The Jack-Booted Thug(s) of the Week...

... is a split decision.

1.  Our first honoree is NYPD Traffic Officer Daniel Chu, which gives him the "honor" of being the first two-time JBTotW winner.

This story confirms that "Officer" Chu has apparently learned nothing from the sensitivity training he was forced to attend after people complained about his power-crazy, thuggish behavior on several different occasions and whose antics only came to light after a City Councilman happened to observe Chu blatantly ignoring the laws everyone else there has to follow:

"The traffic agent accused of terrorizing Queens residents is the source of more outrage. 

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Tammy Fox is Agent Chu's latest victim. She was in the dirt near Elmhurst Hospital, trying to fix her flat tire, when Agent Chu sauntered up. Instead of offering help, like most New Yorkers would, he slapped her with a ticket.

"I said to him, 'are you kidding me? You're very insensitive. I'm going to visit my friend in the hospital who had cancer, and I'm trying to fix my flat tire, and you're standing here writing me a ticket?'" Fox said."

Why does this abusive little martinet still have a badge?  We don't know, because the NYPD isn't bothering to return the reporter's calls.


2.  Our second winner is the unnamed (of course) Vancouver, Canada police officer who is under investigation after he was caught on tape pushing a handicapped young woman who suffers from M.S. to the ground, apparently solely for the outrageous crime of simply attempting to pass as best she could by him as well as two other officers on a sidewalk in that city:



"[The tape] shows the 26-year-old disabled woman trying to weave her way through three male officers on a busy Downtown Eastside street last month.

One of the officers then appears to shove the woman to the ground, before walking away. The two other officers do not intervene."

Jerks.  All three of them.

"Vancouver police held a press conference Thursday afternoon, a few hours after the video was made public."

Yes, we imagine they did.

"Const. Jana McGuinness, the force’s spokeswoman, said the officer involved reported the incident to his supervisor the same day it occurred."

As well as apologized to the woman soon after, according to McGuiness.  We guess that makes everything better, as

"The officer is still on full duty pending the outcome of the internal investigation."

The fact that the incident happened in one of the crappiest areas of town seems to come into play here, as we can't imagine the cop getting anywhere near this level of consideration had that woman been bravely making her way down a more well-to-do street.

That judy-boy cop should be immediately fired and charged with assault, and his compatriots should also get the axe for allowing that sort of abuse to go unchallenged.

And police continue to whine about the fact that they can be photographed in public while going about their official duties.

Well, incidents such as this one are why, officers.