accusation....

http://www.newsobserver.com/102/story/574271.html

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"Officer faced accusation before Internal investigation cleared Raleigh policeman who arrested NCSU assistant coach"

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5/15/2007 9:13:49 AM

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of what?

5/15/2007 9:14:54 AM

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"RALEIGH - The police officer who arrested and pepper-sprayed an N.C. State University assistant basketball coach was the target of an internal investigation last year after a District Court judge accused the officer of lying on the stand. Raleigh police conducted an investigation but did not find that Officer Robert W. King committed perjury during a May 3, 2006, court trial, according to correspondence sent to and from Wake District Court Judge Jennifer Knox. But she felt that the Police Department didn't perform a thorough investigation and had "skewed findings," she wrote. "Officer King does not have a reputation for truthfulness," Knox wrote in a Dec. 20, 2006, letter to Dawn Bryant, the attorney for the Raleigh Police Department. King declined to comment when reached by telephone. Raleigh police spokesman Jim Sughrue also did not comment, as is standard in internal investigations. On April 4, 2007, King pulled over Larry Harris, an N.C. State assistant men's basketball coach, for speeding on West Morgan Street in downtown Raleigh and charged him with a misdemeanor count of resisting an officer after King claimed that Harris refused to hand over his driver's license and physically resisted him, according to the citation. Harris, who has been a coach at N.C. State for 10 seasons, has denied King's account of the traffic stop. The next day, Harris, 51, filed a complaint with Raleigh police officials accusing King, 31, a three-year veteran of the department, of using excessive force. The internal investigation into what happened during the traffic stop is ongoing. Questions had been raised about King last May when he appeared in Knox's courtroom to testify about a 19-year-old man arrested for driving under the influence and resisting arrest. During a brief trial, emergency medical service personnel testified that King got out of his car and immediately tried to arrest the teenager without first performing field sobriety tests, Knox wrote in the letter to Bryant. But King, who wasn't in the courtroom to hear the testimony, gave a different account of the arrest when he took the stand. He said he performed field sobriety tests before trying to take the suspect into custody, Knox wrote. Police procedure generally calls for an officer to have probable cause before making an arrest. In drunken-driving cases, that cause is often found when a suspect fails a field sobriety case such as being able to walk a straight line or stand on one foot for a time. Russell Dement III, the defense attorney in the case, also recalled King's testimony contradicting that of the EMS workers. The prosecutor in the case, Meredith Kasper, declined to comment. "There's no question that his [King's] testimony was different in some respects," said Dement. Knox dropped the charges in the case and asked Raleigh police to conduct an internal investigation. On Nov. 30, 2006, Bryant sent a letter to Knox saying that the department found no evidence of perjury. The investigation centered on whether or not field sobriety tests were conducted, not whether King's account of how things happened differed with those of others present during the arrest. "In light of the evidence we have determined that Officer King did not commit perjury," Bryant wrote. Knox responded to Bryant's letter by telling her that the investigation had missed her point. She said she felt King was untruthful when he took the stand. "After it became apparent to all who were paying attention that his testimony was suspect, Officer King's testimony became shifty, defensive and inconsistent," she wrote. Knox went on to write, "His behavior tarnishes the reputation of every other Raleigh Police Officer who does their job well." John Midgette, the director of the N.C. Police Benevolent Association, said police officers often have unfounded complaints filed against them. "Any police officer that does his or her job is subject to a multitude of complaints," Midgette said. King is a PBA member, he said. The criminal charges against Harris are pending, with Wake County Assistant District Attorney Matt Godwin awaiting the outcome of the internal affairs investigation. Harris is expected to be in court May 30, but it's unlikely anything will happen then, said Lee Turner, Harris' attorney. No elaboration has been provided by King or the Raleigh Police Department as to what King meant when he said Harris physically resisted him or why King pepper-sprayed Harris. Harris has also declined to give his account of the encounter. A videotape from King's patrol car that recorded the encounter is not being made publicly available because it will be evidence in the criminal case against Harris, Raleigh police have said. "

5/15/2007 9:16:50 AM

of being a carolina fan?

5/15/2007 9:18:17 AM

Damn, when a judge writes this about you:

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""Officer King does not have a reputation for truthfulness," Knox wrote in a Dec. 20, 2006, letter to Dawn Bryant, the attorney for the Raleigh Police Department. "

you know you're an assclown

5/15/2007 9:20:14 AM

srsly

5/15/2007 10:02:44 PM

How do these ppl keep their job?

5/16/2007 2:13:18 AM

a rumor i heard was that he is the nephew of someone high up in the rpd. that's just an internet rumor, though.

5/16/2007 6:26:44 AM