How to beat a ticket in Tempe Arizona? Rap of course
Footage of the incident was shown on the channel 11 segment "Tempe Street Beat" and can be seen on CNN.com. In the footage the Tempe Sgt. Chuck Schoville ask the men "Do you know how much the fine is for littering." He continues by saying "No littering ticket if the two of you just do a little rap about, what do you want to rap about today, littering?"
The actions of this officer have upset many including the President of the Maricopa NAACP, Oscar Tillman. Tillman told KTVK's Kirsten Joyce, "when you tell someone I'll let you off if you do this or that, now if they'd not been in a car and been on a bicycle then what would he ask them to do, get down and tap?"
Other comments that Sgt. Schoville made at the end of the tape seem to anger Tillman more then anything else. As the men are getting into their car to leave, Schoville can be heard saying "you know I'm right, you know why you say I'm right, because I have a badge and gun.
Since the incident Police Chief Tom Ryff has met with members of the NAACP. On the footage which can be seen on CNN.com, he apologizes for the actions of the Sgt, saying that in this particular incident the police failed to provide appropriate police services to particular members of the community.
Reps from the Tempe Police department have said that the department it is working on putting policies and procedures in place to ensure that this type of incident doesn't repeat itself.
Published by Sin Lucas
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5 Comments
Post a CommentI don't rap. Would they take a Haiku?
And people think we don't need the 2nd amendment. That's what it's for, abuse of power.
i think that the cop thought he was being funny and maybe not necessarily in a bad way, but you have to be sensitive to how others might view what you say.
Apparently the show was just trying to showcase good relations between the police and citizens and the clip was taken out of context. It still wasn't right but it wasn't all wrong either (and I live here).
Tempe Police department putting policies in place is a joke. This was just another 'Good Old Boy' with a badge trying to make himself seem bigger than what he really is by making others feel small. BOTTOM LINE! END OF STORY!