… otherwise you will get arrested! Just ask this bar parton about his 2006 incident.

According to the news article, a bar parton removed his sweater revealing the POLICE T-Shirt he had on underneath. It was at this time a waitress came out and informed the patron a police officer would like to speak to him outside … and that is when the following reportedly happened:

According to the lawsuit, a waitress told Weinstein that some police officers wanted to speak with him outside the bar. Weinstein went outside, he said, and was greeted by Belleville Police Officer Jeff Vernatti.

Vernatti, Weinstein alleges, asked him for his police credentials. Weinstein says he told the officer he didn’t have any credentials because he wasn’t a police officer.

That’s when, according to Weinstein, the police officer started screaming curse words and became physically and verbally abusive. Weinstein says he was cuffed and later released by the officer, but made to take the t-shirt off while standing in the cold.

Weinstein was ticketed for impersonating a police officer, but it was later dismissed. The ticket only alleges Weinstein wore the t-shirt.

“I’m afraid to go to Belleville,” Weinstein said in an interview. According to the lawsuit, Weinstein is a firefighter.

And now the patron is suing the the police department for this incident … craziness! His attorney actually makes a good point about how people are now sporting NYPD apparel all over the country as a sign of respect, however (at least not on record) has any of those people been arrested for impersonating a police officer.

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