Obvious Scam

A New Orleans cop is suspended fifteen minutes before his retirement because he was "wearing the wrong colored shirt (Emphasis mine -RT)." Instead of the standard-issue all-black uniform, Guidry, a veteran officer in the city's Uptown 2nd District, chose the powder-blue uniform shirt that he wore to work for more than three decades. He viewed it as a simple statement, not an affront to rules or department leadership. "Eighteen people died in the line of duty in that powder-blue shirt while I was with the department," Guidry said. "I went to each of those funerals. I wore that shirt on a Saturday, on my last day, out of respect for them." Apparently, Ray Nagin doesn't want to pay this cop his retirement, and thinks a "suspension" in the last fifteen minutes of his stint as a police officer will accomplish that. It's a little like claiming to have "done all we can" for hurricane victims while most of his school bus fleet was drowned out. Fifteen minutes. They really had to hurry to get this done before this guy got off work for the last time. I guess the acronym for this police department (NOPD) is descriptive. (Times-Picayune)

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