The entire command staff of the police department in Lafayette, Indiana recommended Lt. Tom Davidson be fired for shoving a man in a wheelchair onto the street last year, but the department’s Civil Service Commission decided instead to issue a 30-day suspension and place the officer on supervisory probation for a year.
Police Chief Patrick Flannelly made that revelation Tuesday as he released a dashcam video of the Oct. 1 wheelchair incident, nine months after it happened.
In the video, Lt. Tom Davidson, who has been on the force since 1995, is engaged in a conversation with Nicholas Kincade, 25, who uses a motorized wheelchair.
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It looked to me that the cop intentionally positioned himself so that he would be hit
ReplyDeleteby the wheel chair. Anyone with an ounce of sense would step back to allow a handicapped person in a motorized wheel chair a clear path after they told the person to leave but this cop stands there as if his feet were attached to the pavement. Reminded me of a batter trying to pretend he didn't try to get hit by the baseball so he could take first base.
Yup, the team needed a walk.
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