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MUST READ! LEBERT - CNN, THE ATLANTIC, NY Daily News, national press jump on LEBERTGATE, disgraced cop Stephen Lebert goes national

By  July 29, 2015  
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MEDFORD GETS BAD NATIONAL PRESS
MCGLYNN'S LAST DAYS AS MAYOR RIDDLED WITH CITY CLERK EDWARD P. FINN ASSAULTING A MAN, ROGUE COP STEPHEN LEBERT'S VIOLENT THREATS!
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THE ATLANTIC

MUST READ STORY!

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/07/the-road-rage-of-a-medford-ma-narcotics-detective/399860/



The Road Rage of a Narcotics Detective


An off-duty Medford, Massachusetts cop threatened a motorist during a traffic stop. His colleagues seemed unperturbed by his behavior.

Three years ago in Medford, Massachusetts, narcotics detective Stephen LeBert calmly told the brother of a man he was arresting, “He’s selling drugs illegally. What they should do is just take him up to the railroad tracks and tell him to lay down.” 

He knew he was being recorded as he made the comment, as moments earlier, the footage shows him licking his finger and wiping saliva on the citizen’s lens. Medford Police Chief Leo Sacco says that he was counseled after the incident.

After watching that video, it comes as no great surprise that Detective LeBert was suspended earlier this week for another instance of misbehavior recorded by a citizen:


It’s easy to imagine an uglier ending to the very first part of the video, when the motorist was being threatened by a stranger with no way of knowing that he was a cop; and it’s unnerving to think of a man who cannot control his temper in traffic being vested by the state with the power to use lethal force. But there’s something else about the video that bothers me.

 THIS QUOTE IS BEING TAKEN TO COURT IN THE CASE AGAINST VIOLENT CITY CLERK EDWARD P. FINN, READ CLOSELY:
But news accounts suggest Detective LeBert was only caught and suspended when the clip appeared online, so it seems like the polite police officers failed to do anything about misconduct by a colleague severe enough that the police chief put him on leave after seeing it. One wonders how many times Medford cops who’d never behave that way covered for their colleague. All who have bear a measure of responsibility for his behavior, which is an embarrassment to their department and their profession.

If police officers want to rebuild their image in the era of YouTube, they’d do well to respond as if they’re upset when fellow cops behave unprofessionally. America is watching.

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/07/the-road-rage-of-a-medford-ma-narcotics-detective/399860/


NEW YORK DAILY NEWS 

SEE IT: Massachusetts cop threatens to shoot driver in head on dashcam video WARNING: GRAPHIC LANGUAGE

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/mass-threatens-shoot-driver-head-dash-cam-article-1.2306171 
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Published: Tuesday, July 28, 2015, 7:33 AM
Updated: Tuesday, July 28, 2015, 11:52 AM

A Massachusetts police officer was suspended after he threatened to shoot a driver through the head during a traffic stop, dashboard camera footage shows.
Medford Police Det. Stephen Lebert yelled at the driver after he made a wrong turn in a traffic circle and failed to pull over for the off-duty cop Sunday night.

"I'll put a hole right through your f***ing head," Lebert said. "Pull your car over. I'll put a hole right in your f***ing head."
Lebert, dressed in a white tank top and shorts, jumped out of his unmarked red pickup truck and "aggressively" approached the vehicle after the wrong turn, said the driver, identified as 25-year-old Mike.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/mass-threatens-shoot-driver-head-dash-cam-article-1.2306171 

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CNN - AMAZING REPORTING

http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/28/us/massachusetts-detective-dashcam/

ALL THE ANGLES OF THIS STORY ARE EXPLODING NATIONALLY!

Video of confrontation lands Massachusetts policeman in trouble

By Eli Watkins, CNN
Updated 8:37 AM ET, Wed July 29, 2015
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"If you work hard you do step on people's toes, which generates complaints," Sacco said.

The Medford Police Department has said it has begun investigating the latest incident.

"That's not proper behavior, but we only know about it when people tell us," Sacco told CNN affiliate WFXT. "And unfortunately, we had to get up this morning to see it on a 
YouTube video."

CNN was unable to reach LeBert for comment.

CNN's Dugald McConnell and Brian Todd contributed to this report.