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Cop lied about coffee cup insult

2019-12-31 17:18:23.713611+00 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

This is my shocked face: Chief says cop "fabricated" coffee cup insult...

A Kansas police officer "fabricated" a story that a McDonald's employee wrote an expletive on his coffee cup over the weekend, Herington Police Chief Brian Hornaday said Monday. Hornaday said the officer no longer works for the department.

Chief: Local officer resigns after making up coffee cup incident

Chief Brian Hornaday said McDonald’s didn’t have anything to do with writing obscenities on an officer’s coffee, and that it was “fabricated by a police officer no longer employed with the agency.”

I'm trying to find how the story spread, but my impression is that Hornaday did some pretty serious boosting of the lie when it first spread, and is doing some ass-covering and blame misdirection now.

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