Officer Daniel Harless
Officer Daniel Harless
Officer Daniel Harless
Cop Threatens to Kill Concealed Carry Gun Owner During Traffic Stop
Canton Oh,
A police officer’s dash cam in Canton, OH caught a disturbing exchange last month between a cop and a driver during a traffic stop. In it, the cop can be heard (and seen) berating a man for not telling the officer immediately that he had a concealed carry permit and thus a concealed weapon, even saying at one point he should have killed the gun owner. But there’s just one problem: the man tried several times but the officer cut him off.
“I could blast you in the mouth right now!” the officer says in the video after finding out about the man’s gun. “I’m so close to caving in your Godda**ed head,” he adds. “You fu** with me! You’re just a stupid human being!”
He continues: “Fu**ing talking to me with a Godd***ed gun! You want me to pull mine and stick it to your head? … I tell you what I should have done. As soon as I saw your gun I should have taken two steps back, pulled my Glock 40 and put ten bullets in your ass and let you drop.”
“And I wouldn’t have lost any sleep!” he screams.
The officer can also be heard threatening to “put lumps” on a woman also involved in the traffic stop.
William, luckily, didn’t get his mouth blasted or his head caved in. But now, he is being charged with failure to notify — even though he tried.
Ohioans For Concealed Carry (OFCC) obtained the video and explains what happened on June 8, 2011:
Early that Wednesday morning, William pulled his car to the side of the road to let out two passengers, but only the female occupant managed to exit before the police pulled up and began screaming at all three parties. “Stay in that car, I’m not going to mess around,” screamed one of the officers at the two people attempting to exit the vehicle. The driver and concealed handgun licensee, William, remained seated in his vehicle when an officer entered the rear of the vehicle.
William stated, “I have a concealed carry, and…” when he was abruptly told to shut up. Dash camera video footage shows the driver turning his head, and his voice can be heard, but the words are inaudible. A few minutes passed while the officer continued to berate the two passengers. He proceeded to the driver’s side and tries to open the door but is delayed by a seat belt. William states “I have a conceal…” and the officer demands that he better tell the truth or else! This interruption causes William to “tell the truth” and his attempt to notify is interrupted. William exited the vehicle with his driver’s license in the same hand as his concealed handgun license. He held it up for the officer to see, and the officer said, “Why are you having that?” This gave William the opportunity to say, “I have a CCW, and…” The officer then said, “Do you have a gun?” William answered yes, causing the officer to grab it from William’s waist.
At this point, William was handcuffed and put into the police cruiser. The officer then started to berate William, stating: “I [could] blast you in the mouth right now … I’m close to caving in your head.“ and ”you’re just a stupid human being!”
You can watch the events unfold below, and OFCC gives a play-by-play with some included text. WARNING, though, it does contain some graphic language:
WJW-TV reports Officer Daniel Harless was placed on leave after the June 8 incident, although it doesn’t note how soon after the incident the action took place.
However, a report by the Canton Repository reveals more details. According to its story, Harless was placed on leave on June 20 pending the completion of an internal investigation. And according to the paper, Harless has a history of complaints against him — he has faced 16 internal affairs investigations since 2000 and been reprimanded in the past:
Harless, 45, an Ohio native and former Marine worked as a police officer in Virginia for four years before coming to Canton in 1996.
During his career he has earned several commendations.
One was from a Virginia judge, who praised the way Harless handled a situation involving a man with a gun, according to records in his city personnel file.
Canton’s internal affairs unit has investigated 16 complaints involving Harless dating back to 2000.
He was reprimanded in one 2003 case. Harless and another officer were exonerated of using excessive force, but were given a letter of reprimand for not activating the in-car video camera at the scene per department policy.
Once the investigation into Harless is completed he will face a disciplinary hearing, Police Chief Dean McKimm told WJW.
“I think it’s important for citizens to understand that the behavior demonstrated on the video is wholly unacceptable, and it violates many of our rules, our regulations and standards we demand of our officers,” the chief told the Repository.
“The city administration, in conjunction with the police department, recognizes the seriousness of this matter,” he added.
Perhaps surprisingly, the Repository reports the police union head — Bill Adams — is not throwing his support, at least publicly, behind Harless:
“Obviously whatever transpired on that video is an isolated incident,” Adams said. “It happened and it’s being handled properly right now and the chief is doing what he feels is necessary.”
Adams said calls involving guns can be emotional and dangerous situations, but he wasn’t condoning anything that might have happened on the recording.
“We’re a very well-trained and well-rounded police department that has solid officers that can make good, solid decisions every day,” he said. “You can’t (take) one incident like this and make it like every (officer) is out of control.”
The gun owner’s full name has also been revealed. He is 52-year-old William E. Bartlett, of Brewster, OH.
The story has quickly become a staple on the internet. Ohioans For Concealed Carry, which first posted the video and is raising money for Bartlett’s defense, says that the response was so large it shut down the group’s website temporarily.
“Shortly after 7:00pm Thursday our website could no longer handle the volume of visitors we were receiving,” the group says on its website. “We promptly quadrupled the resources behind OhioCCW.org in light of the popularity of this story.”
Now a little of what I have to say about the matter. They need to throw the back of the jail out with this F@#king cop. He is one of the biggest pieces of s@#t I have ever heard. Saying about this guy that he is talking to a cop and he has a "goddamn gun on him." Well so the hell what? Cops have goddamn guns on them everytime we talk to their asses. Are we tired of this stuff yet America? We have a right to keep and BEAR arms, didn't get the memo you dirty ass cop? These BS laws we have in these states are unreal. Don't people get it that we are giving away our freedoms by getting a license to carry a gun in the first place? A license is something you get when you don't feel like you have the right to do something in the first place. Want to drive on government roads, get a license. Want to get "legally" married and get tax breaks, get a license. All of these things are making us slaves. Its all BS. Just as an example what did a slave have to do if they want to get married and have children? Well they had to ask their master if it was alright to get married and have children. What do we do? Well we ask the state if it's alright if we get married. Do we really think that it is alright in our society to let mentally deranged cops like Daniel Harless go around with guns and nobody question it, but as soon as a civilian is seen with a gun all hell breaks loose. I can not begin to tell you how anger this abuse of power makes me, and it happens all the damn time. Throw this damn cop Daniel Harless in prison!!!! He threatened to kill someone. How can this block head cop call anybody an idiot? He is the biggest one out there especially with this kind of talk, "I don't believe a shit nothing." Ya all brains there. Later on in the video this stupid cop Daniel Harless says that he is going to put this guys car in the computer and whenever he sees it he is going to pull him over "everytime." Sounds like harassment to me.
I have got to go this burns me up.
Throw this damn cop Daniel Harless in prison!!!!
Throw this damn cop Daniel Harless in prison!!!!
Throw this damn cop Daniel Harless in prison!!!!
Throw this damn cop Daniel Harless in prison!!!!
From: http://www.theblaze.com/stories/you-fu-with-me-cop-threatens-concealed-carry-gun-owner-during-traffic-stop/
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