Sunday, March 16, 2008

TOKYO: Officer punished for pulling pistol

03/15/2008
THE ASAHI SHIMBUN

Police sent papers to prosecutors Friday on a police officer who pointed his pistol at one of three noisy teenagers and threatened to kill him if they did not move.

The 27-year-old officer, who is assigned to the Takinogawa Police Station in Kita Ward, was suspended from duty for one month by the Metropolitan Police Department.

To expel the 16- and 17-year-olds, he withdrew his pistol from his holster on the night of Feb. 26, leveled it at one of the teenagers and said, "If you do not move, I will kill you."(IHT/Asahi: March 15,2008)

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