Tiffanie was arrested for obstructing justice on May 9th, 2015 after she stopped West Virginia state Trooper Seth Cook, who had been called to the property to solve a dispute between Tiffanie’s husband’s stepfather and a neighbor, from shooting her dog Buddy (pictured below), who was chained to a wall at their home in Parkersburg, West Virginia.
Fortunately for Tiffanie her husband, Ryan, started filming the incident (you can watch the video on YouTube by clicking here) as Tiffanie ran to stand in the way. Still photos from the video show Tiffanie stepping in between the gun and Buddy.
To compound his incredible douche baggery Trooper Cook then took it upon himself to go inside of the home to “confiscate electronic devices”, including the cell phone that Ryan had used to film the incident.
Fortunately Trooper Cook was not able to secure and destroy the evidence of his piss poor behavior and therefore a jury was able to watch with their own eyes, listen with their own ears and fairly judge the true to life facts with their own common sense and good judgment… naturally resulting in a acquittal on February 29th, 2016.
Memo to the Folks: Some times the cops exceed their mandate and sometimes it is the citizen who is out of control. One thing is for sure though: Were all police citizen encounters digitally recorded then we’d be taking the guess work out of the equation. If the cops are not recording you then you might want to be recording them. For posterity. Or your freedom. Which ever comes first.
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