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veggie

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Cop Sues Over Firing, Blames Meatballs [NY]
#7717500 - 12/04/07 09:16 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Cop Sues Over Firing, Blames Meatballs December 4, 2007 - Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — A counterterrorism detective who says his failed drug test came because his wife had spiked his meatballs with marijuana has filed a lawsuit to get his job back.
Anthony Chiofalo asked the court to declare that his firing in August from the New York Police Department was unreasonable and unconstitutional, to declare that a damning hair sample was improperly taken and to order his rehiring with back pay plus interest, seniority and all benefits.
Chiofalo, a 22-year veteran assigned to the Joint Terrorism Task Force, was suspended without pay in November 2005 after a random drug test found marijuana in his system. He denied using drugs and demanded a hearing.
During an investigation, Chiofalo's wife, Catherine Chiofalo, said she secretly put enough marijuana for about six cigarettes in her meatball recipe in July 2005, hoping a failed blood test would force him to retire, court papers say.
Catherine Chiofalo, according to court papers, testified at the hearing that she "just wanted my husband not to die of a heart attack or get killed. I wanted him to be around to help raise my son."
The couple later took and passed lie-detector tests about how the marijuana was ingested, Anthony Chiofalo's court papers say.
Chiofalo says his wife had marijuana at home because she used it to relieve nausea caused by medications she took for back pain. He said he did not know where she got it.
An administrative judge recommended that Chiofalo be reinstated. But police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, who has the last word on firings, rejected the recommendation and fired Chiofalo.
A police department spokesman, John Kelly, said in an e-mailed comment on Chiofalo's firing, "The officer's excuse was not credible."
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johnm214



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Re: Cop Sues Over Firing, Blames Meatballs [NY] [Re: veggie]
#7717521 - 12/04/07 09:19 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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How did this interfere with his job? It didn't.
But on a seperate note, it is somewhat a guilty pleasure to see cops get hosed by the same notions that justify the laws they enforce. Perhaps the irony will strike them someday.... but then again most of the cops I know see nothing wrong with enforcing a law on others they themselves don't follow if they're "bad people" or "they didn't make the law"... but then I only know 3 cops
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kidaihuan
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Re: Cop Sues Over Firing, Blames Meatballs [NY] [Re: johnm214]
#7717756 - 12/04/07 10:13 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Hope it doesn't ruin their marriage.
But if she put 3-6g of marijuana in his food, why didn't he taste it? Or notice the high?
Strange.
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johnm214



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Re: Cop Sues Over Firing, Blames Meatballs [NY] [Re: kidaihuan]
#7717773 - 12/04/07 10:18 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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you ever seen a pig eat?
They don't really stop to savor, just plow on through to the bottom of the trough.
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shroom_ninja
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Re: Cop Sues Over Firing, Blames Meatballs [NY] [Re: johnm214]
#7717878 - 12/04/07 10:54 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Either it's a lie, or it's not. Either way, he doesn't deserve punishment, just like all the other people who get fired or get records over marijuana. But as JohnM said, it's somewhat satisfying to see a police officer being held to the same inappropriate standards as they impose on the rest of the population.
I also seriously doubt that a 22-year veteran anti-terrorist agent wouldn't notice that his wife was toking on a regular basis. If so, then I feel little sympathy for someone who's willing to put himself or his wife above the same laws that he personally enforces on others.
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Eraserhead
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Re: Cop Sues Over Firing, Blames Meatballs [NY] [Re: shroom_ninja]
#7718527 - 12/05/07 05:41 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Since when does a polygraph prove anything?
LIES, he enjoyed being stoned, otherwise he would have called 911 and told them he was dying.....
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Prot
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Re: Cop Sues Over Firing, Blames Meatballs [NY] [Re: Eraserhead]
#7718649 - 12/05/07 07:14 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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HAHAHHAHHAH good one eraserhead! that was the most funny clip ive ever herad on the web. thx for reminding me and making me laff agian.. and agian.. and agian.
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LoWgRoW
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Re: Cop Sues Over Firing, Blames Meatballs [NY] [Re: Prot]
#7718738 - 12/05/07 08:11 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Why didn't he arrest his wife? He is an officer of the law!!
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fapjack
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Re: Cop Sues Over Firing, Blames Meatballs [NY] [Re: LoWgRoW]
#7719932 - 12/05/07 02:36 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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How the hell are you going to use marijuana in your private life, and arrest people at work for doing the same. He deserves to get fired. If I get busted, I want to at least know that the cop that arrested me doesn't do the same shit at home.
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Re: Cop Sues Over Firing, Blames Meatballs [NY] [Re: fapjack]
#7721369 - 12/05/07 07:10 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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hehe "Joint" Terrorism Task Force...
sorry that was lame I know, but somebody had to do it sooner or later..
anyways, it's my understanding that LEO's have to abide by the same laws we do. Apparently from what I see on a regular basis they don't feel they have to. Every day I see the Deptuty Sheriff fly by my place doing about 70-80 MPH. Twice a day. Emergency? Not bloody likely. No lights, no siren. I've seen other cops flip on the lights & siren just long enough to run a red light. government hipocracy at its finest..
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