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United States News Title: Cop Threatens to Kill an Innocent Man, Murder his Mom Too—Not Fired West Palm Beach, FL A sheriffs deputy was caught on video walking into an innocent mans place of work and threatening to murder him and his mother. Not only was he not arrested for making these threats to kill two innocent people but he wasnt even fired. Surveillance footage from inside a Cricket Wireless store captured Palm Beach Sheriffs Office Deputy Javier Lasso breaking the law by threatening to murder his daughters boyfriend because he did not approve of their relationship. On June 7, 2017, while off-duty, Lasso got dressed in his uniform, got into his patrol vehicle and drove up to the Cricket Wireless. According to the internal affairs report and the video, Lasso then entered the building and began making threats to kill people. I want to tell you this one more time. Stop seeing my daughter. Copy that? Is that a no? said Deputy Lasso in the video. I dont think its up to you, bro, the daughters boyfriend said. It is up to me, brother. Listen. Last chance. If you keep doing it, Im gonna blow your fing head off. Okay? Okay? said Deputy Lasso. Alright, the daughters boyfriend said. After the boyfriend agreed under the threat of imminent violencefor good measurethe deputy then threatened to kill his mother too. And your Moms as well. I know where you guys live, the Deputy said. Lasso then walked out of the store and couldnt have cared less about the surveillance footage showing him committing a crime. It was apparent that he knew his police officer status would grant him immunity from prosecution, and he was right. According to the investigation, Deputy Lasso said he used this opportunity to remove his daughter from the relationship. When confronted about committing the crime on video, the deputy explained it away as making a bad decision. Apparently, the department bought his excuse and they chose not to prosecute him for the crime, nor did they fire him. Last week, PBSO issued a statement to CBS12 News in response to the videoit says in part: The Palm Beach County Sheriffs Office holds its employees to the highest standards and never forgets about its duty to preserve the publics trust. We investigated the allegations against Deputy Sheriff Javier Lasso and found him to be in violation, as sustained in the paperwork you have received. He has been disciplined. The discipline this loose cannon received for threatening to kill an innocent man and his mother was in the form of a four week unpaid vacation which Lasso enjoyed last March. To put this officers actions and lack of punishment into perspective think about what would have happened if he did not have a badge. Had a civilian strapped a gun to their hip, walked into a cellphone store and threatened to kill an innocent man and his mother, rest assured that they would have received a far different response. When the armed manwho just threatened to kill someonewalked out of the store, he wouldve been surrounded by police, or a SWAT team wouldve raided his home and he would be arrested. Clearly illustrating that he had the intent and means of carrying out the threat, he wouldve been shown no mercy. At the very least, the person wouldve been charged with a misdemeanor and under Floridas new red flag law, they wouldve lost their guns. However, because Lasso has a badge and a uniform, instead of getting a SWAT team and a jail cell, he got a month long vacation. And we call this a system of justice in the land of the free.
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#1. To: Deckard (#0)
Fathers have been threatening their daughter's boyfriends for centuries. I'm not going to judge this father until I know more about his daughter's relationship -- her age? stalking? drugs? abuse? But since I don't care, I'm not going to bother looking.
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