Cops Caught Framing Woman for Crash During Drunk Driving Arrest
Police officers take an oath to uphold and enforce the law. It is unfortunate when individuals act in ways that tarnish the image of the law enforcement industry as a whole. These officers in Florida perjured themselves and should be held accountable.
Last February, a police officer ran into another vehicle with his squad car at a stoplight in Florida around midnight. When his fellow cops got to the scene, they thought the woman whom the cop ran into was driving drunk, so the they decided to frame her for the accident. Unbeknownst to the cops at the scene, the dashboard camera recorded the incident. From YouTube:
Joel Francisco, the officer involved in the original collision, together with Sgt. Dewey Pressley, made up a story of how Alexandra Torrensvilas was driving with a cat on her lap and that the cat jumped out the window, causing Torrensvilas to swerve and stop unexpectedly. Torrensvilas was charged with drunk driving and for an improper lane change. While getting their stories straight, Pressley is heard saying,
We’ll do a little Walt Disney to protect the cop because it wouldn’t have mattered because she is drunk anyway.
He also said he didn’t want to make things up, but he was willing to:
Bend it a little bit to protect a cop.
The scene photographer was told to take shots from certain angles to make it look like Torrensvilas swerved in front of the cop. The officers acknowledged they knew what they are doing was illegal, but were unaware they were being recorded.
As a result of the audio from the dash-cam, four veteran police officers and a crime scene tech have been placed on administrative duty with pay until an internal affairs investigation is completed and the States Attorney’s office can review the findings. County officials have asked state investigators and the FBI to become involved.
The drunk driving case against Torrensvilas has since been dropped. Other cases the officers have been involved with may also be jeopardized, as they are now on record falsifying testimony.
