me to just pay my fine and not fight it.
I did fight it and the judge laughed in my face and disregarded my evidence and told me to pay my fines. I told the judge to his face that I would pay the fine and I told him and the cop to fuck themselves to their faces and stormed out of the court. The fact I got away with cursing out a judge and a cop in court on duty says something about the City of Peoria Justice Courts and their POS police. I'm sure there are some good cops and judges in Peoria Arizona it's just that the ones I met really fuck up my impression of them all.
karnak
March 13, 2009 at 9:18pm
Bad cops Bad cops whatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?
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