# Race-baiting police officer sues, claims rights violation **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 6, 2009, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/race-baiting-police-officer-sues-claims-rights-violation/505511 "2009-08-06T05:55:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/race-baiting-police-officer-sues-claims-rights-violation/505511/41 "2009-08-06T19:29:50Z")
His usage of “ax” seems to be another indication of his racial, uh, leanings. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/race-baiting-police-officer-sues-claims-rights-violation/505511/42 "2009-08-06T19:56:10Z")
> [@wevets](#): > > I see what you mean, but he uses “great” twice there - once before “country,” which I understand, and once before “racial/social divide,” which I think is a sign of douchebaggery. Far be it from me to defend a racist - which this guy most definitely is - but I think you’re teeing off on the wrong softball. I parsed that particular phrase as a play on “The Great Divide” with him inserting “racial/social” as the target of the metaphor. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/race-baiting-police-officer-sues-claims-rights-violation/505511/43 "2009-08-06T20:22:01Z")
> [@Merneith](#): > > That’s just a chunk out of the middle. Barret is no friend to Mr. Paragraph. One suspects his coworkers have been panting for an opportunity to sack this cretin. I enjoyed the part where he claims to be a former English teacher. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/race-baiting-police-officer-sues-claims-rights-violation/505511/44 "2009-08-06T20:34:46Z")
“Former”, is probably the key word there. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/race-baiting-police-officer-sues-claims-rights-violation/505511/45 "2009-08-06T21:55:49Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > I’ll bet dollars to donuts that the BPD settles and he gets a nice chunk of change. Well, nuisance value, at any rate. Say $5k after legal fees. You’re on. (or were you just saying that?) ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/race-baiting-police-officer-sues-claims-rights-violation/505511/46 "2009-08-06T22:33:19Z")
Loser has to serve the winner donuts. With coffee. On Sunday. ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/race-baiting-police-officer-sues-claims-rights-violation/505511/47 "2009-08-06T22:47:27Z")
Dressed as a Panamanian. Or, did I miss something? ---
**Author:** ![HookerChemical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@HookerChemical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HookerChemical)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2009, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/race-baiting-police-officer-sues-claims-rights-violation/505511/48 "2009-08-07T00:02:35Z")
I think the police officer is behaving like a racist idiot, but I’m not characterizing him as one. On second thought, I think he is a racist idiot. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2009, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/race-baiting-police-officer-sues-claims-rights-violation/505511/49 "2009-08-07T00:09:19Z")
> [@Merneith](#): > > Barret is no friend to Mr. Paragraph. Or to Mr. Logic either. Perhaps he attended the _Sarah Palin School of Rhetoric, Cross Building and Moose Dressing_. > [@](#): > > Originally Posted by Officer Jusitn Barret, via the image of the email > What has he done for me and my family? What has he done for the law enforcement community or military veterans or to secure freedoms and our borders in this country? Notice how he works the military and our freedoms in there. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2009, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/race-baiting-police-officer-sues-claims-rights-violation/505511/50 "2009-08-07T01:10:32Z")
> [@5-4-Fighting](#): > > Or to Mr. Logic either. Perhaps he attended the _Sarah Palin School of Rhetoric, Cross Building and Moose Dressing_. Did you mean Cross Climbing? > [@5-4-Fighting](#): > > Notice how he works the military and our freedoms in there. Freedoms and _borders_. Won’t somebody think of the borders?! ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2009, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/race-baiting-police-officer-sues-claims-rights-violation/505511/51 "2009-08-07T01:21:08Z")
> [@Mighty\_Girl](#): > > Freedoms and _borders_. Won’t somebody think of the borders?! If you don’t do something to keep your freedoms in, they could escape! ---
**Author:** ![wevets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9a140/32.png) [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2009, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/race-baiting-police-officer-sues-claims-rights-violation/505511/52 "2009-08-07T01:26:46Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Far be it from me to defend a racist - which this guy most definitely is - but I think you’re teeing off on the wrong softball. I parsed that particular phrase as a play on “The Great Divide” with him inserting “racial/social” as the target of the metaphor. You may be right - I’m on painkillers this week, so my parsing might not be clear. What is “great divide” a reference or allusion to? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2009, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/race-baiting-police-officer-sues-claims-rights-violation/505511/53 "2009-08-07T02:05:18Z")
I think it means the Rocky Mountains. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2009, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/race-baiting-police-officer-sues-claims-rights-violation/505511/54 "2009-08-07T13:16:53Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > You’re on. (or were you just saying that?) Are we allowed to bet actual cash money on here? If so, I will send you ten bucks if they don’t settle, and you have to send me 12 donuts if it does? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2009, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/race-baiting-police-officer-sues-claims-rights-violation/505511/55 "2009-08-07T14:39:52Z")
> [@Mighty\_Girl](#): > > If the BPD leaves him employed, this email is going to come up as evidence in the trial of the next minority person this guy arrests. The next? Try _every_. Also to be appearing in any excessive use of force hearing considering his pepper spray comment. If he somehow manages to not be fired, the department defense counsel will just keep a stack of motion to suppress filings on hand covering that bit of evidence. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/race-baiting-police-officer-sues-claims-rights-violation/505511.md?page=2)