MPD motorcycle officer caught drag racing releases statement (Video)
Posted by: Jon Ben-Mayor on 11/14/2013 07:19 AM
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A Montgomery, AL., motorcycle patrolman resigned his position after a video of him and a Honda CBR was posted showing the two drag racing down a public road.
Now the civilian who recorded the drag race says he's starting a petition to get the officer his job back.
"We posted [the video] thinking, you know, it was something fun, something you don't run across every day and that's why we did it. Our intentions were to never get the cop in trouble, and we definitely didn't think he would loose his job," Lawrence Lee Spillers said.
Spillers recorded the video with a camera attached to his motorcycle helmet Sunday afternoon. The video was posted on YouTube and it quickly reached Montgomery Police Department officials.
The five-minute video starts with Spillers and the uniformed officer stopped at a red light on Eastern Boulevard in Montgomery. Spillers asked the officer if he wanted to race.
"I got turbo," the unidentified officer responds.
That's when the light turns green and the two take off.
Chief Kevin Murphy called the video upsetting, and said the officer could face charges.
"Police officers should obey the law, not violate them. You don't have to exceed the posted speed limit in order for the charge of drag racing. It's just the contest of accelerating fast in order to overtake the other motorists," Murphy said.
Now the civilian who recorded the drag race says he's starting a petition to get the officer his job back.
"We posted [the video] thinking, you know, it was something fun, something you don't run across every day and that's why we did it. Our intentions were to never get the cop in trouble, and we definitely didn't think he would loose his job," Lawrence Lee Spillers said.
Spillers recorded the video with a camera attached to his motorcycle helmet Sunday afternoon. The video was posted on YouTube and it quickly reached Montgomery Police Department officials.
The five-minute video starts with Spillers and the uniformed officer stopped at a red light on Eastern Boulevard in Montgomery. Spillers asked the officer if he wanted to race.
"I got turbo," the unidentified officer responds.
That's when the light turns green and the two take off.
Chief Kevin Murphy called the video upsetting, and said the officer could face charges.
"Police officers should obey the law, not violate them. You don't have to exceed the posted speed limit in order for the charge of drag racing. It's just the contest of accelerating fast in order to overtake the other motorists," Murphy said.
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