What I don't understand is how police have always been above scrutiny, beyond reproach, pillars of truth and justice, until the moment that citizens gained the ability to record them.
Do us all a favor and stop saying cops are fired when they resign. They let them resign specifically so that they can continue their careers in law enforcement.
@@MichaelDeHaven Won't do anywhere near what you expect it to. I agree it has to go, but the real solution is what these cops did, and there were 3 or 4 of them as I recall, was CRIMINAL...They assaulted then kidnapped him. They need to go to jail.
When this officer claims it is "unlawful" to take photos of license plates, he is obviously forgetting about dashcams. This cop is only interested in escalating the situation in service to his own perceived authority.
What a bunch of b. s. My father used to teach police about the law (he was an attorney) and he often came home shaking his head about how ignorant they were, even after he'd reviewed laws and their application.
Officer Johnny Cagle resigned so he can avoid it being on his employment record, and probably received unspoken assurances that resigning would ensure he wouldn't be prosecuted.
texas cops are notorious for not knowing the law nor do they care. That guy is lucky to be alive. No matter the cop will just get a cop job someplace else.
So here is what should shock you , the fact that we live in a so-called free country, yet all cops, believe that you are under their command at any time
These two are just the tip of an iceberg. Cities and counties everywhere have been sloppy over the past decades hiring inappropriately intellectually equipped, and unprofessional officers. Lack of proper supervision and promotion from within have allowed these dullard officers to migrate into administration roles where they foster an environment where mediocrity thrives as it did in this and other departments recently in the news. Sooner or later, taxpayers will be on the hook for damage awards in the millions unless departments and counties everywhere take this bull by the horns and fix their shit.
To all auditors: Keep fighting the good fight! Until these public servants realize integrity and accountability are values not to be feared, you are needed. Thank you for your service.
No doubt this cop pulled this intimidation act throughout his career and probably has a collection of public complaints against him that somehow got "overlooked."
I'm confused. At 3:13 the officer states the accident investigation is DONE. So how is the person recording "interfering with the investigation" (3:33)?
@@MichaelBonner-m6v The cops did say that the investigation was over and that he was interfering with it as well. Which just goes to show their malice and that it had nothing to do with a misunderstanding of the legal Framework. This will be a great argument in the courtroom to get the city to pay big time..
It's refreshing to see a police department actually taking police misconduct seriously. I applaud them for firing and suspending. Now both officers need to face the consequences of their assault and battery in court.
So they bought him a house, and lost their jobs, and may all go to jail. The citizens should not pick up the tab, however. End qualified immunity, and make these settlements come from the PBA, and police retirement funds...and it will all end.
Its almost as if the very people that are enforcing the law don't care what the law is or if you are actually breaking it.....They just think they are the law...AWESOME SYSTEM!!!
I disagree. Communities that support the occupying army the police have evolved into are responsible for this tyranny. So long as communities allow funding to police, they are sponsoring terrorism. Thus, communities must continue to pay lawsuits until they learn not to support the enemy.
@@FreeRadicals305 i’m sure Williamson County just north of Austin Texas would be happy to have him, almost everybody that drives through there has a horror story from when they got pulled over that one time.
I’m glad the police department was so quick to act and take real action, although the officer at fault did resign, he wasn’t fired. And there needs to be consequences to prevent it in the future because it’s obviously an injustice and taxpayers will pay for it.
They aren't quick at all and they are covering their asses. They let this fool resign so they didn't have to fire him. This is so he can retain his status and work at another department down the road. It was a good old boy favor. If this department really was looking to react, then they should have tested, trained and been aware of this officers ignorance and attitudes and demeanor from the beginning and acted before this kind of damage was suffered by the tax payer. I assure you they were and would venture to guess they gave him satisfactory or even high reviews. No. They want him that way. They promote that way. They protect that way.
If taking pictures of licence plates is illegal, wouldn't that make speed cameras and camera operated toll stations illegal too? Not to mention the surveillance cameras that are literally everywhere?
CHIEF:" Cagle, this looks bad. Real bad. So bad, we have no choice (because if we did have a choice, we'd let it slide) ...but we have no choice but to fire you. Next thursday at 4:30pm. ... unless... you were to resign prior to that thereby protecting your pension and keeping "terminated for being a dumbass" off your employment record.
@@frankiefourfingers6781 I think it's like fox news and the rest. If I put enough fear in you, you will cave in to my will. Most people don't know much about their own rights and authorities rely on that.
any cop with a sleeve I already know they have had many obsessive force complaints. If they are bald.... they definitely using their family as MMA practice targets.
1:25bi wish he would have said,” yes, I do work for the newspaper, so how does that affect me doing the same thing I was doing?” It doesn’t matter if he is newspaper journalist or not, what he is doing is not illegal and they are just trying to bully him off the scene incase something does go awry, cops don’t want video evidence (other than their own) to be used against them. These guys should have been fired so good for that city/township.
Not exactly - the Gov't requires you have the plate. It's all the private dash cams that need to be removed (by their logic). I'm sure Cagle is in favor of the department's automated plate-readers though. And toll cameras. And speed cameras. "Laws for thee; not for me."
@@pseudonymble technically we also need to either remove our eyes or find a way to erase memories, cause remembering plate numbers is a thing. oh, and pen/pencil and paper. cant write things down. best stop teaching reading and writing too, so these cops dont get butthurt.
If a citizen did this, they would be arrested immediately, but when a cop does it, they must investigate to see if it rises to the level of criminality. FTP!
It should all be funded by their and that mean all of them even if not involved pensions and by us tax payers!! If these law suits were funded by every single officers pension I guarantee this shit will stop
Your system stinks All the officers have to do is go to the next precinct and will be employed. That is why nothing changes. Thugs with guns can just move around.😩😩😩
This cop has no idea what the law is & I'm sure the department he works for doesn't either. Medoza is an idiot and now he's in trouble because he can't think for himself.
Mendonza even admitted that the "scene" was over and they were just waiting for the tow trucks to haul away the vehicles. If the "scene" was over, the cops no longer had any authority to limit access to the crime scene. Cops #EarningTheHate
Where do they find these ignorant people? Of all the people who they could give a badge and gun to. They have to hire these people. Then cops wonder why they get no respect. Respect is earned. And until they earn it, we won't give it
Cops under investigation should NOT be allowed to resign to dodge disciplinary action by the state
Or become a cop, again, down the road somewhere.
Why does he even care who is taking pictures at an accident scene? This is pure ego.
End qualified immunity now and stop paying for pignorance like this
End qualified immunity! Make each officer personally liable! Take a percentage of EACH settlement out of the corrupt police union's pension fund.
What I don't understand is how police have always been above scrutiny, beyond reproach, pillars of truth and justice, until the moment that citizens gained the ability to record them.
End qualified immunity and make cops carry insurance to cover their misdeeds and violation of citizen rights
Better yet make all penalties come from their union pension fund.
They’d clean up or quit tomorrow.
Either way, American Citizens win.
The guy should sue both Police officers and the dept.
He should've been fired as the title states. Instead, he'll still have benefits when he should be considered a criminal.
"You are not my dad!!!! Awesome
Do us all a favor and stop saying cops are fired when they resign. They let them resign specifically so that they can continue their careers in law enforcement.
You do realize they get to resign with benefits amd then get hired 2 towns over.
It's a closed system that takes care their rights violating cops.
How can cops be so ignorant of the law, when they are literally called Law enforcement officers.
Both officers SHOULD face criminal prosecution for assaulting an innocent man.
Lmao 🤣
You can’t record the scene of the crime!
@@Trump2024_American_Patriot Especially when it's the cops committing the crimes.
USA needs to STOP paying pensions to these crooks in uniforms.
We need to reform qualified immunity.
@@MichaelDeHaven Won't do anywhere near what you expect it to. I agree it has to go, but the real solution is what these cops did, and there were 3 or 4 of them as I recall, was CRIMINAL...They assaulted then kidnapped him. They need to go to jail.
When this officer claims it is "unlawful" to take photos of license plates, he is obviously forgetting about dashcams. This cop is only interested in escalating the situation in service to his own perceived authority.
At 2:16 “I need a supervisor here because this person knows my job better than me and I’m floundering..
What a bunch of b. s. My father used to teach police about the law (he was an attorney) and he often came home shaking his head about how ignorant they were, even after he'd reviewed laws and their application.
I'd bet cash, that since the PD allowed Cagle to "resign", he just moved to a neighboring PD.
Very likely.
Police should NOT BE ALLOWED TO RESIGN WHEN FACING CHARGES OR DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS AS A RESULT OF THEIR CRIMES.
Cops with arm tatoos are hilarious. He looks like he belongs in a Geritol commercial.
If taking pictures of license plates is illegal, there are thousands of police departments in the US breaking the law.
Only illegal when cops don't do it.
Dash cams too! And don't forget doorbell cameras! Illegal, illegal, illegal!
Accepted his RESIGNATION? That allows him to find another LE job somewhere else. Watch out for cops with arm tattoos
Officer Johnny Cagle resigned so he can avoid it being on his employment record, and probably received unspoken assurances that resigning would ensure he wouldn't be prosecuted.
If you need to ask for permission to exercise your rights, you don't have rights.
There needs to be a third party agency that monitors the police, internal affairs is not enough to ensure that officers actually enforce the law.
Yeah, that movement already exists. It is called 'Defund the Police'.
texas cops are notorious for not knowing the law nor do they care.
That guy is lucky to be alive.
No matter the cop will just get a cop job someplace else.
So here is what should shock you , the fact that we live in a so-called free country, yet all cops, believe that you are under their command at any time
Sue the eff out of both cops and department
What about all of the dash cams driving by
Cops don't become bullies...
Bullies become cops...
This 👆
These two are just the tip of an iceberg. Cities and counties everywhere have been sloppy over the past decades hiring inappropriately intellectually equipped, and unprofessional officers. Lack of proper supervision and promotion from within have allowed these dullard officers to migrate into administration roles where they foster an environment where mediocrity thrives as it did in this and other departments recently in the news. Sooner or later, taxpayers will be on the hook for damage awards in the millions unless departments and counties everywhere take this bull by the horns and fix their shit.
It takes a certain kind of scumbag to want to be a cop
YUP
I'm convinced that there is NO such thing as a good cop!
Yeah Mendoza you take over from here😂😮🐷💩🐷💩🐷💩🐷💩📸📸📸📸📸📸📸📸📸📸📸📸📸📸📸📸📸📸📸 well you and Medusa are in big trouble now😂😮😅❤
To all auditors: Keep fighting the good fight! Until these public servants realize integrity and accountability are values not to be feared, you are needed. Thank you for your service.
No doubt this cop pulled this intimidation act throughout his career and probably has a collection of public complaints against him that somehow got "overlooked."
💯
Public streets are public. Taxpayers pay for these incompetent police officers, resignation is not the same as fired.
I bet that cop voted for Trump
I bet 90+% of them voted that way.
When you know your rights you can play cops like a fiddle
A lawyer has to go through 8 years of school to learn the law. A cop gets 8 weeks of training and gets a badge and gun and know the law......
They should be charged with assult! 😕
The city didn't punish the cops, they slapped one on the wrist and let the other resign, how is that punishing them for their actions.
the thing is, it isn't just these 2, it is in every police dept across the country. Can't stress every enough..
Yes. If the DOJ or FBI digs into the record of any police dept. In this country they will find misconduct.
Every single one.
Unfortunately the dirty nazi pig problem is not just specific to your country it's a worldwide thing
The "fired" cop needs to be added to the Brady list. Hire him at another department at your peril.
They know the law, they just don't care. They thought they'd get away with it.
Wrong. Majority of cops don't know the law. They just act like they do.
And kidnapping since they moved him with out telling him he was under arrest!
I'm glad that the cops where called out that they can legally lie to the public.
Legally, until it's not and they get caught.
Coproaches hate cameras.🤬
I'm confused. At 3:13 the officer states the accident investigation is DONE. So how is the person recording "interfering with the investigation" (3:33)?
To be fair, you're confused because the officers' actions make no sense whatever.
@@MichaelBonner-m6v
The cops did say that the investigation was over and that he was interfering with it as well.
Which just goes to show their malice and that it had nothing to do with a misunderstanding of the legal
Framework.
This will be a great argument in the courtroom to get the city to pay big time..
It's refreshing to see a police department actually taking police misconduct seriously. I applaud them for firing and suspending. Now both officers need to face the consequences of their assault and battery in court.
dont worry, that pig will just get a new job at the next police department...
@@hardyharr9377 if one department does the right thing it's a step in the right direction. They can only clean their own house.
@@ikskrag3375 its merely the illusion of doing the right thing. Police unions are corrupt af.
No expectation of privacy on public counts for public accident scenes too Officer. 😂😂😂
I see so many videos like this where the cops ego won't let him admit that the citizen is doing nothing wrong and they just have to escalate things.
So they bought him a house, and lost their jobs, and may all go to jail.
The citizens should not pick up the tab, however.
End qualified immunity, and make these settlements come from the PBA, and police retirement funds...and it will all end.
Lots of easily recognizable faces that these piggies have.
They all look the same.
Both cops need to be suspended from life
Its almost as if the very people that are enforcing the law don't care what the law is or if you are actually breaking it.....They just think they are the law...AWESOME SYSTEM!!!
Both cop's should be in jail
The cop will get a job somewhere else and continue this BS. Also the taxpayers of the city will have to pay for their bad behavior
OH NO! He's taking pictures of other people's CARS and LICENSE PLATES!
Imagine the things he can do with that!.... like... like... ummm...
Meanwhile there’s people all around the scene filming with their cell phones
That was totally unnecessary, a cop like that gives good cops a bad name.
When police officers get sued the cost should come from their pension and not tax payer money.
I disagree. Communities that support the occupying army the police have evolved into are responsible for this tyranny.
So long as communities allow funding to police, they are sponsoring terrorism.
Thus, communities must continue to pay lawsuits until they learn not to support the enemy.
Allowed to resign is totally different than fired, he will have a brand new car and another badge the next county over.
Of course a 'Golden Parachute' parting gift, too.
@@FreeRadicals305 i’m sure Williamson County just north of Austin Texas would be happy to have him, almost everybody that drives through there has a horror story from when they got pulled over that one time.
The entire police department should get remedial training. And better still, stop hiring bullies into the force!
It would be helpful if cops knew the law.
Not a requirement.
@@nsbd90now yes I know. Many do and lie anyway.
Two people sent to the Hospital over photos? Way to De-escalate Officers!
How in the hell are police regularly not only completely ignorant of this law, but just flat out lie about it.
I’m glad the police department was so quick to act and take real action, although the officer at fault did resign, he wasn’t fired.
And there needs to be consequences to prevent it in the future because it’s obviously an injustice and taxpayers will pay for it.
They let him resign so that he could get a job with another department. LOL!!!
They aren't quick at all and they are covering their asses. They let this fool resign so they didn't have to fire him. This is so he can retain his status and work at another department down the road. It was a good old boy favor. If this department really was looking to react, then they should have tested, trained and been aware of this officers ignorance and attitudes and demeanor from the beginning and acted before this kind of damage was suffered by the tax payer. I assure you they were and would venture to guess they gave him satisfactory or even high reviews. No. They want him that way. They promote that way. They protect that way.
@@tedwiley2181Yeah, that shouldn't happen. What good does it do if he goes somewhere else and does the same thing?
I noticed the other people taking pictures in the video & wondered why they were allowed to be there when they were closer to the scene.
Yes, saw this a while ago on one of the Auditor channels and the videographer pointed out the same.
Probably a racist cop.
In this day and age, I’m perfectly fine when tyrants like this don’t make it home. For citizen safety.
Cop ignorance, egos and lies ruin lives.
If taking pictures of licence plates is illegal, wouldn't that make speed cameras and camera operated toll stations illegal too? Not to mention the surveillance cameras that are literally everywhere?
You know Cagle probably had his next police job lined up before he "resigned" right?
CHIEF:" Cagle, this looks bad. Real bad. So bad, we have no choice (because if we did have a choice, we'd let it slide) ...but we have no choice but to fire you. Next thursday at 4:30pm. ... unless... you were to resign prior to that thereby protecting your pension and keeping "terminated for being a dumbass" off your employment record.
Against the law to take videos of license plate! What about the thousands/millions of surveillance cameras everywhere in America and the world?
Cagle will just go to a different jurisdiction and be a cop again.
Force officers to be licensed and bonded!!!
The solution is that simple.
Damn Mendoza you should have told your partner to calm the F down.
Texas. It's commonplace to have power hungry cops. In fact it's expected. Part of the job description.
How is it after all this time and all these videos that these cops still don’t know the 1st grade basics of the law?…unreal
They know but hope that the public don't.
@@frankiefourfingers6781 I think it's like fox news and the rest. If I put enough fear in you, you will cave in to my will. Most people don't know much about their own rights and authorities rely on that.
any cop with a sleeve I already know they have had many obsessive force complaints. If they are bald.... they definitely using their family as MMA practice targets.
The cops were finished with the accident so what's the point of telling him to leave or arrest him
Power tripping - 'you will respect my authority'.
1:25bi wish he would have said,” yes, I do work for the newspaper, so how does that affect me doing the same thing I was doing?” It doesn’t matter if he is newspaper journalist or not, what he is doing is not illegal and they are just trying to bully him off the scene incase something does go awry, cops don’t want video evidence (other than their own) to be used against them. These guys should have been fired so good for that city/township.
Take their pensions.
Both of these cops should be fired for trampling on the mans rights. I hope the now sues
So, according to this logic i dont have to display my cars license plate because anyone can see it in public.
Not exactly - the Gov't requires you have the plate. It's all the private dash cams that need to be removed (by their logic). I'm sure Cagle is in favor of the department's automated plate-readers though. And toll cameras. And speed cameras. "Laws for thee; not for me."
@@pseudonymble technically we also need to either remove our eyes or find a way to erase memories, cause remembering plate numbers is a thing. oh, and pen/pencil and paper. cant write things down. best stop teaching reading and writing too, so these cops dont get butthurt.
I'll bet the DA squashes it, the cop gets hired by the friend of a friend, and they all go out for beers.
Those pickle smokers should face criminal charges. End of story
Police "training" needs to be extended for all of the force, by A LOT.
The gang tattoos weren't a clue?
The Blue Line Gang is the biggest gang in America.
If a citizen did this, they would be arrested immediately, but when a cop does it, they must investigate to see if it rises to the level of criminality. FTP!
So he wasn't fired like you say in the title. He was allowed to resign before the investigation was complete, so nothing on his record.
Resignation is a formal way of saying fired!! It's to make it sound more professional instead of straightforward as it should be
It should all be funded by their and that mean all of them even if not involved pensions and by us tax payers!! If these law suits were funded by every single officers pension I guarantee this shit will stop
Your system stinks
All the officers have to do is go to the next precinct and will be employed. That is why nothing changes. Thugs with guns can just move around.😩😩😩
he first cop draws the second cop into his mania, the second cop didn't have the balls to tell cop one to say anything.
Back the blue till it happens to you 👍
This cop has no idea what the law is & I'm sure the department he works for doesn't either. Medoza is an idiot and now he's in trouble because he can't think for himself.
Mendonza even admitted that the "scene" was over and they were just waiting for the tow trucks to haul away the vehicles.
If the "scene" was over, the cops no longer had any authority to limit access to the crime scene.
Cops #EarningTheHate
both cops should face charges for the crimes they committed or conspired to commit
Another potential Coffee Tx employee
These criminal cops are welcome in Florida!
Nope Texazz😂. Same difference😂.
Where do they find these ignorant people? Of all the people who they could give a badge and gun to. They have to hire these people. Then cops wonder why they get no respect. Respect is earned. And until they earn it, we won't give it
Because you don't drive around all day with your license plates out in public
With dash cams recording license plates