Fired
NYPD cop sues to get pension back, cites race for unequal treatment
Veteran NYPD officer Daniel King filed a lawsuit in
Manhattan Supreme Court seeking restitution of his pension, arguing his
benefits were taken away because he is black.
Fiered NYPD officer Daniel King, who is black, filed a lawsuit
that seeks restitution of his pension and unspecified damages. He claims that
many white officers terminated under similar circumstances were allowed to keep
their retirement nest eggs.
A former Manhattan cop who was fired after he pleaded guilty
to writing a false summons is suing the NYPD and the city to get his pension
back, arguing his benefits were taken away because he’s black.
King, 49, was busted in February 2012 for ticketing an
undercover cop for drinking in public when the detective in fact had no alcohol
on him.
As part of the settlement of his administrative case with
the NYPD, King says in his lawsuit that he agreed to retire but only after he
ascertained that he would still qualify for his pension.
Cleveland
police officer suspended
A Cleveland Police officer has been placed on
“administrative relief of duty” after a complaint was filed against him. According
to Evie West, information officer for Cleveland Police Department, Ross Wooten
is the suspended officer.
In July 2006, Ross was charged with two counts of official
misconduct. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation was in charge of the case in
which Wooten allegedly engaged in sexual relations with two “suspects,”
according to then-TBI information officer Jennifer Johnson and Cleveland Daily
Banner archives.
Johnson said the investigation began in March 2006 after the
“two suspects complained that Wooten engaged in sexual relations with them in
November 2005.”
Texas
Cops Go To Wrong House, Kill Elderly Man, Blame Bad Lighting
Two rookie cops
responding to a burglary call accidentally went to the wrong Fort Worth house
and ended up shooting the homeowner due to "poor lighting," a police
affidavit claims.
Despite being sent to investigate a possible break-in at 409
Havenwood Lane, Officers B.B. Hanlon and R.P. Hoeppner "inadvertently
began searching" [PDF] across the street at 404 Havenwood instead.
The early morning hours of May 28th provided little natural
light for the officers, and the affidavit says there was "no lighting
around the home" of 72-year-old Jerry Waller and his wife Kathy, "and
the officers had only the use of their flashlights."
Facts get a bit murky after that.
The officers allege that they encountered Waller standing
outside his garage with a .38-caliber handgun, and identified themselves. They
insist they only shot Waller after he pointed the gun at them.
But Waller's family tells a different story.
"My father never stepped outside of his garage,"
Waller's son Chris told the Star-Telegram shortly after the shooting. "He
was shot multiple times in the chest only a few steps away from the doorway to
his kitchen."
The only facts not in dispute are that Waller was shot six
times in his own home by two police officers who shouldn't have been on his
property to begin with.
"Married 46 years, and then somebody gets a little
trigger-happy and away they go," Kathy told WFAA back in May.
According to her version of events, Jerry stepped outside
after noticing suspicious bright lights shining outside their bedroom window.
She said she heard some yelling, followed almost immediately
by gunshots.
A police department spokesperson said an internal
investigation was ongoing. Meanwhile, both Hanlon and Hoeppner have resumed
full-time duty.
