Current Events > Cop admits he told homeless man to lick urinal to avoid arrest

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https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/police-officer-admits-he-told-homeless-man-lick-public-urinal-n1103146

A Honolulu police officer admitted Monday that he instructed a homeless man to lick a public urinal if he wanted to avoid being arrested.

John Rabago was charged earlier this year with conspiring to deprive the man, identified in court documents as S.I., of his civil rights in connection with the Jan. 28, 2018, incident in Honolulu.

Rabago originally denied the accusations, but admitted Monday in court that he told the homeless man that he would not be arrested if he licked the urinal, according to NBC affiliate KHNL in Hawaii. The man complied, Rabago said.

Officers were responding to a nuisance complaint when they found the homeless man in a public restroom, according to court documents. Rabago and Officer Reginald Ramones were in the bathroom with the man when Rabago repeatedly instructed him to lick the urinal, then told Ramones to close the door so that a camera would not catch what happened next, court documents said.

"Once defendant Ramones closed the bathroom door, co-defendant Rabago again instructed S.I. to lick the urinal. S.I. then reluctantly knelt down before the urinal and licked the urinal. Co-defendant Rabago then allowed S.I. to gather his possessions and leave the bathroom," court documents said.

Rabago followed the homeless man out of the bathroom, and laughed as he told officers outside about what had just happened.

He said "the incident was 'just like what happened at Cartwright Field'" when he had told a "man that he would avoid arrest only if he stuck his head in a toilet," according to court documents.

Later, Rabago and Ramones learned that the department and the FBI were investigating what had happened. Rabago told Ramones to delete text messages about the incident and tell investigators that he was joking when he told the homeless man to lick the urinal.

Ramones was also charged with conspiring to deprive the man of his civil rights, but pleaded guilty to lesser charges earlier this year after agreeing to cooperate with investigators. He left the department in August.

Meanwhile, Rabago has been on restrictive duty, and is expected to be fired. He could be sentenced to 30 months in prison.

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acab

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You can go to prison for that?

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Isolated incident #3957274920484729492029474628595728502048563692

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But you must respect them all NO MATTER WHAT. Just do what they tell you to do and its all good. Lick a toilet? You better do it because its an order from a cop!

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They should both be fired and Rabago should have to register as a sex offender

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Fuck the police

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You'd be amazed at the things people will do when they think they can get away with it.

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Antifar posted...

Meanwhile, Rabago has been on restrictive duty, and is expected to be fired. He could be sentenced to 30 months in prison.

Let's hope so

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https://local.theonion.com/insecure-frustrated-bully-with-something-to-prove-cons-1819575405/amp

What. The actual. Legitimate. Fuck.

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REMercsChamp posted...

You can go to prison for that?

I should think so

Hey man, he's hard at work out there protecting and serving.

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Jusrlt fired.

If a non-cop did this, it would be jail time.

Lol

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PtlessAgmnts posted...

He couldve denied the offer and still turned him in for that request

Probably would've been murdered for resisting.

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jesus christ

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They probably did more than just make him lick the urinal. Why did Justice do such a thing?

Breaks my heart.

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And they get mad that people don't respect them
fuck em

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Paper_Okami posted...

And they get mad that people don't respect them
fuck em

What if someone broke into your home while you were sleeping? Would you call the cops? What about cops that lay down their lives to protect others? Did they give their life just because they were a bastard?

Just goes to show that guy isn't fit for the job.

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Scott_Farkus posted...

What if someone broke into your home while you were sleeping? Would you call the cops? What about cops that lay down their lives to protect others? Did they give their life just because they were a bastard?

I'm not going to respect everyone that does a job just because I might call on their services at some time. I don't respect any job. I respect individuals that may do a job if they aren't bastards or bastard defenders.

A good cop that protects a bad cop would also be a bad cop.

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all of this cop hate is why you can't go to Heaven. you don't respect laws and authority.
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hockeybub89 posted...

I'm not going to respect everyone that does a job just because I might call on their services at some time. I don't respect any job. I respect individuals that may do a job if they aren't bastards or bastard defenders.

A good cop that protects a bad cop would also be a bad cop.

What if one othe the cops that this bragged to and didn't report him later saved a child from drowning? Would he still be a bastard?

RickyTheBAWSE posted...

all of this cop hate is why you can't go to Heaven. you don't respect laws and authority.

There are a lot of bad, poor, mediocre and good cops. I just think the ACAB mentality is ignorant AF.

So, the cop should've arrested the homeless guy.

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