facepalm of the day

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

Cop pulls over the wrong car, and even when told the mistake is caught on video refuses to look at it until media gets involved:

http://jalopnik.com/justice-police-d...hal-1703943408

awesome.
my husband and some others spent the night in jail once due to a mix up.
they were on shore leave, walked into a bar right when a group left, seemingly in a bit of a hurry. they sat at an empty table, and before they could place an order, the cops hauled them off to jail.
the next morning the bar owner came, looked at them, looked at the cop and said 'those aren't the right guys'.
the group that left in a rush was the group they wanted, but the bartender just directed the cops to the table they'd vacated, without paying attention to who was at the table.
luckily for the driver, it was quickly fixed...
as for cops who are 'so sure', that's how we keep getting innocent people charged, convicted, and spending years behind bars or on death row-or worse. i'm sure everyone has heard by now about the cops who have altered evidence because there isn't enough to prove the guy they 'just know did it' actually did it.