Who is Matthew Gorney? Wisconsin cop purportedly plants drugs in Black man’s car in viral video
CALEDONIA, WISCONSIN: A police officer from Wisconsin is facing an investigation after being accused of planting drugs
in a Black man’s car during a traffic stop Saturday afternoon, July 24.
The Black man, who goes by Glockboy Savoo, has alleged that the cop
threw a plastic bag of what seems to be drugs in the backseat of his
vehicle.
Savoo shared the video of the encounter on Facebook and wrote, “First time ever seeing a cop try to throw sum
on me just to get reason to search the car💯 I’m just a local music
artist from Racine Wi 💯he ain’t even know I was recording 💯 you can
tell he was nervous 💯 #trenchkidsworldwide.” The 14-second clip showed
the man asking the officer, “what’s that? What did you just throw in
here? I got you on camera bro.” The cop replied, “What’s what?” before
adding: “I got you on camera, we’re all good.”
Savoo then turned the camera towards the backseat showing the plastic bag the cop apparently put in the car. “Hey bro, you just threw that in here,” he told the cop. He then took to Twitter to share more about the episode. He said he was okay and was not put behind the bars, but added that he was thinking of taking legal action against the officer.
Who is Matthew Gorney?
The police officer in question has not been officially identified
yet, but journalist Tariq Nasheed said on Twitter that the cop in the
clip is Matthew Gorney. He tweeted, “A suspected race soldier named
Officer Matthew Gorney from #Wisconsin is allegedly caught on video
appearing to plant drugs on an innocent Black male driver.”
Meanwhile, the Village of Caledonia Police Department issued a statement after the video went viral. The statement
from Caledonia Police Department Chief Christopher Botsch read,
“Earlier today, the Caledonia Police Department was made aware of a cell
phone video that is circulating social media platforms depicting the
actions of a Caledonia police officer. We were able to locate the call
for service associated with the cell phone video. The Caledonia Police
Department is conducting a comprehensive internal review of the
incident.”
He added: “The complete review will take some time, but I have
reviewed portions of the body-worn camera video. Please keep in mind
that the cell phone video that is circulating depicts only a small
portion of the entire encounter; whereas, all available video may
provide more context. The Caledonia Police Department believes strongly
in transparency; therefore, all body-worn camera video will be made
available within the coming days. Please be patient, as there is a lot
of information to review.”
People on social media have strong
reactions over the incident. A person tweeted, “We have a serious
problem with corrupt, racist, police violating black men…imagine if he
didn’t record Ofc. #Cornet it he would be facing his whole life in
prison #RecordthePolice #overturnterry #DomesticTerrorists #CaledoniaPD
#PoliceAccountability #DirtyCops #ThinBlueLineGang.” The second one
said, “That cop needs get the same sentence that he was trying to stitch
the guy up with.” “This shit has been happening for DECADES!!!!! This
man is just lucky to have caught it on camera,” a user added.
1 comment:
Unfortunately for the police they have been caught doing so much shady stuff over the past few years people don't believe them anymore, even the good ones.
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