So remember the kid who videotaped the cop chewing him out?

The good news is that the officers is on unpaid leave, and may be fired. Or even prosecuted.

The bad news is that the video from the camera mounted on the officer’s squad car has mysteriously disappeared. Golly. Wonder how that happened?

Yet another reason why it should always be legal to videotape on-duty police officers.

MORE: Turns out that the cop in question was able to get a judge to expunge his criminal record….so he could become a police officer. Those records were also helpfully sealed, making it difficult for the public to learn that, for example, the cop was once arrested for assault.

Oh, and the town’s police chief totally denies those allegations that he sexually harassed a woman during a traffic stop. But he was suspended without pay, put on probation and then….given a job as police chief in another jurisdiction.

Ah, professionalism. You go, Justice Scalia!

(Update links via Billy Beck.)

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