Sharpsburg, N.C. — A Sharpsburg police officer resigned over the weekend in the midst of controversy involving a traffic stop of a school bus.

Officer Travis Parker stopped a Southern Nash High School bus Feb. 22 after, he said, one of the students aboard the bus was making faces and obscene gestures at him.

According to his police report, Parker said his intentions were to put the student in his car and lecture him about respect. But as he was pulling the student off the bus, others began shouting at him.

Two other students were also removed from the bus. One, Dessie Lewis, 18, was charged.

But Lewis and her brother, Derrick Lewis, 15, claim Parker stopped the bus for no reason, that no one made obscene gestures at him and that he got on the bus and started bullying the students around.

Sharpsburg Police Chief B. C. Bissett said the matter is still under investigation, including whether the stop was legal.

3/3/2008 2:42:54 PM

Farva?

3/3/2008 2:43:34 PM

Hahaha I can only imagine what would have happened if it were Officer Rivieri

3/3/2008 2:47:04 PM

I never had the balls to moon a cop, but just about everyone else got a good glimpse of The Slave's cheeks

3/3/2008 2:47:29 PM

I dunno but the bus cam video of that would be hilarious.

3/3/2008 2:47:58 PM

Because this would be the first time in history that a 15 year old told a lie

3/3/2008 3:01:04 PM

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"Officer Travis Parker stopped a Southern Nash High School bus Feb. 22 after, he said, one of the students aboard the bus was making faces and obscene gestures at him."

Since when is giving a cop the bird legal reason to stop a vehicle?

The fact that the cop resigned tells me that even he knows that he fucked up in monumental fashion and is praying that he won't get charged with assaulting a minor or something similar.

3/3/2008 3:04:02 PM

im not surprised this is sharpsburg.

3/3/2008 3:06:17 PM

Fuck that cop.

Fuck those kids.

3/3/2008 3:10:30 PM

one less cop on the road? sounds good to me

3/3/2008 3:15:44 PM

^^

3/3/2008 3:58:20 PM

Quote :

"Because this would be the first time in history that a 15 year old cop told a lie"

3/3/2008 4:13:39 PM

neither party is believable

isnt there a camera on the bus?

3/3/2008 4:18:38 PM

the "cameras" on the busses when I was in HS were decoys....nothing more than a black box with a blinking light.

3/3/2008 4:35:32 PM

I saw the film from my elementary school bus cameras.. the school admitted they only had one camera that got switched around but they did have one and used it

I dunno, I guess they didn't though or it would have been a key source of evidence, obviously.

3/3/2008 4:54:56 PM

All this talk of camera buses reminds me of that video from like 10 yrs ago when that bus went out of control and those kids flew up and hit the ceiling of the bus. lulz.

3/3/2008 4:57:39 PM

ahaha the plot thickens

exhitbit A

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"Sharpsburg, N.C. — A Sharpsburg police officer who resigned over the weekend in the midst of controversy involving a school-bus traffic stop had no probable cause to do so. That's according to Police Chief Barry S. Bissette, who said Monday an internal investigation found Officer Travis Parker did not follow proper procedure when he stopped the bus on Feb. 22. It was transporting students from Southern Nash High School.. Bissette said Parker pulled the bus over after a student made faces and an obscene gesture at him. Parker's intention was to remove the student from the bus and lecture him about respect and manners, Bissette said. As he put the first student in the front seat of his patrol car, Parker said others on the bus started yelling and using profanity. He said he decided to go back on the bus and remove two other students. One of those students, Dessie Lewis, 18, was charged with disturbing the peace. Bissette said Monday that charge would be dropped. "I feel, personally, that Officer Parker had good intentions in mind," Bissette said. Lewis and her brother, Derrick Lewis, 15 – he was also removed from the bus – claim Parker stopped the bus for no reason, got on the bus and started bullying students around. "When the bus driver asked him what's going on, he just pointed to his gun and didn't say nothing," Dessie Lewis said. Her father said he was furious about what happened, saying Parker was wrong to do what he did. "You don't stop a bus and open the back door up and snatch no kid out of there," he said. The bus driver also resigned, citing stress from the incident. Students on the bus were sent to talk with a school counselor about it."

3/3/2008 10:18:16 PM

Could this be any more stereotypical.......



I WANT A LITER-A-COLA

3/3/2008 10:21:28 PM

BWAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA.......breathe...................BWAHAHAHAHHHHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

3/3/2008 10:24:30 PM

BWAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA.......breathe...................BWAHAHAHAHHHHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

3/3/2008 10:25:44 PM

someone find the video. this is too funny

3/3/2008 10:37:41 PM

Quote :

"But Lewis and her brother, Derrick Lewis, 15, claim Parker stopped the bus for no reason, that no one made obscene gestures at him"

Haha, righttt....

3/4/2008 1:45:29 AM

whatever, so what if they did?

What a douchebag.

3/4/2008 2:08:19 AM

if you did that in your car, you'd be pulled... i don't see why he quit

shit, one of them was 18.. beat his ass

3/4/2008 2:19:50 AM

The 18 year old was a girl. The 15 year old was a boy.

It's lovely to see the white trash coming to the forefront in cases like this. Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if it turns out that the cop had been fucking the girl, her brother flicked him off, shit escalated, etc.

3/4/2008 8:09:03 AM

I thought I read somewhere that if you gave a cop/trooper the finger, they could pull you over.

3/4/2008 8:26:50 AM

why don't you go test it out and let us know how it goes.

3/4/2008 8:54:36 AM

Quote :

"The bus driver also resigned, citing stress from the incident."

haha someone's tryin to make bank off a nice lawsuit

3/4/2008 9:00:54 AM

Quote :

"But Lewis and her brother, Derrick Lewis, 15, claim Parker stopped the bus for no reason, that no one made obscene gestures at him"

Yeah, so it's obvious that he's lying, but that's still no excuse to do what he did.

3/4/2008 9:23:22 AM

Quote :

""When the bus driver asked him what's going on, he just pointed to his gun and didn't say nothing," Dessie Lewis said."

I WANT A LITER-A-COLA

3/4/2008 9:47:15 AM

TEAM RAMROD

3/4/2008 10:02:39 AM

I'm sure we all secretly flip off cops as they pass, with our fingers out of view.

3/4/2008 10:10:59 AM

why all this hate for cops?

3/4/2008 12:20:50 PM

I don't hate cops at all.

I just found this story funny as hell.

3/4/2008 12:22:21 PM

HOLY SHIT


I GRADUATED WITH THIS GUY.

[Edited on March 4, 2008 at 12:40 PM. Reason : damn travis]

3/4/2008 12:40:13 PM

^ Are you serious?

Call him for comment and then post response!!!!

3/4/2008 12:47:55 PM

hahahaha


oh lawd. i never hung out with him.

3/4/2008 12:51:26 PM

GraniteBalls (12:44) : he's got a wife and kid. sucks he's out of a job.
ambrosia1231 (1:21) : perhaps he should have thought about that before being a dick.
miska (1:23) : people on the internet don't think
GraniteBalls (1:27) : he was getting flipped off by highschool kids on a bus. i think his only bad decision was not telling the busdriver exactly what was up.

3/4/2008 1:29:35 PM

GraniteBalls (12:44) : he's got a wife and kid. sucks he's out of a job.
ambrosia1231 (1:21) : perhaps he should have thought about that before being a dick.
miska (1:23) : people on the internet don't think
GraniteBalls (1:27) : he was getting flipped off by highschool kids on a bus. i think his only bad decision was not telling the busdriver exactly what was up.
ambrosia1231 (1:31) : Uhm...people get flipped off by HSers all the damn time. If he's smart, he'll take away a couple lessons from this, and one of them will be to not dignify idiocy with a reaction.
ambrosia1231 (1:31) : A good many people learn that by HS.
GraniteBalls (1:31) : there's a difference between flipping me off, and a cop that's on duty.
GraniteBalls (1:32) : AND one of the kids was 18
ambrosia1231 (1:32) : I'm just saying he doesn't need to get his panties in a wad because OHMYGOD A HIGHSCHOOLER FLIPPED ME OFF
ambrosia1231 (1:33) : So? It's suddenly that much more offensive because they're an adult? And did he know that when he overreacted?
ambrosia1231 (1:34) : I feel sorry for his wife and kids, but I have zero sympathy for this guy. I know I'm a heartless bitch, but I don't think it's asking to much to expect normal adults to act like adults, and god forbid to expect cops to act like reasonable adults.
GraniteBalls (1:35) : well I dont think pulling the bus over and lecturing the students is an overreaction.
ambrosia1231 (1:35) : Uhm...it very much is.
GraniteBalls (1:35) : i have to believe there were some insubordination issues that caused the arrest.
ambrosia1231 (1:36) : I know it's a small town and all, but goddamn. One lecture isn't going to undo the bad/lack of parenting, or make the kids any smarter or more mature.
GraniteBalls (1:36) : You can't say that.
miska (1:36) : a lecture would have been a good start
GraniteBalls (1:38) : lets do this in the thread. I'm curious if people agree with you, amb.
ambrosia1231 (1:38) : You two can keep thinking that. It's not the cop's job or place to parent someone else's kid without involving or consulting the parent first.

3/4/2008 1:39:17 PM

ambrosia1231 (1:31) : Uhm...people get flipped off by HSers all the damn time. If he's smart, he'll take away a couple lessons from this, and one of them will be to not dignify idiocy with a reaction.
ambrosia1231 (1:31) : A good many people learn that by HS.

GraniteBalls (1:31) : there's a difference between flipping me off, and a cop that's on duty.
GraniteBalls (1:32) : AND one of the kids was 18

ambrosia1231 (1:32) : I'm just saying he doesn't need to get his panties in a wad because OHMYGOD A HIGHSCHOOLER FLIPPED ME OFF
ambrosia1231 (1:33) : So? It's suddenly that much more offensive because they're an adult? And did he know that when he overreacted?
ambrosia1231 (1:34) : I feel sorry for his wife and kids, but I have zero sympathy for this guy. I know I'm a heartless bitch, but I don't think it's asking to much to expect normal adults to act like adults, and god forbid to expect cops to act like reasonable adults.

GraniteBalls (1:35) : well I dont think pulling the bus over and lecturing the students is an overreaction.

ambrosia1231 (1:35) : Uhm...it very much is.

GraniteBalls (1:35) : i have to believe there were some insubordination issues that caused the arrest.

ambrosia1231 (1:36) : I know it's a small town and all, but goddamn. One lecture isn't going to undo the bad/lack of parenting, or make the kids any smarter or more mature.

GraniteBalls (1:36) : You can't say that.

miska (1:36) : a lecture would have been a good start

GraniteBalls (1:38) : lets do this in the thread. I'm curious if people agree with you, amb.

ambrosia1231 (1:38) : You two can keep thinking that. It's not the cop's job or place to parent someone else's kid without involving or consulting the parent first.
ambrosia1231 (1:39) : Fair enough.

[Edited on March 4, 2008 at 1:40 PM. Reason : readability.]

3/4/2008 1:39:47 PM

Consulting the parent?



Why would that be necessary? A principal/teacher doesnt call the parent before speaking with a student for breaking classroom rules.

3/4/2008 1:40:08 PM

Partially because that's expected, and an assumed part of the job description. And when disciplinary action is taken (and sometimes even when threatened), parents are notified.

3/4/2008 1:42:24 PM

well i looked it up


and it's completely legal to flip a cop off.



It came as a surprise to me.

Quote :

"digitus impudicus ("impudent finger") is protected speech"

http://www.chiprowe.com/articles/legal-history-finger.html




But I don't know if I agree with this. I think there should be something in place to protect an officer from that kind of extreme criticism and dis-respect.

3/4/2008 1:49:11 PM

AHA.

HA.
HA.
HA.

Quote :

"I think there should be something in place to protect an officer from that kind of extreme criticism and dis-respect. "

I'm dearly hoping you're arguing just for the sake of arguing, and that you really don't find being flipped off 'extreme criticism and disrespect'.

"Protecting" officers from the bird ranks below even designating officers to enforce the NPO.

3/4/2008 1:50:57 PM

Not just the flipping off



you can also curse at a police officer as long as you do not threaten him or do it in a public place that causes a scene.



so if you get pulled over, you can say almost anything to him/her.

3/4/2008 2:02:46 PM

So

Despite the fact that cops
- deal with more verbal abuse and violent people than most other people in society, and so (in theory) are less perturbed by such behavior
- have training to appropriately deal with a situation if it should escalate, and keep themselves safe
- know at hiring that, uh, disrespect is a real possibility (never mind that ANY job puts you at risk for being disrespected )
- aren't harmed by being flipped off/cussed out

We need to protect them? I'm down with protecting folks from real harm, especially if it's something that's not their fault. If you say that, yes, we should 'protect' cops from being cussed out and flipped off...why only cops? Since it's so harmful that we must protect LEOs from it, why don't we protect every citizen from it?

If a cop does suffer an emotional injury from being cussed at/flipped off, they have no business being in the field. Everyone isn't suited to work in every possible field, nor is anyone entitled to work in a field, just because they choose to. If you can't handle the job, don't take it.

3/4/2008 2:10:43 PM

This sounds like that faggot maryland cop that choke slammed that skater...fucking pigs

3/4/2008 2:24:29 PM

Reminds me of Farva attacking the fast food workers.

3/4/2008 2:39:59 PM

I think he was in the right to pull over the bus and inform the driver what happened, but that's it. Let the school handle it from there.

If he really pointed the gun at the driver I hope they throw the book at him. But that won't happen.

3/4/2008 3:04:42 PM

SET EM UP

3/4/2008 3:06:02 PM