Police say Officers Luis Vasquez Jr. and Antonio Felix stopped a vehicle on Aug. 5 at around 11:30 p.m. and proceeded to use force on a man and woman.
The traffic stop was not reported, and there was no body-worn camera activation, according to the Phoenix Police Department.
Both officers were arrested on several felony charges, including:
- Aggravated assault
- Aggravated robbery
- Kidnapping
- Felony assault involving a bound and otherwise physically restrained individual
- Threatening and intimidating
- Criminal damage
- Hindering prosecution
- Tampering with evidence
They’ve been doing this for a long time, and I doubt they’re the only ones in the department. They just got cocky and sloppy because Trump is in office and there’s no such thing as a law you can’t buy your way out of anymore.
I think they just misunderstood that they need to have a lot of money to buy their way out, and cops (despite being overpaid and undertrained) don’t make enough to qualify. You need a lot more zeroes on your supposed net worth.
Being cops only protects against so much.
I wonder if the victims knew someone important