I'm a bad cop. My name is Kevin Fitzpatrick.
When 34-year-old Liz Vargas's lawyer asked for dash cam video of her "arrest," she was told by Tampa police that no video existed.
That was a lie. Tampa police officer Kevin Fitzpatrick said that when he took Vargas down it was because he had to. I should remind you that Vargas is monstrously large—maybe 8 feet tall and easily 700 pounds of pure muscle—and poor Officer Fitzpatrick was scared for his life. Then the video emerged and lo and behold, Vargas is not 8 feet tall or 700 pounds of muscle. Fitzpatrick can be seen grabbing and body-slamming the mother of four on her stomach and face from a standing position onto the concrete. There's a second officer there, for the love of God! Good news though, the Tampa Police Department has investigated itself and found that there's
nothing to see here.
TPD found Fitzpatrick felt he had no other option available to gain control other than to use a take down maneuver on Vargas.
[Bold my emphasis]
How did this thug get pulled over in the first place? Probably "no angel" and "thug life" apply in this case.
Last November 5th, Liz Vargas dropped her children off at school. She parked her car so she could accompany her daughter inside and started to get out when officer Fitzpatrick approached. He told her a tinted piece of plastic obstructed her license plate.
“Then because i was in my pjs he called me bummy and he accused me of illegal drugs, that’s why I got argumentative,” Vargas said.
The danger posed from people in pajamas cannot be overstated. One hundred percent of criminals have, at some point in their life, worn pajamas. Fact.
Fitzpatrick didn’t escape the I-A without a ding. The investigation found that he failed to report audio problems with his in-car audio/video system, which violates department policy. According to the final disposition report on the I-A, Fitzpatrick received counseling.
Wow. Just so you know how much integrity the Tampa Police Department has:
The Tampa police department claims it never denied the video existed. In other cases it is common for officers to acknowledge there is video evidence, by writing “video” on criminal report affidavits. Fitzpatrick put a slash mark through the “evidence box” indicating there was no evidence. Hegarty isn’t sure why Fitzpatrick didn’t write in “video” but insists no one at T-P-D- denied that the video existed.[bold my emphasis]
I don't know either. Except to say he is guilty of body-slamming a mother of four after she's dropped her kids off at school—because he's a shitty cop and the Tampa Police Department is inept.
You can watch the video below the fold. If this is within the parameters of their policy then their policy is terrible.