A Texan policeman has been released from the job after he allegedly offered a poop filled sandwich to a homeless man.
Police Officer Fired For Allegedly Giving Poop-Filled Sandwich To Homeless Man
By
Michael Avery in
Bizarre
On 13th November 2016
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San Antonio Police Department (SAPD) officer Matthew Luckhurst has served on the force for more than five years. In May 2016, he allegedly put human poop between two pieces of bread and gave it to a homeless person with malicious intent.
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"This was a vile and disgusting act that violates our guiding principles of ‘treating all with integrity', compassion, fairness, and respect," SAPD Chief William McManus said in a statement. "The fact that his fellow officers were so disgusted with his actions that they reported him to Internal Affairs demonstrates that this type of behavior will never be tolerated. The action of this one former officer in no way reflects the actions of all the other good men and women who respectfully serve this community," he said.
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The alleged incident occurred in May, when Officer Luckhurst bragged to a fellow officer that "he had picked up some feces, placed it in a slice of bread, and put it in a Styrofoam container next to the unknown homeless male", a statement from the police chief's office said.
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The incident was reported to Internal Affairs in July. Police Department officials have been unable to locate the homeless man. Many believe that firing the officer was the right thing to do as his actions were a betrayal of every value they are sworn to uphold.
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Ben Sifuentes, Luckhurst's attorney, said his client joked about giving an excrement sandwich to a homeless person but never actually did so. The "joke" spiraled out of control, he said, and has turned is client into the subject of unfair persecution, Sifuentes said.
