Deputy who arrested Mel Gibson says he was punished for fighting coverup

The deputy who arrested Mel Gibson in 2006 for drunk driving is accusing the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department of retaliating against him because he resisted requests from superiors to remove mention of the actor’s anti-Semitic slurs from an initial arrest report.

Deputy James Mee, who filed a lawsuit against the department Tuesday, said that in the four years since the incident, he has been passed over for promotions and has had his performance unfairly scrutinized.

Because the deputy is Jewish, his attorneys said, he was unfairly suspected of leaking details of the tirade to the media.

But a spokesman for Sheriff Lee Baca denied this.

“His ethnicity had nothing to do with this,” sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore said. “The sheriff was trying to find out who had leaked official documents without authorization to do so”

-- Robert Faturechi

Comments

[Sam]

LOL like this Jew didn't get offended by Mel's movie The Passion of Christ.

[Mr. Rick]

It was obviously the Ghost of Christnas Yet To Come that leaked the douments. Mel knows what that's all about.

[Tvegas]

Imagine that ...law enforcement trying to cover something up.

[Chris]

Mel Gibson is just a total sleaze, divorcing his longtime wife and having a child out of wedlock goes against all the religion values of the Catholic faith.

[bluebar68]

Mel Gibson what a piece of work he turned out to be.The Hollywood raciest,Yeah Hollywood protect your raciest friends and make excuses for them because they are rich and put on the B.S. act really well.That's right people its fine to be intoxicated drive around use racial slurs.Hey Mel keep up the great work I hope to see your next movie soon.

[michelle]

What a surprise! Trying to cover up the sins of the rich and famous! A slime like Mel Gibson doesn't deserve for anyone to be protecting him from the public eye and the ugliness of the bigot that he really is.

[joe]

Lee Baca is a $cientology nutcase, fire that bastard.

[Down2000]

This cop gave me a ticket on PCH once. He was sitting at the bottom of the hill (next to Ralph's) and said he clocked me at 60. Knowing I was doing 50, I asked to see the radar gun. After delaying 15 mins, he told me, oh my partner accidentally reset the gun. Mel is a bigot and certainly gets what he deserves but don't beleive this cp for a second!

[David]

What a crybaby. He stirs the pot, tries to make a name for himself, leaks confidential information, then whines when the hens come home to roost.

[john smith]

it should come to as surprise that this happened.

[JJ]

The deputy had no business putting the remarks in the arrest report. I arrested hundreds of drunks in my law enforcement career, and it was never procedurally correct or relevant to put the ranting of drunks in any report.

[latimesreader]

Cop does his job and gets in trouble. Mel the scumbag goes on to beat a women... seems fair.

[Yut]

Leak? Isn't it public record anyways?

[john]

He should have been fired on the spot, Because he's Jewish had nothing to do with anything. He leak information. Only rat's leak info to the media. Law enforcement officer's have to carry themselves in manner that shows integrity.
You are owe nothing. Ask the media to promote you!

[blackone]

He wants money. And revenge.

[witman]

Wonder if the Deputy would have reported comments about the illuminati, or Republicans, or Martians, or Freemasons if Gibson had made them - somehow, kind of doubt it.