From MSN/Insider:
“4 cops were caught on video laughing after a disabled
veteran urinated on himself after being denied restroom access”
Four Dallas police officers were caught on video laughing
about a disabled veteran urinating on himself after he was denied access to a
restaurant bathroom.
The veteran, Dynell Lane, told the Dallas Community Police
Oversight Board that he asked two off-duty police officers who were working
security at Serious Pizza to review his medical paperwork at around 2:15 a.m.
on June 10 after employees said he couldn't use the restrooms, The Dallas
Morning News reported. Lane called 911, but officers did not arrive in time,
and he said he left after he had a "urine and bowel leak issue," the
paper reported.
Two on-duty police officers arrived at the restaurant, and
body-camera footage shows them asking the off-duty cops about someone who
reported having "pissed themselves," according to the local paper. "So
you guys made a guy pee himself?" one of the on-duty officers said while
laughing and bringing her a fist to her mouth. One of the off-duty officers
smiles and says, "Yeah," while the other one questions: "He
called 911?" When the on-duty
officers respond affirmatively, one of the off-duty officers exclaims,
"Ah!" and slaps his knee while laughing, the paper reported. "He
got mad you guys wouldn't let him use the restroom, and then he calls back and
said it's OK; he doesn't need to pee anymore because he soiled —" one of
the on-duty officers says before the other one appears to shut off the body
camera filming the exchange.
'Ally's Law' Lane said he was wounded while deployed for the US Army in
Afghanistan and Kuwait and had surgery on his lower extremities. The US Army
confirmed details of his service to the paper. "The Dallas Police
Department failed me," Lane told oversight members, the Dallas Morning
News reported. "Two Dallas police officers discriminated against me and
declined to assist me in bridging the gap between myself and the Serious Pizza
manager." Several states, including Texas, have a restroom access
law known as "Ally's Law," which requires establishments to allow
individuals with certain medical conditions to access their restroom facilities
when needed. "If a retail establishment chooses to ignore a person
who is trying to present such documents, they should be held accountable,"
Lane told the oversight board, the paper reported. He added that this is one of
the reasons the Americans with Disabilities Act is in place. The
department's internal-affairs division initially found that the officers did
not violate department policy, the paper reported. This week, a police
spokesperson told the Dallas Morning News that the department is "looking
into the complaint" but when asked if the investigation had been reopened,
said that it hadn't. The oversight board questioned why internal-affairs
officials did not initially investigate the incident. One oversight
board member, Jonathan Maples, said the incident had "absolutely turned my
stomach," and that it was "absolutely appalling" to treat a
veteran that way. In a statement to the Dallas Morning News, Milkshake
Concepts, the company that owns Serious Pizza, said it was "aware of the
unfortunate incident." "To provide a safe environment for all of our
guests and team members, we hire off-duty Dallas Police Department
officers," the statement said. "We are reviewing our safety
procedures to avoid similar incidents while continuing to ensure the safety and
comfort of our team members and guests, as that is our top priority."
^ Sadly this kind of open and disgusting discrimination – from
the Employees of Serious Pizza, the Off-Duty Cops working Security there and
the On-Duty Cops – doesn’t surprise me. The Employees should be reprimanded and
the Off-Duty Cops and the On-Duty Cops should be fired from the Police Force. They
clearly have no compassion for people and don’t deserve to continue to “Serve
and Protect.” ^
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