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A police officer heard berating a St. Louis man for honking his car horn in a now-viral video has been identified as Detective Steve Burle — an investigator with St. Louis' Force Investigation Unit.
According to computer programmer Scott Smith, Burle was stopped in his unmarked police car at a green light at the intersection of South 12th Street and Geyer last week when Smith honked his horn to get him to start moving. Burle responded by pulling Smith over and, as heard in video recorded by Smith, calling him a "fucking jackoff" and threatening to "tow your car and lock you up," among other things.
St. Louis Police Department spokeswoman Schron Jackson tells RFT that the department has launched an Internal Affairs investigation into the stop.…
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A police officer heard berating a St. Louis man for honking his car horn in a now-viral video has been identified as Detective Steve Burle — an investigator with St. Louis' Force Investigation Unit.According to computer programmer Scott Smith, Burle was stopped in his unmarked police car at a green light at the intersection of South 12th Street and Geyer last week when Smith honked his horn to get him to start moving. Burle responded by pulling Smith over and, as heard in video recorded by Smith, calling him a "fucking jackoff" and threatening to "tow your car and lock you up," among other things.
St. Louis Police Department spokeswoman Schron Jackson tells RFT that the department has launched an Internal Affairs investigation into the stop.…
