This actually has a happy ending. It wouldn’t have unless a citizen stood up for their rights.
New York Deputy Slaps Citizen for Not Allowing him to Search Car (Updated III)
Saratoga County Deputy Shawn Glans had no idea he was being recorded as he tried to intimidate a man into allowing him to search his car, which is why he slapped him on the back of his head while yanking the keys out of his hand, tossing them to another deputy who searched the man’s car and found nothing illegal.
But he does know now after Adam Roberts uploaded the video to Facebook where it began going viral Friday.
In a Facebook message interview with Photography is Not a Crime, Roberts explained that he and his buddy, Colin Fitch, who owns the car, had parked it at a business that was closed and walked to a nearby party Thursday night. They didn’t spend much time at the party but when they walked back to the car, they were confronted by deputies who had spotted a rifle in the back seat and wanted to search the car.
Fitch had purchased a .22 rifle earlier that day and had left in the back seat, Roberts said.
When Deputy Glans asked to search the car, Fitch would not give him permission, insisting he had done nothing illegal.
“We’ll get a fucking search warrant, alright,” Glans said. “Wanna do that?””Let me see your fucking keys,” Glans said.
“Why?” Fitch responded.
“I’m going to search your fucking car, that’s why,” Glans replied.
“You can’t do that,” Fitch said.
“Wanna fucking resist?,” Glans said before striking him.
*****
“If you have nothing to hide in there, we’re just going to check and be on our fucking merry way. Understand? Asshole.”
Unfortunately, that slapping part was not caught on video, but the sound of the slap is loud and clear. But he followed it up by making more threats, proving to be the real asshole.
As they were searching the car, Firth showed them his receipt for the gun and they allowed him to leave.
UPDATE: PINAC reader Joseph Grabko dug up the following about Glans:
UPDATE II: Deputy Glans was suspended without pay, according to a press release from the Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office. Good work, guys.
UPDATE III: The Times-Union reached out to Glans and got him to comment about the incident, saying he would do it all over again – but not if he knew he was being recorded. Not exactly the brightest of the bunch.
Reached Saturday, Glans said there was more to the encounter than is captured on the video.
“You saw the video. It doesn’t look good,” Glans told the Times Union. “I’m all about doing the right thing. I had to go to that point because of the factors that came into play. There was a gun that was involved (that) I spotted in the vehicle.”
Asked if he would have handled the matter the same way again, Glans said he would, but not if he knew it was being filmed. He acknowledged that he did not know the incident was being videotaped.
“I was concerned. It was a public safety issue,” the sergeant said. “If I had to do it all over again … I’d probably do the same thing. If I knew the camera was there, no, because it does look bad.”
Saratoga Deputy Arrested for Slapping Citizen on Video
This is how Policing should work, a police officer steps to far over the line and they end up in Jail and fired.
Not like in NYC with a corrupt Union to keep the bottom of the barrel gang on the force to do more damage, pillaging and destruction ruining the image and name of good Police.
http://photographyisnotacrime.com/2014/11/saratoga-deputy-arrested-slapping-citizen-video/
The news was just announced on the department’s Facebook page with the following press release:
Bad Cop, No Doughnut
Shawn Glans’ mugshot
Two days after a video went viral,
showing a Saratoga County Sheriff’s deputy slapping a man because he
did not consent to having his car searched, the deputy was arrested and
jailed by his own department.
Sergeant Shawn Glans, who was placed on unpaid administrative leave,
was also forced to resign in what will probably go down as the quickest
internal investigation in the history of law enforcement.The news was just announced on the department’s Facebook page with the following press release:
Glans, who has been a law enforcement officer for almost three decades, told the local media that if he had to do it all over again, he would do nothing different – except if he knew he was being recorded.
“You saw the video. It doesn’t look good,” Glans told the Times Union. “I’m
all about doing the right thing. I had to go to that point because of
the factors that came into play. There was a gun that was involved
(that) I spotted in the vehicle.”Asked if he would have handled the matter the same way again, Glans said he
would, but not if he knew it was being filmed. He acknowledged that he
did not know the incident was being videotaped.“I was concerned. It was a public safety issue,” the sergeant said. “If I
had to do it all over again … I’d probably do the same thing. If I knew
the camera was there, no, because it does look bad.”http://photographyisnotacrime.com/2014/11/saratoga-deputy-arrested-slapping-citizen-video/
Read more at http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=f37_1419732894#544c1RAEXb5BSpmc.99
Look at that fat fuck… “psychotic bully” came to mind while I was watching the video…
Same Bag of Douche that was picked on mercilessly in High School for… wait for it… being a fucking Bag of Douche.
“I’ll show them! I’ll go be a cop and dish out payback to the WORLD!!!”
The video makes you wonder how many times he purported himself like that off-camera until he was actually filmed being the fucking asshole bully he actually is…
I betcha later on, he and his partner were laughing about bitch-slapping that kid and pushing them around…
Who’s laughing now, ya fat fuck? Enjoy unemployment and being ass-raped in jail….
I think most (not all) cops are pretty brave and belligerent when it comes to those citizens they know are not really trouble, then it’s Barney Badass.
Downtown in any big shitty? “Adam 12, we need riot gear, swat teams, armored vehicles and killer dogs, oh, and guns, lots of guns.”
THERE WILL BE CONSEQUENCES
Los Angeles police arrest man for firing at patrol car
By MarketWatch
Published: Dec 29, 2014 11:13 a.m. ET
A man is under arrest and a second suspect is being sought after a rifle was fired at two Los Angeles officers in a patrol car, media reports said Monday.
Nobody was injured in the attack, which comes just weeks after two New York police officers were shot and killed in an ambush in Brooklyn. That attack came after nationwide protests against police tactics following the deaths of a number of unarmed African-American men.
The Sunday night shooting took place in South Los Angeles, an area of the city that is known for gang violence and is typically heavily patrolled by police.
The two officers returned fire, but no one was hit. A rifle was recovered at the scene.
Deputy Chief Bob Green told KNBC-TV that “based on what’s going on in the national picture, tensions are very high, that’s not what we need. Whether or not this is related to that–too early to tell.”
This happens all the time. Arresting one cop will not change a damn thing.
File under you can’t make this crap up
Unarmed Man Is Charged With Wounding Bystanders Shot by Police Near Times Square
A curious crowd grew. Police officers arrived and tried to corral Mr. Broadnax, a 250-pound man. When he reached into his pants pocket, two officers, who, the police said, thought he was pulling a gun, opened fire, missing Mr. Broadnax, but hitting two nearby women. Finally, a police sergeant knocked Mr. Broadnax down with a Taser.
The shootings once again raised questions about the police use of firearms in crowded areas and drew comparisons to a shooting a year ago, when officers struck nine bystanders in front of the Empire State Building when they killed an armed murder suspect.
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2013/12/05/nyregion/unarmed-man-is-charged-with-wounding-bystanders-shot-by-police-near-times-square.html?_r=5
And people are outraged that the people are now making efforts to kill the corrupt enforcers? Unfortunately the cop killers are of the same indiscriminate mentality as the cops and “innocents” are being killed on both sides. The display in NY last weekend made me want to puke. The fucking NYC police force being touted as the best police force on the planet! Seriously?
Too many cops are just fucking pussies with badges that would be getting their asses kicked on a regular basis for their actions if they had no badges. The rest of the cops that adhere to the thin blue line to protect their paychecks are even bigger pussies and moral degenerates for not speaking out against the corrupt enforcers.
Officer Shawn Glans Penis
pauncho: exactly! A glans is the head of a penis…AKA a dickhead. Apparently this worthless fucker was given an appropriate last name at birth.
ragman said:
” Apparently this worthless fucker was given an appropriate last name at birth.”
Probably the lifelong source of his inferiority complex.
Just think how the police are going to act once all rights are revoked. They are going to really hurt and kill populations they perceive as their enemy.(young black males)
Don’t know what I would do .I always carry guns in my personal vehicle and in my commercial truck. I have permits to carry but they don’t transfer from one state to the next.What’s legal in one state is illegal in the next but I be Damn if I am going to be dragged out of my Truck and beat to death.I guess I will take my chances.
Billy ,saw Lone Survivor last night . Really good movie . Those guys fought like hell on and in those mountains. They made some mistakes which was pointed out in the movie. What would you have done with the civilians?
What’s legal in one state is illegal in the next but I be Damn if I am going to be dragged out of my Truck and beat to death.I guess I will take my chances. -bb
What, you don’t want to end up like Jesus in Roman Times?
@ bb,
I haven’t seen Lone Survivor yet…
Generally, things that give your position away – in other words, jeopardize your life and the lives of your teammates – is eliminated. I am, of course, talking about livestock, legitimate combatants, etc…
Civilians in a war zone? Ehh… touchy subject… some guys I know would have no problem greasing them. Others wouldn’t do it. Some would, but would agonize about it (like when those Somali motherfuckers used women and children as human shields in order to get close to our guys in Mogadishu… didn’t see THAT in the movie, didja? Well, it happened. Hid behind the women and kids and shot at our guys… fucking pieces of dogshit.. )…
Kill Bill , no I not GOD .
Billy , I saw the Special on the Military channel about that battle . The rangers talked about the skinnies hiding behind women and children.Some said they fired anyway. I would have.Some of the rangers said they wished they would have had bullets with more knock down power like 308 rounds. Said 5.56 were not powerful enough to put a man out of the fight at the longer ranges. Maybe it was because the skinnies were all high on that weed they chewed.
Billy says:
“I haven’t seen Lone Survivor yet… ”
I thought it was decent until they hurl themselves off rocky cliffs multiple times falling hundreds of feet without helmets and landing with their weapons and the faculties to fight. Sorry, but that is pure Hollywood BS. I didn’t find myself wanting to turn it off but BS is BS.
At a minimum I would have bound and gagged the civilians and tied them to a tree although my inclination would have been to smoke them.
“Sergeant Shawn Glans, who was placed on unpaid administrative leave,
was also forced to resign in what will probably go down as the quickest
internal investigation in the history of law enforcement.”
Does he get to keep his pension?
@ bb
“Said 5.56 were not powerful enough to put a man out of the fight at the longer ranges. Maybe it was because the skinnies were all high on that weed they chewed.”
It’s called “khat”.
It’s similar to amphetamines. They chew that nasty shit, then smoke hash and down a few benzodiazepine. You could probably saw their head off and they wouldn’t feel anything… the NVA did that shit, too. Get hopped on opiates, then take a shitload of Benzedrine… even a direct hit to the heart wouldn’t stop them. Their heart would be shredded, but their BP was so high, it circulated the blood for up to 15 minutes… during which time, he was trying to kill you…. they were dead men walking, but didn’t know it… doubt they even felt it.
Which is why I practiced failsafe drills. Two shots to the heart, one to the head.
@ IS,
At a minimum I would have bound and gagged the civilians and tied them to a tree although my inclination would have been to smoke them.
I have never been in a position where I have had to make that choice… and I don’t want to be, either. I would like to think I would do the honorable thing and spare them – incapacitating them in some way. We all would like to think that. Nobody wants to be an ogre.
But, if it comes down to either them, or me and mine…
Sgt Glans… What an apt moniker for a dickhead…
If that kid had twitched after being slapped there’s a good chance the First Responder Hero would have shot him, saying he’d resisted arrest or that he’d gone for the cop’s gun.