“You’re not going to shoot the mayor,” the sergeant apparently replied.
“It’s a promise,” Poulos apparently responded.
The newspaper noted that some officers had slightly different memories.
“If they ignore us, the mayor is the first person on my list,” one official apparently recalled.
“If they disregard the police, I will go over the mayor’s house and shoot it up,” another officer recalled.
Poulos reportedly told his sergeant that he was just kidding about the mayor’s shooting.
“The remarks, whether made in the clown or not, were taken seriously. The Phoenix police station has asked the Tempe police to investigate the matter criminally. The Phoenix police have also launched an investigation into home affairs to “The report has not been released.” The report was not released, “the newspaper reported.” The Tempe police detective sent the report to the Maricopa County Attorneys’ Office, which will decide whether to prosecute Poulos. . The case was filed, according to the police report, for the charges of a terrorist threat and for threatening or intimidating someone. “
It seems that Poulos is not familiar with the political views of the mayor.
“Poulos’ comments were made because some city councilors and lawyers demanded transparency and accountability from the Phoenix police station in police shootings and due to police misconduct. “In fact, Gallego and the city council voted to increase the police department’s budget in June and last year, when she became mayor,” she said.
State Representative Norma Torres said the remarks sounded “like a terrorist threat”.
Sounds to me like a terrorist threat, this threat needs to be fully investigated! https://t.co/GQZPreQrHu– Rep. Norma Torres (@ Rep. Norma Torres)1609210992.0
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