A police official in Arizona has been placed on administrative leave after showing up armed to a student-led protest and provoking an altercation that led to the arrest of a teenage girl. The officer told fellow police who arrived on the scene that he attended the students’ immigration rights protest with the intent of acting as an agent provocateur, according to a news report.
Dusten Mullen, a sergeant with the Phoenix Police Department, has been suspended with pay pending an internal review of his conduct at a protest at Hamilton High School in Chandler, Arizona, on January 30, according to Phoenix Police Chief Matthew Giordano.
“As law enforcement professionals, we are held to higher standards of conduct — both in and out of uniform,” Giordano said. “When we fall short, we must be accountable, and we will not tolerate actions which undermine the trust the community has placed in the Department.”
Fox 10 Phoenix, the outlet to first identify Mullen, reported that Mullen told Chandler Police Department officers on the scene that he was there in the hopes of getting a rise out of the kids that would then allow the local cops to cuff them.
The reason this came out is at least one cop did the right thing and put it in their report.
We don’t need to just prosecute the cop antagonizing protestors, but every cop who didn’t mention in their own report all the shit this guy was saying.
If they ommitted any of it to protect a cop, they’re not fit to be cops.
If they ommitted any of it to protect a cop, they’re not fit to be cops.
Cops have their own Omertà. Sort of the reverse, in practice. If you rat out your fellow officers, you’re the one who isn’t going to be on the force for much longer.
If you rat out your fellow officers, you’re the one who isn’t going to be on the force for much longer.
And it’s been going on for decades. Remember Frank Serpico?
Fantastic movie.
He just turned 90 a couple of days ago. Amazing man.
As always, ACAB.
Why does it seem that police depts seemingly hire the dumbest fucks?
As always, ACAB.
No…
This is literally an example that some actually give a fuck:
Fox 10 Phoenix, the outlet to first identify Mullen, reported that Mullen told Chandler Police Department officers on the scene that he was there in the hopes of getting a rise out of the kids that would then allow the local cops to cuff them.
“My plan is legitimately to just let them all assault me and you guys arrest them all and I’ll keep it on film,” Mullen said, according to a police report obtained by the local TV news site. “I also have other people filming from a distance.”
The department didn’t release it, but the cop who included that in their report 100% put their career if not life on the line to put that in their report and likely was pressured not to mention any of it.
The cops didn’t release it, but that one cop putting it in a report is why it was there when journalists request the records.
It’s wild so many people don’t understand that immediately…
Like, can anyone explain how they thought this got in a police report if all cops supported this shit?
Ofc it’s not all cops, the same as not all men are rapists or paedophiles. But it’s enough cops and enough men that it is a massive issue.
Ofc it’s not all cops
What do you think “ACAB” means?
Jfc. C’mon now. Use that brain of yours.
