He'd been using a golf club as a cane for 20 years.
Cynthia Whitlatch is looking for a new career after the Seattle Police Department officially fired her on Tuesday. She was the officer who inexplicably
stopped a 69-year-old man and accused him of swinging a golf club at her. The dash cam video very clearly showed otherwise and she was fired for
"biased and overly aggressive policing," failing to acknowledge her mistakes in the aftermath:
Whitlatch, 48, defended herself throughout the internal investigation, insisting she acted properly. She also portrayed herself as the victim of discrimination because she is white.
O’Toole, in her termination order, cited Whitlatch’s defiance, noting that even in hindsight, Whitlatch had failed to recognize her misconduct and the damage it had done to community trust.
“Without this ability to learn from your mistakes, understand how you can improve and do better, and recognize your own errors, you are unable to effectively function as an officer,” O’Toole wrote.
One less cop with poor judgement on the street in Seattle. See footage of the jaw-dropping arrest below and a short speech to supporters that William Wingate gave at an event organized to protest his egregious arrest. He notes that he's not anti-police and even spent time as military police while serving in the United States Air Force.