http://www.mediaite.com/online/watch-phi...-take-your-car/ ‘You Buy These or I Take Your Car’
by Andrew Kirell | 11:10 am, August 22nd, 2015 VIDEO
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Philadelphia police officer Matthew Zagursky is under investigation after video went viral of him extorting a driver to buy tickets to a police fundraiser or have his car confiscated.
The 32-year-old officer, who is reportedly a nine-year veteran of the department, can be heard telling the unnamed driver, “You and your friend got any money to buy these thrill show tickets? Support your police department. Ten bucks each, man.”
According to ABC News, “the incident was part of what police call a ‘live stop,’ part of crackdown on unregistered and uninsured vehicles.”
As such, Zagursky continued to threaten the driver: “Either you buy these, or I take your car because it’s unregistered. Ten bucks each man.”
And he got his way. The driver forked over the cash and proceeded onward.
The tickets were for the local Police and Fire Hero Thrill Show fundraiser for the children of fallen officers and firefighters — an event which Commissioner Charles Ramsey said is now tarnished by Zagursky’s actions. “He’s tarnished that entire event, and the entire cause that it represents, by his actions,” the commissioner told the press.
While the department investigates the incident, Zagursky has reportedly been taken off the streets. A district attorney will decide whether criminal charges are in order.
video at the link.
