{"id":127587,"date":"2014-07-02T20:06:33","date_gmt":"2014-07-02T20:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/?p=127587"},"modified":"2014-07-02T20:06:33","modified_gmt":"2014-07-02T20:06:33","slug":"video-shows-cop-shove-man-wheelchair-ruled-within-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/breaking-news\/video-shows-cop-shove-man-wheelchair-ruled-within-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Shows Cop Shove Man Out Of Wheelchair, Ruled “Within Policy”"},"content":{"rendered":"

What does it take to get a police officer fired? Well, apparently shoving a disabled man out of his wheelchair then charging him with “felony battery against a law enforcement officer,” a charge which was later dropped, isn’t enough.<\/span><\/p>\n

From\u00a0<\/span>JC Online<\/a>:<\/span>
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The entire Lafayette Police Department command staff recommended that Lt. Tom Davidson be fired for toppling a man in a wheelchair into the street last year, but the department’s Civil Service Commission decided instead to issue a 30-day suspension and place the officer on supervisory probation for a year.<\/i><\/p>\n


\nLafayette Police Chief Patrick Flannelly made that revelation Tuesday as he released a video of the wheelchair incident, which took place Oct. 1.<\/p>\n

“It was just inappropriate,” Flannelly said of Davidson’s behavior, adding that it was especially egregious given the lieutenant’s status as the highest-ranking officer at the scene.<\/p>\n

The five civilians on the commission agreed that Davidson had engaged in conduct unbecoming an officer. They disagreed, however, on the second charge brought against him, voting 3-2 that his use of force in response to resistance was in line with LPD policies.<\/i><\/p>\n