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Phoenix Cop: ‘I’ve Got One Tool, To Beat People And Take Them To Jail'

A collection of videos featuring former Phoenix Police officer Richard Greco was released by Phoenix Police this week, showing Greco engaged in what authorities say was “unprofessional conduct".

Greco, who lost his job earlier this year after a suspect’s mother complained about his verbal and physical abuse of her son in 2011, attempted to appeal the decision.

The department then decided to release a collection of videos from the original internal investigation against Greco that lead to his termination.

Greco claims the Phoenix police painted an “inaccurate picture” of him by only selecting certain videos. The six-minute video itself reveals shocking statements made by Greco during several encounters.

“I’m talking to you you piece of shit now get the fuck over here,” Greco says to one suspect as he appears to shove the man.

Other footage captures Greco talking about suspects to other officers, calling them “retarded” as well as calling one woman a “bitch” while in custody.

“I’ve got one tool and that tool is to beat people up and take them to jail,” Greco said repeatedly to one couple.

Another video shows Greco pulling over a black man and telling him that “he would be surprised if he had a license.”

“My own litmus test is if I don’t go home and lose sleep over it, it’s not the end of the world. Not a single one of these people complained about me so that seems to tell me that they didn’t think it was a problem either,” Greco told investigators.

A disciplinary action was take against Greco in 2008 after he was found to have made inappropriate comments about female officers as well.

“The comments Greco made were disturbing because they were not isolated to a group of high-stress incidents and he made the comments knowing his actions were being recorded,” said police spokesman Sgt. Trent Crump.

Greco’s termination was upheld by a municipal appeals board last month.

http://www.examiner.com/article/phoenix-cop-i-ve-got-one-tool-to-beat-
people-and-take-them-to-jail

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I am not condoning his conduct, but it is rather difficult for me to comprehend how this officer loses his job while I see video after video of officers abusing their power and positions to a degree ten times more extreme than his, and they do not even receive a slap on the wrist. Perhaps his? mistake was not being a big enough piece of shit.

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