Power-Mad Cop Lies To Arrest Elderly Black Man Using Golf Club As Walking Stick
This rotten cop, Cynthia Whitlatch, said in the video that William Wingate, 69, swung the golf club at her -- apparently an add-on she brought to her order for him to put the golf club down when he wasn't the scared, kowtowing citizen she'd hoped for.

I love this guy -- his manner and the way he refuses to knuckle under to this abusive cop.

From his clear mystification at her orders and her claim, I think it's clear she's lying. The report lays out more than is in the tape.

The rotten cop, Cynthia Whitlatch, has been fired.

Here, via Turley, is the Disciplinary Action Report against her:

Specification:

This discipline is based on your interaction with an individual on July 9,2014 which began while you were on duty, driving a patrol car near Cal Anderson Park. You initiated a Terry stop with the individual based on your stated observation that, as you were driving near a stop sign, you saw a blur of motion out of the corner of your eye and heard a sound you interpreted as metal on metal, and then (as you were in your police vehicle, driving away) you saw a look on his face that you described as "angry, you know, furrowed brow." You drove your car around the block. Although you observed no additional conduct that might be troublesome, you decided to approach and detain the individual pursuant to Terry. In contrast to your OPA and Loudermill statements, the police report you assisted with incorrectly states that you observed the man try to hit your car with a golf club, which sheds light on why your chain of command's initial review of the incident did not discoverfhe depth of the misconduct discovered through the full OPA review.

In your Loudermill meeting, you indicated that a Terry stop was justified because the individual may have assaulted a police officer (you) by swinging his golf club in the direction of your vehicle. 'When you initiated the stop, the 69-year-old man was holding the golf club against the ground. He showed no recognition of you, initially saying "huh?" when you spoke to him, noting that he could not hear you, and asking "what's going on" and "this is my golf club" when you demanded that he to drop the club. You raised your voice and repeatedly ordered him to drop his golf club, told him the golf club was a weapon, and accused him of swinging the golf club at you, which he adamantly denied. He repeatedly asked you to call someone else, noted that he'd been using the golf club for twenty years, and at no point acted in an aggressive or threatening manner towards you or anyone else.

Your behavior towards him during the stop was inappropriately aggressive and unnecessarily escalated the interaction. There were numerous opportunities to assess different tactics and take a softer approach to resolve the incident. This is particularly true once you had observed the individual's lack of threatening demeanor. Despite his non-threatening behavior, you repeatedly chose confrontational options, continuing to make accusations regarding what you claimed to have seen him do, threatening him with arrest, and holding your nightstick in your hand, further escalating the interaction.

You never asked the individual any questions during the Terry stop to determine if he had, in fact, swung the golf club towards you and/or into a stop sign. Despite that, and despite never actually seeing him swing a golf club toward your car or hitting a stop sign, you actively participated in moving forward with an arrest for obstruction and even called the prosecutor days later to push for prosecution of the individual.

Related (on the power-mad, abusive cop theme): Austin Cop Arrests Man For Eating A Hamburger in His Own Parked Car.

Also related -- this cool-ass cucumber eats his oatmeal while an abusive cop tries to own his ass -- all the asswad cop can do is knock on the guy's window for eons. (I love this man.)