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Title: Good Cop Films and Reports Bad Cop Abusing Innocent Man, So They Fired Her
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Free Thought Project
URL Source: https://thefreethoughtproject.com/g ... -crosses-thin-blue-line-fired/
Published: Jul 23, 2018
Author: Matt Agorist
Post Date: 2018-07-24 12:48:31 by Deckard
Keywords: None
Views: 1569
Comments: 4
Deland, FL — Former DeLand Police Officer Allison Bainbridge is the epitome of a good cop. Bainbridge was so focused on stopping crime that she — unlike most police officers in America — crossed the thin blue line and reported one of her own. After this brave act of filming a fellow cop abusing an innocent citizen and then reporting it, Bainbridge was snubbed out and fired. The incident all started last month when Bainbridge and Cpl. Ken Ramkissoon were responding to a trespassing call at a 7-Eleven. When the officers arrived, the man who prompted the trespassing call was no longer around. However, there was an innocent man — uninvolved in the original incident — sitting on a bench near the 7-Eleven. After not finding the man reported for trespassing, the officers were about to leave. However, all of the sudden, Ramkissoon began walking toward the innocent man on the bench. At this point, Bainbridge turned on her body camera as is policy when engaging citizens. However, Ramkissoon conveniently left his off. And, when you watch the video below, you’ll know why. Although the first 30 seconds of the footage is silent because of the camera’s function, the audio picks up at just the right time to capture this public servant threaten and abuse an innocent citizen. “Do you want me to beat your f**king ass?” yells Ramkissoon as he threatens and intimidates a man for doing nothing other than sitting down on a bench. Did I tell you to leave? Don’t raise your voice at me, because I’ll drop your ass.” The abuse was so bad that it prompted Bainbridge to report it that very night. “I’ve been in law enforcement for eight years, and I’ve never been in an incident like this before. It shocked my conscience to see it,” Bainbridge said. After witnessing the abuse, Bainbridge immediately went to her supervisor, a sergeant, and filed a complaint. One week later—in what appears to be a completely retaliatory move— Ramkissoon also went to his supervisor and filed a complaint about Bainbridge, noting his “concerns about the manner in which Officer Bainbridge is performing her duties.” Bainbridge was then given a letter of counselling on July 11 related to an incident in which she forgot to turn on her body camera during a call. It happened in May and was of no consequence until she reported her fellow cop. “They didn’t say anything about my performance until I filed this complaint,” Bainbridge said, who was then fired days later. It is important to reiterate that Bainbridge was fired for an incident in which she allegedly forgot to turn on her body camera — the exact same thing she recorded happening with Ramkissoon, except that he threatened and intimidated an innocent man as well. Now, Bainbridge is fired and Ramkissoon is still on patrol epitomizing everything wrong with police in America. This cycle of the “blue line” of protection can only persist for so long before there is no one left with enough courage to call out the corruption. As Shannon Spalding, a whistleblower from the Chicago Police Department points out, this blue code of silence and punishment is already an unfortunate reality for most. “It’s no secret that if you go against the code of silence, and you report corruption, it will ruin your career,” Spalding said. Unfortunately, this type of response to good cops, who try to call out corruption in their department is the rule, not the exception. Previously, the Free Thought Project brought you the story of Laura Schook, who tried to call out corruption in her department. Naturally they tried to run her through the mud and fire her. Also, we broke the story of a cop in Buffalo, NY who was beaten and fired after she stopped a fellow cop from nearly killing a handcuffed man. In Kentucky, a sheriff’s deputy was fired for “insubordination” after pointing out that the sheriff had planted drugs in another deputy’s car. Even though the sheriff was indicted, the deputy was still fired. TFTP also exposed the Baltimore police department’s attempt to intimidate a whistleblower officer. Detective Joe Crystal became a target of intimidation for his entire department after testifying against other officers in a misconduct case. Following his testimony, he received threats from other officers, and even found dead rats on him and his wife’s cars. The thin blue line, it seems, is akin to the mafia; cross it and you will be snubbed out by the rest of the gang.
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#1. To: Deckard (#0)
Touche ...
Say - I thought you supported good cops. I guess when they report the bad ones, they aren't good cops anymore, right Sparky? BTW, you are completely unoriginal. Oh - and a schmuck.
Hey Deckard! Just like your cop videos. We miss the first part of the confrontation that results in the part you show.
From the article: “Did I tell you to leave” definitely indicated that Ramkissoon may have engaged with this individual before. This from WFTV9: Was it an indication that when Ramkisson approached the individual on the bench and said to him “did I tell you to leave” that Ramkisson may have been called to the 7-Eleven store before and by an employee and Ramkisson had already told the individual on the bench to leave before? Sound like that may have happened? So, we may never know the full details of this incident. But what we do know is that we will never learn the true facts from anything that TFTP publishes and Deckard posts. Will we? Nope.
#2. To: Gatlin (#1)
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Trump: My People Should ‘Sit Up in Attention’ Like Kim Jong-un’s Staff.
#3. To: Deckard (#0)
Although the first 30 seconds of the footage is silent because of the camera’s function, the audio picks up at just the right time to capture this public servant threaten and abuse an innocent citizen.
#4. To: Deckard, misterwhite (#2)
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Deckard: Say - I thought you supported good cops. I guess when they report the bad ones, they aren't good cops anymore, right Sparky?
Say - I definitely do support good cops, Deckard. However I’m not so sure that this new-hire cop serving on a probationary period after possibly bouncing around for eight years with other departments is/was a good cop. The first thing that stuck me is that she never bothered to evaluate the situation and discover why Ramkissoon may have needed to use harsh language on a repeat trespasser [the buy sitting on the bench] in an effort to impress upon him “again” that he was to stay away from the 7-Eleven for valid reasons. The incident all started last month when Bainbridge and Cpl. Ken Ramkissoon were responding to a trespassing call at a 7-Eleven. When the officers arrived, the man who prompted the trespassing call was no longer around.
The story in the article goes on to state: “Do you want me to beat your f**king ass?” yells Ramkissoon as he threatens and intimidates a man for doing nothing other than sitting down on a bench. Did I tell you to leave? Don’t raise your voice at me, because I’ll drop your ass.”
“For doing NOTHING other than sitting down on a bench”? Maybe not! Let’s continue. The body camera video allegedly shows Ramkissoon yelling profanities at the man ....wait for it....WAIT FOR IT....here it comes now,[The man sitting on the bench] is a person who a 7-E0le01ven employee said had caused trouble outside his store on Woodland Boulevard in the past.
So, we now learn there is a past history here with the guy sitting on the bench, 7- Eleven employees and perhaps also with Ramkisson when responding to a previous call(s). “I’ve been in law enforcement for eight years, and I’ve never been in an incident like this before. It shocked my conscience to see it,” Bainbridge said. After witnessing the abuse, Bainbridge immediately went to her supervisor, a sergeant, and filed a complaint.
Let’s see now. While it was stated that Bainbridge has been in law enforcement for eight years, nowhere did it state that she was a new-hire to this department and a was serving in a probationary capacity. Neither did it state anywhere why she was no longer serving with the department(s) she had spent eight years with and now had to find a new job. I think there is something missing in this story....just thinking. One week later—in what appears to be a completely retaliatory move— Ramkissoon also went to his supervisor and filed a complaint about Bainbridge, noting his “concerns about the manner in which Officer Bainbridge is performing her duties.”
Ah yes, this complaint by Ramkissoon could “appear” to be a completely retaliatory move. But then it could be that Corporal Ramkissoon had seen enough of this new-hire trainee serving on probation to decide that she was “too quick on the gun” to arrive at conclusions without detailed investigations [yea, like Deckard does] and decided it was time for her to move to yet ANOTHER department after eightyears. This all sounds like a reasonably alternative assumption to me. FYI Liberator: Some information here is from fromWFTV9 ABC.
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