Pistol-whipped Alabama police officer mocked on Twitter, Facebook as bloody ... - New York Daily News
An Alabama police officer was pistol-whipped with his own gun during a traffic stop — and then mocked by cop critics online. The plainclothes Birmingham detective was investigating a string of burglaries when he stopped a GMC Yukon and was attacked by the driver, authorities said. The suspect stole the detective’s gun during the struggle and clubbed him repeatedly with it, leaving the officer lying limp on the ground, Al. com reported. Pictures of the bloodied officer surfaced on social media shortly after the brutal confrontation. “Pistol pimped his face n um chillen now,” Twitter user @TriggaMane666 posted with a picture of the wounded officer. “Pistol whipped his ass to sleep,” a Facebook user wrote before deleting a post showing the officer face down on the sidewalk. Heath Boackle, president of the Fraternal Order of Police, told Al. com. The 34-year-old has a violent criminal history, including an assault conviction in 2006. Boackle blamed a national climate of poor police-community relations for the officer’s injuries. “If the officer would have shot him, then he would have shot an ‘unarmed man,’” Boackle told Al. com. Source: www.nydailynews.com
