re: #26 Higgs Boson’s Mate

In other words, the St. Louis cops learned nothing from the events of the past few weeks. Roorda’s statement is one of the most impressive examples of unrepentant, bullheaded stupidity that I’ve ever seen.

Morning Lizards.

He’s also against body cams. Claims they will be used to nickle and dime officers over minor offenses.

In any case, Roorda sees the push for body cameras as a way of harassing officers who commit minor infractions, like rolling a stop sign or not buckling their seat belt. He opposes the use of body cameras for the same reason.

Oh, and he’s a lying sack of shit as well.

According to court filings from a later appeal, Roorda was accused in 1997 of trying to cover for another officer by filing a report containing false statements about a suspect’s apprehension and arrest. That incident earned him a reprimand.

Four years later the department fired him after a dispute with his police chief over paternity leave grew heated. Roorda claimed that the chief verbally intimated him, but an audio recording proved that this claim, too, was a “false report.”