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[@CaptainDoomsday]

It's really disturbing how EVERYONE can tell this is police corruption and nobody is expecting any justice from this obvious case.

[@beancheez2905]

Truly dystopian times

[@davidandrews5262]

Still think u.s. is a free country? Where each citizen has equal rights?

[@slamkam07]

It's not only corruption. Its homophobia. He did it because it's a gay bar.

[@davidandrews5262]

@slamkam07 no this is a simple problem with abuse of power. No other hidden agendas.

[@wiseguidedmissile]

@@slamkam07theres literally no evidence to prove this

[@PlayerOne.StartGame]

Other thing about this is that they never checked the "police officer's" blood alcohol at all. And any non police officer would have been checked out and arrested for DUI.

[@googolplusone]

He's not the only corrupt one!

[@RobbieStacks90]

The officer was sober, so there was no reason to subject him to field sobriety tests. When someone is impaired, the car will swerve in recognizable patterns. Instead of being a social justice warrior, you need to respect the people who serve and protect you. Blue lives matter.

[@thesistersofbattle]

This is standard and mandatory, post-crash, by most agencies.

[@kodek1234]

that's a very good ff point

[@RobbieStacks90]

The officer was sober, so there was no need to subject him to field sobriety tests. When someone operating a vehicle is drunk, the vehicle will swerve in erratic but recognizable patterns. Please do some research before you try to advance your social justice agenda.

[@kennymaness]

St. Louisan here. This is a hit. Our police dept is infamously corrupt, and this kind of thing is not completely out of the ordinary. From my perspective, as someone who’s from here, this is extremely smelly. This reeks of intent. Someone with connections inside STLPD wanted to intimidate these bar owners, and they’re getting away with it.

[@no_spicy_ramen6264]

Im not from the us but since it's a gay bar I bet this was BC the cop is deeply religious

[@amonbinder3686]

I’m from STL and from the neighborhood and I think he was just a drunk or irresponsible cop.

[@idontwantahandlethough]

If that's the case, they picked the dumbest possible way to do what they're trying to do. For one, making it a police vehicle just draws more scrutiny than necessary.. if they had used their personal car, none of us would even know about this! (then again, they _are_ cops... maybe I'm expecting too much out of them 😂)

[@AleTitan]

​@@idontwantahandlethough you are. If there are no consequences, why even try to hide the attempt? They have no incentive to do it one way or another if they'll get away with it regardless

[@RoKer13]

Bingo you got it. Especially city police are more corrupt than county. They get away with everything. I know people who have gotten beaten up for no reason by the police in the city.

[@Frostbite08]

The cop has changed his story at least 3 times after video evidence has proved his story was false every time. And the other cops refused to do a breathalyzer, despite him having just driven into a building. We all know what happened here.

[@cl5470]

I mean, it could also be a hate crime against the gay community that was fueled by alcohol.

[@RabidDisposition]

Its fucking insane how blatant the corruption is yet nothing will happen to the department. We need public oversight of law enforcement now. They shouldnt be allowed to investigate themselves.

[@Luminousreign]

@@billfred9411 No. There is zero reason to think the cop was drunk. The co-owners were both in the bar and confronted the officer.

[@ireallyreallyreallylikethisimg]

Oh so they can refuse to take a breathalyzer but we can't? PFHAHHA

[@RabidDisposition]

@@billfred9411 he crashed into a building. He could have killed someone Its pretty safe to assume he was drinking.

[@Jonathan_Collins]

When bar owners and local residents are left to clean up the mess left by the police, you know you have some serious police corruption issues in your town.

[@googolplusone]

They really set the BAR low!

[@PoonTang-sf8kn]

Its not "corruption in your town" thats just how police work in the US all around, when they break your door open the police dont pay for the damages Edit for all the braindead replies: Google "Do police pay for damages during search warrant" and the first result is literally "No"

[@deadeyeanims8980]

@@Terry_A_Davis would be fun if it didnt fuck with peoples lives lol

[@treyflorek8592]

True

[@H0ney166]

@@Terry_A_Davis But then your co-workers are cops

[@skrelemor]

An officer crashing into a gay bar, changing his story multiple times, and trying to charge the victim? It sounds like some kind of hate crime.

[@LuigiL75]

…but he has a badge so it’s ok. ☹️

[@skrelemor]

@@LuigiL75 exactly ☹️

[@jazzabighits4473]

@@skrelemor How?

[@KatieForrest324]

That’s what I’m thinking

[@yasininn76]

Ah yes, what better way to vandalize a gay bar than going through the door with the service suv that's under your very own name and has a front cam. Y'all are gonna do and say anything to blame hate crime

[@DanielSMV805]

So the cop arrests the bar owner to cover his own ass after he nearly destroyed his business? Not only that, but tried to place felony charges on him that would've altered his life permanently. I'm willing to bet that Mr. Officer will get a paid vacation for his mistakes. A little timeout if you will.

[@goober112]

Lmao no its in the u.s. he'll probably get a slap on the wrist and maybe a week of no pay.

[@DeoxysDNA]

Cops are usually really bad at admitting mistakes, they'd rather just double down most of the time and blame a civilian.

[@PychPmp]

Na theres a lil too much attention on this he aint gettin off the hook i bet

[@evanallaire2829]

Please give me an Update on the Bar Owner

[@AlphaQHard]

@@goober112 Cops in the UK arrest people over fb posts. I wouldnt just shit on America here.

[@LegendaryCollektor]

No dashcams? We've had those since the 90's!!! Nah that police department is 100% corrupt as hell.

[@500ccRabbit]

Dashcams cost money, these aren't $30 Walmart dash cams. The storage costs money, it has to be saved in specialized formats per Missouri law to avoid tampering, and other costs.

[@fartexplosion4480]

What cop car doesn't have a dashcam nowadays, especially in a city as big as St. Louis?

[@sleepshouter5017]

⁠@@500ccRabbitIsn’t it convenient that taxpayers’ money can go to so many wonderful expensive toys for the police, but for some reason it’s the cameras where they find difficulty in finding the funds for? They most definitely have the ability to install the most expensive dashcams in every cruiser with all the storage in the world, they just won’t because then they would actually have to abide by the laws that they claim to enforce.

[@Ashbrash1998]

​@@500ccRabbitIt might be cheaper to have a dashcam then go to court for something that could be easily proven.

[@wildman8906]

Stl police always corrupt. city is a cesspool

[@jkitty542]

The most disturbing part of all of this to me is how Mr. Wick was held without bond. So not only were the cops trying to destroy this guys life, but so are the judges.

[@DamienDarkside]

Welcome to America. Land of the Free, where the rule of law is sacred. Just yet another reminder that all cops are bastards, and none of them are here for you.

[@LivingFire_BurningFlame]

Imagine being under arrest for having a building suddenly appear in front of the police's 1 foot rendering distance and making them crash into it

[@googolplusone]

@@Dont_Read_My_PictureFine with me.

[@writerintherye]

OMEGA

[@jakexavier4958]

He got arrested for assault charges… said it at the beginning of the video. the owner says otherwise, but who knows.🤷‍♂️

[@ljeans531]

​@jakexavier4958 ik and you know. If there was assault, there would drop the body cam and dash cam immediately. But they won't, because they are in the wrong.

[@randomenvelope]

@jakexavier4958 they could prove that by showing body cam or dash cam but they dont want to disclose that, I wonder why.

[@nikobutterbar928]

Don’t worry, they’ll conduct an internal investigation and conclude there was no wrong doing! Gotta love corrupt cops.

[@Lawrence_Talbot]

Just like the government: we’ve investigated ourselves and found we were not at fault. Case closed.

[@LordSandwich27]

ACAB

[@WICK_3D]

end qualified immunity

[@vbarreiro]

Wait, no, you’re wrong, that’s not what’s gonna happen He’s gonna get suspended with pay and THEN it’s gonna get shoved under the rug. Gotta love free vacations!

[@mydnytdeath]

Right? Internal investigation shows it was all the bar owner's fault. From start to finish. The cop gets a medal and keys to the city.

[@wrilez]

I’ve frequented the bar many times, the owners wouldn’t ever hurt anyone unless absolutely warranted and there was no other option. The cops took him to an alley and beat him up, you can visually see he has a black eye and bruising when he was released the next morning. Absolutely disgusting abuse of power and the lack of a sobriety test on the rookie who crashed is appalling. Those “handling” this need to be held accountable.

[@Gwazi]

Prove it

[@weirdboi9988]

⁠@@Gwaziyou can’t possibly tell me you’re siding with the cops, even if it’s not true that cop literally crashed into his store and they’re not giving them a sobriety test or anything

[@Gwazi]

@@weirdboi9988 Im not lol

[@emekob219]

@@Gwaziur so lame

[@jonforhan9196]

UR GAY THIS IS A GAY BAR LUL

[@Cyclone-od7ih]

I love that they claim it's an older model with no dash cam.

[@standardcrazy8393]

If it really is, which isn't likely in the slightest, dash cams should have already been mandatory in any of the service vehicles.

[@BoiledOctopus]

More like a crash cam.

[@ImGazu]

@@Dont_Read_My_Picture Ok I wont.

[@williamsmitherson2170]

​Yeah i thought it was a legal requirement for cops to have cameras on them 24/7 during active duty? ​@staygolden4836 Edit: just looked it up and it's not, which is stupid cause it seriously should be

[@TheOtherGuyzBeatz]

@@williamsmitherson2170naw depends on the station

[@Precomo97]

As someone from St. Louis I can say that this is almost a tame response. Our police officers are rotton to the core and their presence makes us uneasy at best, rather than safe.

[@SlavTiger]

Yo me too. Im from lemay, currently near chippewa.

[@RobbieStacks90]

Didn't Michael Brown hold up a corner store and then cop an attitude with the investigating officer while reaching for the officer's holster? You need to get over that situation. That was a while ago, and the St. Louis PD did what had to be done.

[@greensmurf221]

Lemay fella here as well - this is pretty par for the course, and not really surprised.

[@greensmurf221]

@@RobbieStacks90 Nobody mentioned Michael Brown, dude...

[@MrThatnativeguy]

Who is “us”? Black people?

[@cnel90]

St Louis resident here: they had the audacity to park another cruiser and a prisoner transport van outside the bar the night after when everyone came out to support.

[@MrGameboycrazy]

As a fellow St. Louis resident, I can confirm this is nothing out of the ordinary and the cops are always on their phones.

[@limitedperson]

Don't forget them being genuine idiots too.

[@pombie6377]

it's completely legal to do so here too 😭 fuckin hell state

[@TP-pq9xx]

I see them driving around while on their laptops in the passenger seat which might be even worse

[@smallxplosion9546]

@@TP-pq9xxIn my state they do that too and they also don’t even turn on their blinkers. And yet can’t even arrest a running arsonist…

[@richardjulien3345]

Yeah st louis metro is for sure the worst department I've ever seen and I've lived in like 7 states

[@Chalky.]

He's probably one of those cops that would arrest people for not showing absolute and total obedience and respect to him.

[@NudlArm]

That's why the owner got arrested lmao

[@teeess1909]

That’s all of em not just a few

[@carstarsarstenstesenn]

bingo

[@carstarsarstenstesenn]

@@teeess1909 I wouldn't say all of them, but most. there are a small amount of actually good cops, have faith

[@DamienDarkside]

@@carstarsarstenstesenn If a "small amount" is the only defensible position, then they just as shit as the others. Police corruption isn't new, they kow EXACTLY what's going on in their jobs and they CONTINUE to work there. ALL cops are bastards.

[@billbill6094]

They could've totaled their business and then tried to ruin their lives with felony charges. But even though the police changed multiple stories and conveniently don't have body or car cam footage and vehemently denied breathalyzer tests, they will take a little paid leave while they investigate themselves and find nothing wrong. They'll be back on the streets with the state sanctioned power of life and death in their hands in no time.

[@SaintDorado]

How can it possibly be "assault" on the side of the owner, after somebody drives their car into their bar? I'm pretty sure this would be self defense, IF ANYTHING.

[@erikfinkel2717]

Definitely self-defense if the cop, upon crashing his vehicle, was aggro and belligerent drunk on the sauce

[@Luminousreign]

The owners clearly came out furious about their business getting destroyed and one of them pushed the cop, which is in fact misdeamenor assault. There is absolutely zero reason to think the cop was drunk. The owners and their lawyers wouldnt be sitting on that.

[@SaintDorado]

@@Luminousreign Like I am not a lawyer (duh), but just because he's doesn't mean he can't be the aggresor. Which he is. By...you know.. ramming his vehicle into the bar.

[@NowhereSam673]

​@Luminousreign "absolutely zero reason" sir he drove an suv into a building lmao

[@Luminousreign]

@@SaintDorado Yeah, that isnt how it works. Their car hitting the building doesnt make them the aggressor. It also isnt how self defense works. You can't just physically attack somebody for damaging your property.

[@cutstring]

It's like hitting someone with a bat and then getting mad at them for not wearing a helmet

[@alexmohr1072]

@@Dont_Read_My_Pictureokay

[@BenadryIIionaire]

It's like hitting someone with a bat and then suing them for standing in your way

[@hi-kevin]

Don't be too hard on him, he probably thought it was a donut shop and got a little too excited.

[@CandisClassicGameShrine]

I’d be willing to bet the cop was drunk driving and they were doing everything they can to make the business owner look bad and take the attention off the cop.

[@Ashbrash1998]

And they already stated they didn't test the officer because other officers on scene didn't suspect he was impaired. Which is bull crap, if anything they could have given it to him to protect his butt and rule ot put in court.

[@NoBatteriesLOL]

@@Ashbrash1998 exactly and since he crashed into a bar maybe they smelled alcohol on him but thought it was spilled in said bar

[@confusedperson21]

​@@NoBatteriesLOL nah that's bullshit and very idealistic they knew no doubt it's obviously alcohol and homophobia induced but why would the police care because of there position they're getting off scot free I guarantee it

[@ebnertra0004]

A commercial driver would be tested immediately if they crashed a vehicle like this, so how they just noped out of it here is beyond me

[@moonasha]

@@ebnertra0004 literally anyone in any job would be tested immediately after an accident, I think it's part of the insurance policies they have. This is just absurd

[@patrickasplund]

A cop crashed into a guy's bar then arrested the owner? Wtf...

[@brokensoul681]

​@@Dont_Read_My_Picturesay less buster

[@mtdfs5147]

And guess what? They'll do it again.

[@nmgg6928]

Merica

[@RabidDisposition]

The owner had the audacity to be upset about his bar being put out of business for repairs. How dare he show any sort of anger towards a police officer /s

[@noobmaster6843]

@@Emeritus75my guy it ain’t the 80s anymore gay bar owners aren’t hated like that anymore

[@tho2898]

The cop couldn't drive STRAIGHT on his way to the gay bar

[@SugaMot]

What kind of dystopian hellscape do we live in where a police officer can crash into your building and proceed to arrest *you*. Really hope the owner gets off and sues the PD for damages

[@michaelcassidy5022]

If a police department is corrupt enough to cover for an officer who has changed his alibi 3 times and didn't do a breathalyzer AND has pursued charges against the property owner... how do you think they'll respond to a lawsuit? The guy's life will become a living hell of police harassment.

[@corynthius8860]

That will never happen. The officers will get a paid vacation and be back on the streets in no time. The whole department is corrupt to hell

[@RichardHudlin]

I go to that bar pretty often. All the regulars and some new faces went out to support them on Tuesday night and the cops had the audacity to be out there in full force. Thanks for covering this one, Charlie!

[@ghostsyynx]

Did the cops help at least?

[@professorpengu502]

​@@ghostsyynxprobably not

[@dillonevans9531]

I went too! It was really nice to see the community rally around the owners. They do a lot for the community, so it was really cool to see!

[@RichardHudlin]

Nope. They lied about the cause of the crash. Said they swerved to miss a dog crossing the street. Then lied again saying that they were avoiding a parked car. Then lied aTHIRD time saying the radio on the dashboard distracted the driver.

[@Donovarkhallum]

​@@RichardHudlin the third lie is still a crime that's called distracted driving

[@b00psn00t]

The fact that it was a gay bar also adds another layer to the story

[@gusplays3145]

St. Louisan here. Lots of changing stories, first they said he swerved to miss a dog.. There is clearly no dog. No blood/ alcohol test, no drug test... no dashcam... SOMETHING IS UP Thanks for bringing more attention to this. Cah-RON-deh-Let, is how we say that neighborhood

[@500ccRabbit]

He could have thought the car was a dog at first, especially since he was distracted.

[@fignewton9310]

@@500ccRabbit you have to be fucking joking

[@sjp2649]

@@500ccRabbitbootlicker

[@MichaelB619]

With how many stories involve an officer causing an accident in some form or another, and arresting the victim or a bystander, has me believing that its part of their training to find a means of deflecting their incompetence to have it handled internally.

[@Luminousreign]

It is even more gross when you realize they will try and use those charges as leverage to get you to drop your case against them for what they did.

[@TroubledTribble420]

"accident"

[@s13stutz]

well I'll let you know I'm going into the police academy next month, but that obviously doesn't exist, just ignorant cops that use their power for their own personal benefit happens too frequently. (havent watched the video yet)

[@krisv8407]

Nothing will be handled internally unless they have to. Like if they show dash cam footage

[@RusticRonnie]

@@s13stutzyou are literally told it by your fellow corrupt cops

[@AbdefFable1]

Little did Charlie know almost 2 months later he'd be covering an officer showing off the textbook form he described at the end of this video and lighting up his own cruiser

[@tehnoobface]

Unfortunately, St. Louis PD has a reputation of doing stupid shit like this. I doubt the offending officer will even get in trouble. Their department is the definition of “we investigated ourselves and found nothing wrong”

[@ondrae7528]

@@Dont_Read_My_Picture Glad you agree that I should Ignore you

[@nhilz]

​@@Dont_Read_My_Picturejokes on you your pfp is too small on my screen

[@San-lh8us]

@@Dont_Read_My_PictureBEGONE BOT!!!!

[@lefdee]

STL has the lowest punishments around for DWI. Doesn’t surprise me the cops are sauced up too. He was just trying to make it to the bar before close

[@calebmundle5948]

Yep lol classic city cop corruption

[@strawpiglet]

The police involved should be under arrest, as well as the police chief for conspiracy to cover up police abuse and bringing false charges and false imprisonment on a citizen.

[@San-lh8us]

they are the ones that decide who get arrested, do you actually think they are not gonna protect themselves? the fact there is not district attourney involved in this to take the police officers to jail but just the lawyer of the citizen they tried to blame on this speaks volumes

[@anthonyacuna8604]

New to America? Corruption runs rampant everywhere in the US

[@sosa3559]

Lol. Nice fantasy but America is past the point of fighting against corruption. Nowadays they just rub it in our face how much power they have while we have none

[@strawpiglet]

@@San-lh8us I believe it's up to the FBI to investigate police. And it's up to the citizens to stop voting for these Democrats and Republicans who refuse to reform the police.

[@Lawrence_Talbot]

Agreed. Clear abuse of power and wrongful arrest, as well as reckless driving, possible DUI, vandalism, and host of other charges. Everyone involved in the cover up should not just be fired but get a lengthy sentence as well

[@harmonyquinn2557]

My theory? The officer wasn’t embarrassed, he was drunk on alcohol & power and thought it’d be the best way to not get into trouble

[@WhatAboutZoidberg]

The other cops just assessed their co-worker didn't need a sobriety check after crashing his vehicle into the building, didn't have dash cam footage, wont release body cam footage. Seems like a normal day in STL Johnson.

[@lucasjohnson2920]

And of course, the department bans any transparency on this incident. The public deserves to know but they will always cover for their own. Back the blue until it happens to you.

[@San-lh8us]

why do they even still have this privilege? isn't this unconstitutional? a department having full control to decide wether they commited a crime or not?

[@chinsaw2727]

@@San-lh8us It is, but the police don’t follow the constitution, they follow their own internal rules and precedents

[@presidentbutterpudding4025]

republicans fighting real hard to dismantle the sunshine laws. police definitely need to keep secrets

[@presidentbutterpudding4025]

@@San-lh8us republicans.

[@jake_mu7550]

Basically why the defund and rebuild protests exist. Ideally we could have a system of oversight and more training. It's sad to see the required hours for our police compared to other counties.

[@turnoverbros]

Just a normal day in STL, not too out of the ordinary

[@funklestiltskin6140]

I can say this is crazily common among even otherwise excellent departments and I have no idea why. It’s absolutely wild. Just a few years ago an old acquaintance of mine got stopped for DUI (he was genuinely smashed) and was about to get arrested by the officer when an off duty detective who was also drunk hit and killed him. They not only covered up the identity of the detective but pinned the death on the other guy claiming “well the officer wouldn’t have been stopped in the road if you weren’t drunk so it’s all your fault he’s dead.” They omitted evidence in his trial and he spent years in prison before an appeal finally made it to an actually competent judge who went “wait this is completely batshit insane” and ordered him released.

[@TjallieBrrr]

Wait so who died?

[@binbows2258]

@@TjallieBrrr The COP who pulled him over for a DUI

[@polartechie]

Oinkers gonna oink.

[@jeffreypenis736]

i really doubt that any of these departments are "otherwise excellent"

[@starsixtyseven195]

​@jeffreypenis736 what i thought

[@frankiecoss7141]

It happened while it's very dark outside. It is very understandable to see how anyone in this situation (referring to the bar owner) would feel like they are being attacked and their life is in danger. The police vehicle didn't have any of its patrol lights flashing so it's very reasonable to think that it is someone attacking your establishment and not a police vehicle that ran into your building.

[@ninavale.]

yep! Especially since it's a gay bar...I'm sure these two men had some homophobic nutjobs harrasing them at some point...it wouldn't be crazy at all, to assume that some hateful person would try and destroy their property on purpose and even try to actively kill them.

[@moonasha]

reminds me of those stories where cops did no knock warrants, then acted all offended when one of them gets blasted by a homeowner thinking it's an invasion. In one of those cases the police chief's son was blasted, and the civilian went to jail. Unannounced no knock raids at 4am are so dumb unless it's like a freaking paramilitary drug operation.

[@Nib_Nob-t7x]

Its not reasonable to attack anyone who was just in a car accident. Its not like the cop tried to continue driving or get out and fight.

[@PigTranceForm100]

​@@Nib_Nob-t7xthe bar owners didnt try to fight the officer. The police are just trying to cover everything up by pinning the blame on the bar owner

[@Nib_Nob-t7x]

@@PigTranceForm100 Yeah and George bush did 9/11 and Mark Zuckerburg is just preparing for the rise of the lizard king.

[@noceb0]

Bar owner comes out: WTF? Cops: STOP RESISTING!!

[@benallmon5613]

It's wild to me that police can do whatever they please with no repercussions and some people don't see a problem with this. When majority of police officers barely graduated high school and are still trying to relive their glory days in high school. It's pathetic.

[@SuperGamerxl]

Unfortunately cops who do whatever they want get away and still get pensions and paid even if they are suspended or fired. And sometimes all they do is just go to another department or another state.

[@bgardenhire93]

This comment seems very personal and is extremely objective. None of the things you stated are factual.

[@strawhatcap6326]

@@bgardenhire93 your comment seems very personal and is extremely objective. Your statement is not factual.

[@BlitzoSuck33]

⁠@@bgardenhire93your comment is WHY the comment is VERY factual. This thing crashed into a building and it’s the OWNER who was arrested. He was clearly drunk and you’re over here talking about “this sounds personal”

[@EdWedgie]

I think the bigger issue is people just don’t want to be cops anymore and we’re kind of just stuck with whatever we can get. My city used to require 60 college credits to join the police academy and had to stop that because nobody wanted to go through with the process, by then they’d have more rewarding careers or a change in mind.

[@lanceluna9781]

There was definitely a spider in the SUV, and they're just too embarrassed to admit he was scared.

[@Militant_Vegan]

Cop: *crashes into building* Cop to building: “STOP RESISTING! 🔫😠”

[@thevoicestoldmetoagain4627]

All dashcam and bodycam footage should automatically be uploaded to a public database for public review.

[@San-lh8us]

yeah, and these cases shouldn't be able to be internally investigated, but they are, so they won't get in any trouble, they are basically dictators, if you dare to talk back to them, BAM, you'll be lucky to get out with contempt and resisting arrest, because then you will at least be still alive

[@thierry1026]

Nah, instead police just turns them off and delete their footage anytime its inconvenient for them.

[@San-lh8us]

@@thierry1026which fully breaks all the purpose of those cams, whoever fought so they have to wear those cams should step forward and demand it also be automatially uploaded to public databases, and add punishments for officers that tamper with their dashcam and body cams

[@thierry1026]

@@San-lh8us We both agree on that.

[@erikeulenstein8710]

To be fair the bar jumped out in front of the cop.

[@kenny344]

And then the bar resisted arrest

[@fullaccess2645]

From the officer's frame of reference the building jumped at him, hence the resisting arrest charge.

[@ryanspire]

This is crazy disgusting that there is literally nobody holding them accountable

[@SlavTiger]

Both officers were also rookies which is disallowed by the system. You're always suppose to have one senior and one rookie. There's a bunch of questionable shit going on with this.

[@crying2emoji5]

When I took a court ordered driving class for a traffic citation I got as a youngster, I learned that you absolutely should not swerve or slam on your breaks suddenly to avoid an animal because that crash could be more deadly than the initial collision. So his fake excuse would have even owed him a citation

[@-Alter-]

They had to ditch the "Dog" excuse because they knew damn well they would've bee-lined for it rather than miss it.

[@scone-pu7bp]

They handing out police badges like candy on Halloween. 😂😂😂

[@Donkpoo]

sometimes i wonder how these people get hired to be a cop in the first place. like how tf you gon give out tickets for speeding when you cant dodge a building?

[@hairiestwizard]

If you're smart they make you a detective

[@NotTotallyHopeless]

My childhood bully became a cop. He only ever had two qualities, dumb and violent.

[@afatchimp]

I find the cop lying to be the worst part. The second they're caught in a single lie, credibility goes right out the window. Anything else they say may as well be high fantasy fiction, tell me about your last D&D run, because at least that'll be amusing

[@hairiestwizard]

@@NotTotallyHopeless mine joined the military!

[@Donkpoo]

⁠@@afatchimp no no, when you actually think about it, its the business owners fault for *crashing* his *building* into the car. duh!

[@nickevershedmusic8927]

Thats not a car accident, its a car deliberate

[@DPowered2]

Police: I don't understand why they hate us

[@theWEITNA]

This tells me that cops can change their story but suspects cannot.

[@shadowsonic4452]

I remember hearing somewhere that police will often come up with some bogus charges to throw at someone to try to scare them away from taking legal action themselves.

[@dukeandre]

I really hope the owners file the lawsuit against the police department. Easy money to be earned here

[@karate4u]

Except the money they win isnt really the police departments, it is the tax payers. They really need to start garnishing officers (and the higher ups) wages when they pull this sort of thing and the department has to give a huge payout.

[@Daniel-wv7lj]

​​@@karate4uplus nothing will happen to the officer. He'll get a talking to and be back on the street to do whatever he wants

[@presidentbutterpudding4025]

@@Daniel-wv7lj including stealing more taxpayer money to fund his ego trips

[@HLLFURY]

I live in St. Louis, it is basically a meth'd up GTA online server. And the cops are usually under the influence.

[@Mondester]

dude was so drunk he thought a parked car was a dog lmao

[@smush-js3fq]

Dude hit that fucking door like a Air to Air missile. That turn was impeccable.

[@abtwopoint0]

you mean surface to surface missile? ;)

[@Nemenis]

I paid 700$ to moist where’s my moist badge??

[@gritted]

Comments by members

[@TJOEL20]

LOL Paying to be a “member” of a KZbinr is about as embarrassing as paying for the blue check mark on Twitter

[@TexasGreed]

Ahem....GAYDAR guided missile?! Anyone? Alright never mind.

[@noahofthenorth7254]

So just a couple thing from someone who lives in STL: 1. We are actually pretty proud of our old ass buildings. Most everyone that lives in STL lives in a building that’s at LEAST 100 years old or more. My apartment which was a home, was built in 1890. So it’s wild how STL builds stand the test of time due to brick, wood, and French architecture. 2. It’s pronounced Co. Ron. Dell. Ett. It’s French lol 3. Thank you for covering this Charlie!! I know the lawyer and he’s an amazing human!

[@RunningEagle2011]

I frequent this bar and its wild to me this is making such a wave. So when the owner was released, that night, people packed the bar... however there were swarms of police sitting outside the bar, waiting on people to leave Also, the bar closes at 1:30 am and theres usually people that hang around the outside of the bar, chatting with friends. The police are incredibly lucky no one was hurt since the bar was still open!

[@lelouchvibritannia4028]

Why were they waiting for people to leave? This is so sus.

[@A82B]

@@lelouchvibritannia4028they do that, especially on holidays or after a similar event like what happened. It’s not a legal move however, and they’ll use a lame excuse to do it, but basically it’s entrapment. They are waiting for intoxicated patrons to leave and get behind the wheel so they can pull them over for not signaling or some random thing, and etc etc.

[@manzell]

Drunk and speeding. The other responding officers refused to do a DUI check on the driver. In a just world, they'd go to jail for falsely arresting the bar owner. We normally call this "Kidnapping" and to do so to try to cover up your drunk driver makes it first-degree kidnapping - which carries a 10-year minimum sentence and can go as high as life. There's at least 3 other officers who knowingly abetted this.

[@Irrespons]

It is the foundation that stopped the car, the house is elevated.

[@VenatorXVenator]

“We refuse to release the dash cam footage.” Alright I’ve heard enough we know whose in the wrong.

[@DravenCode]

Police lying on a statement should automatically be fired/fined

[@Spectrum0122]

Jailed. Perjury is a felony

[@corynthius8860]

Except that'll never happen

[@justme002]

Guarantee the guy was upset that someone crashed into his bar/house and probably raised his voice a little. Fragile ego cop probably flew off the handle at someone not groveling and abused their power to put them in their place. It's a story as old as time.

[@Duelkitten]

The fact they are saying it's an accident while also refusing to show the video tells you enough. If it was an accident with him moving out of the way to not hit something this would be a simple "show dashcam footage, pay for damages, the end" kind of story. Yet they are refusing to show the video, didn't do any sort of field sobriety test, detained the bar owner right away and now are refusing to talk about it. Yah something doesn't smell right and we can all smell it from miles away.

[@coryjkrum]

He was commiting a hate crime see the owners of the bar? This cop knew what he was doing that is why there is so many excuses. Never trust them, never talk to them, always film them. Also there is no dashcam video it some how didn't have one and they won't release the body cam footage. Because it will show the truth a criminal commiting a crime.

[@Vancev99x]

Charlie should look into the story of the guy who got rejected from working for the police force because he was too smart. I feel like we should look into THAT for sure. Why would having intelligent law enforcement be a negative?!

[@BlitzoSuck33]

They only want dumb, violent thugs and the ones who’ll keep quiet about those. Intelligent people are seen as too unpredictable and likely to report.

[@supraguy4694]

Some departments actually have IQ limits that automatically disqualify people. The job itself attracts power hungry psychopaths though, so ironically, it might be a good thing that high intelligence is a limitation. Some high IQ serial killers like Ed Kemper had aspirations of being cops.

[@ThunderChunky101]

Also the landmark cases of cops not having to protect civilians. A child died.

[@NautilusGuitars]

Because "just following orders" isn't something intelligent people fall for.

[@strictlydonotcare2421]

The reason for that is because intelligent people are harder to boss around and won’t just “follow orders”, and there is a higher chance that a smarter person will quit being a police officer faster for better opportunities, so it would not be cost effective to train someone who will quit. That’s why you’ll never meet a high IQ (and that’s actually what they test, funny enough) police officer.

[@trydodis690]

I can’t imagine how frustrating it must be to have a building just appear right in front of your car in the middle of a fun night behind the wheel drinking

[@LadyUndeath]

Based on the two different angles that I've seen it looks like the cop car *is* speeding although still in control. At a first glance I genuinely thought it was an accident, but after seeing another video of the crash from a different angle and replaying both videos multiple times I genuinely think that this could've been deliberate. Not only because the SUV seems to be driving perfectly straight until it's already passing the parked car, but especially 'cause of the way the driver brakes. If you were trying to avoid crashing into something you'd hit the brakes and start turning *before* you get to it. But he doesn't brake until he's already right beside the parked car, then lets off the brakes and starts turning once the car is completely behind him. The only other plausibility in my mind is that he was driving drunk so his vision was obscured and his reaction time extremely delayed. Though the fact that they initially claimed they were swerving to avoid a dog and changed their story up several times makes me believe it was the first.

[@Juneader]

Corruption and possible hate crime. Arresting the owner of a gay bar and lying about why you did it.

[@koolkel00]

This is literally insane. This cop drove into a building and arrested somebody like a madman! And then the guy this psycho arrested is STILL IN JAIL!! This isn't normal society shit, this is some cuckoo bananas utterbedlam shit!

[@Maintenance_Mark]

American police are OUT OF CONTROL. END QUALIFIED IMMUNITY NOW. END ALL GOVERNMENTAL IMMUNITY. This cop is HAMMERED or he intentionally drove into the building or both!

[@Gwazi]

How are they out of control

[@Maintenance_Mark]

@@Gwazi you've got to be joking dude right? Are you trolling right now? Every day there are more and more videos uploaded of cops arresting people for criticizing them or disagreeing with them. Just last week a woman was arrested for telling a cop she thought he was a bad driver driving dangerously. Two weeks ago, a man was arrested for telling an officer to "be nice" in a precinct. Throughout last year, about eight different people had viral videos for being arrested before flipping an officer off, which is basically the cop arresting you because you hurt his feelings. Cops are arresting people For holding up signs that the cops don't like. Cops are arresting people for recording them because they don't like transparency or accountability. Please notice that all of the activities listed above are legal and upheld by the Supreme Court to be constitutionally protected activities which means that by arresting you the officer has committed a federal civil rights violation and broke the law because of their feelings. A few months ago, a man was arrested for having a sticker on the back of his window that the cop didn't like, and he refused to take it off. I could go on like this for the next hour, but I won't. The point is that the evidence shows that American police are out of control because there is no accountability and no repercussions for them breaking the law. Cops know they have qualified immunity shielding them from responsibility for their illegal actions so they will not stop violating rights and breaking laws until we abolish qualified immunity.

[@Gwazi]

@@Maintenance_Mark Crazy how apparently every day numerous videos of police “obviously in the wrong” are being uploaded yet you are talking about old videos XD Give me a stat instead of arguing off of emotions. Present some factual evidence. You can’t because you are wrong. I will literally win any argument about police. Try me Most of these videos of “police in the wrong” the police aren’t actually in the wrong lol. I can link you so many videos of people claiming police are in the wrong when they are not. You also clearly don’t know what qualified immunity is. It doesn’t protect police from a criminal investigation. It doesn’t mean cops can go commit crime lol. It’s only for civil matters. And it also serves a good purpose. But that’s irrelevant. I think there should be changes to qualified immunity. Because sometimes it is used for bad. What do you mean police are out of control? You think all cops are bad?

[@callofduty2551]

Huh, and I wonder why there's a rise in hatred for the police in our country.

[@666_cthulhu]

fr people love to say ‘not all cops! one bad apple doesn’t ruin the bunch! everybody makes mistakes!’ but this is a painfully obvious example of _deep, long-running_ corruption of local law enforcement. forgive me for not trusting a powerful organization full of people who do shit like this, ruin (or brutally end) innocent civilians’ lives, ‘investigate’ themselves, and get away with it _every goddamn time._ edit: oh, and at this point, i honestly can’t decide if this was just drunk driving, a targeted homophobic attack, or both. you never know with a crooked cop 🙄

[@doug2496]

why are they allowed to change their story like that without being charged.....

[@asjbfjbkaw]

average NA police classic, they will keep their job as well, just do an internal investigation and come out saying everything is fine

[@500ccRabbit]

Changing a story =/= lying. All three excuses are possible. He was distracted, he thought he saw a dog, then he rewatched the video and noticed that he object he missed was a parked car.

[@tweenytwinkies]

@@500ccRabbitLMAOOO the police won’t save you bud

[@anthonyacuna8604]

@@tweenytwinkies facts police don’t give a shit about the public, they cover their own ass all the time

[@rileyhardin7218]

@@500ccRabbit…

[@moslander3]

I’m from STL. The cops be zooming down the road all the time. Surprised it hasn’t happened already.

[@isaacmartinez6904]

If the police claimed that a dog was the cause for the police car from swerving and crashing into the bar, why didn't the police press the break immediately? This doesn't make any sense.

[@F0XD1E]

This dude was drunk or distracted and too much of a baby to admit his mistake.

[@interwebs_]

Boy do I have news for you about cops and dogs

[@imperfectly-balanced8861]

Are you okay brother? Just a tad worried for your well-being as that comment reads like someone trying to speak will having a brain aneurysm..

[@MimiUsagichan]

@@imperfectly-balanced8861are you illiterate?

[@fast-toast]

Why does the the brain ignore the second the.

[@muttipi]

people will see a new video like this everyday and still regurgitate the "just a few bad apples" line without acknowledging the rest of the quote.

[@tweenytwinkies]

Few bad apples spoil the whole barrel

[@intox8867]

Cop was likely balls deep into netflix on his standard issue PD laptop and noticed the car very last second; you can see the car jolt right at that point which looks like him making a last minute emergency maneuver. Swear a lot of these cops spend more time on their laptops while driving than they do actually watching the road; then want to give someone multiple tickets for having their phone mounted next to their steering wheel with Google Maps open for directions

[@vinterrev1326]

this was without a doubt a hate crime. two rookie cops, no dash cam or body cam footage, crashing into a gay bar and arresting the owner. these people should be put in prison immediately

[@basil9973]

Its at the very, very least insanely suspicious.

[@sandygehrmann6309]

"without a doubt" idk man, I reckon the police officer was probably just drunk, since other cops refused to test him for DUI.

[@thelostremainunfound]

Honestly was my thought too. With how long the history of police violence against the queer community is, I'd be shocked if it wasn't somewhat rooted in discrimination. That swerve looked really intentional in my opinion but we all know the cops will barely even get a slap on the wrist for this.

[@Orizzle1870]

It's really dangerous to assign intent to people you don't know or have any insight into their thought process.

[@StreakyBaconMan]

That seems like a massive stretch. I doubt that cops would deliberately crash their car into a gay bar and arresting the owners because they hate gay people - they aren't going to want an accident on their record. What is far more likely is they accidentally crashed into the bar, and then arrested the owner who had the nerve to be upset about it.

[@CoalSmudge]

That dashcam footage better be released, it’ll be perfect for an ad on wooden doorways.

[@robertm.4193]

He was drunk for sure.

[@apocalypticpraefectus8575]

That door was probably part of a historic building, nothing thrown together today would hold up like that. Cheers to someone's Grandpa.

[@Saxxybeast]

Willing to bet buddy was on his phone or under the influence when he hit that mad swerve, so it doesn't surprise me they'd try to strongarm and intimidate their way out of it.

[@CountGremlin]

This video shows how out of control those pigs are. Defund those bullies.

[@katestramenos929]

8:36 exactly what happened. He hurt his ego by driving into a building and being reprimanded by the owner. And then arrested him because he’s a big baby.

[@SpudRusset]

Even the police in St. Louis are terrible drivers 😂 Wasn’t expecting Charlie to talk about a place so close to home

[@Coovart]

I can’t believe the restaurant owner put his restaurant in the way of the police cruiser smh

[@InternalStryke]

bro crashed like he was in GTA

[@littled5986]

His textures didn’t load in quick enough

[@Eyedunno]

"You're under arrest!" "For what?" "For resisting arrest!"

[@bitefesili]

my assumption is that the bar owner came down agigated (reasonably so) and the cop who was already embarrassed and iriitated, took the owners surprise as an insult/"violent" because he clearly made a fool of himself.

[@chrisgreen8874]

It’s crazy to watch you on a daily basis and then, boom! seeing you cover one of the very normal happenings of our goofy corrupt police department.

[@Gwazi]

ah yes, this is very normal, thats why it made news!

[@BeeUhmazed]

he couldnt bring himself to mention the invisible boat mobile halfway parked in the street

[@ahmedhaidar8483]

“Can’t park there buddy”

[@mismatchingshoes5249]

he started sweeving after the crossing and after he passes the parked car there is no excuse

[@vincenthernandez2242]

I can tell you exactly what happens. The owner wanted to know why the hell a cop car crashed into his building. The cop didn't like that. Somebody was speaking to him in a way that he didn't approve of and his ego couldn't handle it. So he took the first opportunity he could to escalate the situation to violence and arrest the man on some BS charges

[@presidentbutterpudding4025]

pretty sure the cop had a plan to arrest him from before the crash.

[@vincenthernandez2242]

@@presidentbutterpudding4025 that's also possible. The crash looked pretty deliberate. Could have just been a plain old hate crime

[@sxmxnthx000]

I live near south St. Louis, and it's home to some of the worst police officers I've ever seen. I'm not surprised this happened. If it was a metropolitan police officer, I would not be shocked. A couple of months back, I had to call 911.... And nobody answered. There was not even a 911 operator. Nothing. It was an automated response saying to call back later. I was completely distraught.

[@sj_bakowski7934]

Some guy at the Richmond Heights Metrolink shot off a gun right in front of me. He walked off pistol in hand close enough to me i could have reached out and touched it and it happened right in front of, one of the cameras, i called the cops twice after, waited for over 30 min, they sent a metrolink security guard. Police dont give a sh&t about a damn thing.

[@sxmxnthx000]

@@sj_bakowski7934 we're doomed 😩😩😩😩

[@the_irishbull4657]

That buildings in an older part of town when they built shit to last, solid wood no doubt. I lived in that area years ago.

[@jamesstone6582]

Officer needs to not be fired, but charged with dui, hate crime and false imprisonment, that story is so infuriating

[@MrsCurioCheerio]

I bet the residents of St. Louis feel _so_ much safer now that the individual who had a car careen right into their building was the one arrested afterwards and not the individual responsible for causing the reckless crash in the first place

[@wonderfuI]

I'm a resident, this is just a typical Friday night honestly in this hellhole I'm not even surprised anymore 💀