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Floyd R. Turbo

(26,547 posts)
Mon Dec 30, 2019, 03:19 PM Dec 2019

I have three words for these assholes and they're not "Happy New Year"!

Two Mobile Police Officers have caused outrage online after an image of them appearing to ridicule homeless people went viral over the holiday period.

The post shows the two officers holding up a so-called “quilt” of cardboard signs apparently confiscated from homeless people in the city. The accompanying text says: “Wanna wish everybody in the 4th precinct a Merry Christmas, especially our captain. Hope you enjoy our homeless quilt. Sincerely Panhandler patrol.”

The two officers, Preston McGraw and Alexandre Olivier, are recent graduates of the Mobile Police Academy. McGraw graduated in February of 2018 and Olivier in January of 2019. Two other people are also tagged in the image but it’s not clear who they are.

The photo appears to have been taken inside a Mobile Police Department office.







https://www.al.com/news/2019/12/mobile-police-officers-appear-to-ridicule-homeless-people-in-viral-facebook-post.html

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I have three words for these assholes and they're not "Happy New Year"! (Original Post) Floyd R. Turbo Dec 2019 OP
Stolen signs? disgusting riff raff saidsimplesimon Dec 2019 #1
How about, "Burn in Hell" Cartoonist Dec 2019 #2
My three words volstork Dec 2019 #17
Assholes abound. LakeArenal Dec 2019 #3
This is really sad, for those people who have to make those signs in order to get help ... SWBTATTReg Dec 2019 #4
I thought it would have been GFY! TheBlackAdder Dec 2019 #5
That was my pick also. 🤬🤬 madinmaryland Dec 2019 #11
Or "F U a**holes." nt tblue37 Dec 2019 #32
I wonder if we have the same three? 11 Bravo Dec 2019 #6
Omg, How insensitive!! Bastards. secondwind Dec 2019 #7
I bet these two asshats Bettie Dec 2019 #8
And churches. Aristus Dec 2019 #13
FTP. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2019 #9
A little time in the unemployment line would wipe that grin off their faces. lpbk2713 Dec 2019 #10
That is the only way they would learn anything. Fired Immediately !! Stuart G Dec 2019 #19
Isn't Alabama the buckle of the Bible Belt? gratuitous Dec 2019 #12
God, I fucking hate cops. Aristus Dec 2019 #14
B-List Porn Star Mustache: Check ret5hd Dec 2019 #15
Many Cops Are Bastards. irisblue Dec 2019 #16
I have a friend who is a Presbyterian minister TNNurse Dec 2019 #18
Mobile Alabama now has an awul reputation as a result of this picture. Fire the cops!! Stuart G Dec 2019 #20
I lived in Mobile, many years ago. Mariana Dec 2019 #28
"Recent graduates"? Nice. Grins Dec 2019 #21
This is a reflection of what they are being taught in the academy. lpbk2713 Dec 2019 #23
Next step is to practice their baton skills on the homeless dalton99a Dec 2019 #22
Confiscation of those signs, if that is what occurred, violates the First Amendment malchickiwick Dec 2019 #24
That's one for the books David__77 Dec 2019 #25
new recruits... stillcool Dec 2019 #26
I'm sure that Jesus would be proud. Initech Dec 2019 #27
the fact that they thought this was a good idea Skittles Dec 2019 #29
Once people lose bdamomma Dec 2019 #30
These guys need a good old-fashioned blanket party. Talitha Dec 2019 #31
The one on the left looks like he just moved out of his parent's house. roamer65 Dec 2019 #33

Cartoonist

(7,317 posts)
2. How about, "Burn in Hell"
Mon Dec 30, 2019, 03:28 PM
Dec 2019

Must feel great walking around with guns at your side while harassing the homeless.

SWBTATTReg

(22,130 posts)
4. This is really sad, for those people who have to make those signs in order to get help ...
Mon Dec 30, 2019, 03:31 PM
Dec 2019

Don't ridicule these people...they need help, not ridicule. This is pathetic on the part of these officers.

If anything, it makes the two officers look pretty small and pathetic.

Bettie

(16,110 posts)
8. I bet these two asshats
Mon Dec 30, 2019, 04:13 PM
Dec 2019

are in the front row at church every Sunday.

And some wonder why people have less and less respect for cops every year.

Aristus

(66,380 posts)
13. And churches.
Mon Dec 30, 2019, 04:29 PM
Dec 2019

The evangelical, Pentecostal, charismatic, spirit-filled, Bible-believing, etc, etc, etc are all clutching their pearls, wondering why no one goes to church anymore.

Simple. They got wise to your filthy hypocrisy.

lpbk2713

(42,757 posts)
10. A little time in the unemployment line would wipe that grin off their faces.
Mon Dec 30, 2019, 04:20 PM
Dec 2019


It really should happen. They need to join the Jobless Patrol.

ret5hd

(20,492 posts)
15. B-List Porn Star Mustache: Check
Mon Dec 30, 2019, 04:41 PM
Dec 2019

'Roid-enhanced muscles: Check
Shit-eating grin of pleasure over others pain: Check

Yeah...FTP.

TNNurse

(6,926 posts)
18. I have a friend who is a Presbyterian minister
Mon Dec 30, 2019, 05:33 PM
Dec 2019

in a downtown (actually THE downtown church) in Mobile. I made sure she was aware of this.

Stuart G

(38,428 posts)
20. Mobile Alabama now has an awul reputation as a result of this picture. Fire the cops!!
Mon Dec 30, 2019, 05:51 PM
Dec 2019

Only way that will be reversed....

malchickiwick

(1,474 posts)
24. Confiscation of those signs, if that is what occurred, violates the First Amendment
Mon Dec 30, 2019, 06:15 PM
Dec 2019

Not that either of those pseudohumans gives a rat's patoot about the U.S. Constitution they no doubt swore to uphold.

roamer65

(36,745 posts)
33. The one on the left looks like he just moved out of his parent's house.
Mon Dec 30, 2019, 09:27 PM
Dec 2019

I bet he will have to move back when the PD fires him for this stunt.

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