New Orleans Police Protecting Their Own

An American citizen would be arrested and placed in jail for this crime. Because it was a cop, she will get away with this. Read as another cop on the scene jokes that she should have shot a bystander who was trying to defuse the situation.

People ask why this happens. I can show you why just from one line from this story about what had happened.

"For reasons unknown, she starting honking incessantly at the driver of the car in front of her in the pickup line. "

She is a cop and felt because she has power that she should not have to wait. She does not have to use patience like other citizens. As they feel, they can do what they want. They are the law and answer to no one.

I think it is disgusting. The police no longer protect and serve. If anything they abuse their power. As in the words of NWA, "Fuck the Police!".

Officer Accused of Threats Suspended

Police Superintendent Warren Riley on Thursday suspended officer Ashley Terry, who allegedly brandished a gun and screamed expletives at a woman in front of dozens of children Tuesday at the Treme Community Center.

NOPD internal affairs investigators flocked to the Treme Center to interview witnesses Thursday morning, responding to a news report publishing witness accounts. The investigation found cause to believe that Terry "may have pulled her weapon" without cause, said Riley, who suspended the officer without pay.

Riley indicated that the conduct of officers who responded to a 911 call about the incident would also come under scrutiny.

"If the officer or officers who responded failed to write a report or take appropriate action, we will take action," Riley said.

Witnesses said the responding officer, whom Police Department spokesman Bob Young described Thursday as a "ranking 1st District officer," did little more than speak privately with Terry -- and then joke loudly about how she should've shot a man who challenged her during the incident.

Witnesses said the man only tried to defuse the dangerous situation, asking her to put the gun away because children were present. The ranking officer and one or two others who responded to the same call then filed the 911 complaint as "unfounded," Young said.

Terry, who has served on the police force 15 months, came to the center Tuesday afternoon to pick up a 7-year-old nephew from the Tamborine and Fan summer camp. For reasons unknown, she starting honking incessantly at the driver of the car in front of her in the pickup line.

When that driver responded, annoyed, the officer then screamed at the woman, "B----, you don't know who you're f---ing with," among other coarse threats, witnesses said. At some point she identified herself as a 7th District police officer, and flaunted her gun in full view of many witnesses, including children, witnesses reported.