Comments on: MPD Cop Brings Gun to Snowball Fight

By: Snowballer Cop Keeps his Badge » We Love DC

Snowballer Cop Keeps his Badge » We Love DC — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:13:48 +0000

[...] a fireable offense. This is lucky for Detective Mike Baylor, who,you’ll remember, didn’t take kindly to his hummer being hit by snowballs and waived his gun at some people involved in a U St. snowball [...]

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By: Featured Photo » We Love DC

Featured Photo » We Love DC — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:01:38 +0000

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By: KR

KR — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 03:18:40 +0000

This is good stuff, Taxpayer 26! Sieg Heil!

December 25th, 2009 at 7:54 am
(KR: SERIOUSLY? THIS IS HOW YOU SPENT YOUR WAKING HOURS ON CHRISTMAS MORNING?)

“As a taxpaying voting resident of the District of Columbia I expected my Top Cop to explain that the actions of the mob were in fact illegal and would not be tolerated under any circumstances. Then explain that the entire incident would be thoroughly investigated, to include why the Third District officers tucked tail and left the scene when members of the mob refused to obey their lawful order to stop their illegal activity.”

I was no more than 40 feet from the detective throughout the incident. I had been taking photos of a joyful, harmless scene. I’m a 46 year-old, 8-year resident of the neighborhood for (age given because I’m no “kid”). And I’m a taxpayer, too (#27, perhaps?)

You’re just wrong on the facts. Moreover, anyone who would refer to that group as a “mob” is–to be polite–a bit over-zealous. Numerous police came by and did not attempt to end the “illegal” actions (it was a snowball fight). I even saw one grinning as he took photos from his passing car. The snow was very soft and it was difficult to make snowballs with it (no person was going to be injured and no car damaged). The snowballs would barely hold together.

The detective who felt the need to draw a weapon when all he had to do is show a badge is completely at fault here.

Thank God our police chief saw this…and does not think like you do.

By: Taxpayer26

Taxpayer26 — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 12:54:51 +0000

As a taxpaying voting resident of the District of Columbia I expected my Top Cop to explain that the actions of the mob were in fact illegal and would not be tolerated under any circumstances. Then explain that the entire incident would be thoroughly investigated, to include why the Third District officers tucked tail and left the scene when members of the mob refused to obey their lawful order to stop their illegal activity. Why the officials seen on the video did not take control of the situation upon their arrival. That the video would be used to identify and prosecute those observed throwing snowballs (missiles) and assaulting the detective. I expected her to also explain that the officer seen on the video telling the mob to continue with their illegal activity (which caused the confrontation with the detective) to continue was wrong. Law enforcement officials cannot concern themselves with making people mad when it comes to legally enforcing the law.

Chief Lanier needs to understand that leadership can’t be a popularity contest. Her reckless statement confirmed that she is ineffective and unable to confront the people who truly need to be confronted. Her actions single handedly damaged the credibility and reputation of the Metropolitan Police Department. The fact that she disgraced and humiliated her detective for doing what the members of the Third District should have done, instead of being a true leader and being honest with the mob, regardless of how bad it may have hurt their feelings, erased any respect/credibility that I, as a taxpaying resident, reasonably could have had for her. She literally did not hesitate to throw the detective to the wolves to appease the public. The true act of a coward not a leader.

Are Chief Lanier and Assistant Chief Newsham to dense to realize that had anyone been injured or property been damaged, whether they voluntarily participated in the illegal activity or not, the district would have been held liable once it was revealed that the police department was aware that the illegal activity was occurring and allowed it to continue. As a voting taxpayer, I’m tired of paying for expensive champagne and getting moonshine when it comes to the management of the Metropolitan Police Department.

By: Snow Balls of Death » We Love DC

Snow Balls of Death » We Love DC — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:22:21 +0000

[...] now, pretty much everyone in DC knows about the cop that brought a gun to a snow ball fight. Before casting aspersions, it should be noted that there is historical precedence for gun fire to [...]

By: Office Over-reaction, in the act » We Love DC

Office Over-reaction, in the act » We Love DC — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 03:07:10 +0000

[...] Paper has a good writeup of the bringing a gun to a snowball fight situation, complete with pictures of the man with his pistol in his hand. Their photos come [...]

By: Anarchon

Anarchon — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 23:47:11 +0000

http://tinyurl.com/ycy4wvy picture of plainclothes officer drawing gun after he gets out of his Hummer. Fail.

By: Geb

Geb — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 23:26:14 +0000

Not to excuse the cop’s actions but if someone hadn’t thrown the snowball at the Hummer in the first place, there wouldn’t have been an incident. I know some people in that neighborhood so I’m sure the snowballers prefer Prius over Hummer. I was driving today and the conditions are not good, getting your truck pelted with snow balls in busy snowed intersection would piss me off too.

By: NO WAY

NO WAY — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 22:25:04 +0000

This needs to be addressed IMMEDIATELY !

By: Todd

Todd — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 22:23:12 +0000

A cop pulling a gun on a community, WHAT. Who trained this officer on weapons safety and what was he thinking drawing a deadly weapon on a group of TAX PAYING RESIDENTS! Will he be held accountable, well who knows. His behavior completely ignored public safety, after all that is his position, PUBLIC SAFETY!

By: KR

KR — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 21:38:34 +0000

A short video from few minutes before the cop in the Hummer got out and drew his gun: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-q5UjjuOX0

Just a plain old snowball fight.

Bad cop. No donut.

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By: Samer

Samer — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 21:34:32 +0000

This cop needs to spend a night in jail and a year behind a desk. Hell, if it were my police department, he’d be fired just for having a Hummer.

By: Take his badge

Take his badge — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 21:32:22 +0000

They need to take this pig’s badge. Great idea…plain clothes cop pulling a gun on U Street. Lucky nobody else was packing, or he’d have probably gotten shot, himself. MPD sucks.