today's edition of 'protect and serve' brought to you in this case by a rogue cop in maine;

York, ME — Javier Ambler, a 40-year-old postal worker, was on his way home from a friendly poker game when he allegedly made the mistake of failing to dim his headlights when passing another vehicle. Because the vehicle Ambler drove past was a Williamson County sheriff’s deputy, an hour later, he’d be dead — the life squeezed from his body by Austin’s finest. Pediatrician Stephen Brennan had a similar interaction over headlights with a cop in Maine, and though he didn’t die, like Ambler, Brennan was savagely attacked over the incident — up to and including having his body mauled by a K-9.

Though the incident happened more than two years ago, dash camera footage from that night was only just released as part of a settlement being paid out to Brennan. The taxpayers of York are shelling out $325,000 to pay for the violent actions of York police officer Jonathan Rogers and his K-9.

Despite beating and mauling a 63-year-old doctor who had harmed no one and committed no crime, York Town Manager Steve Burns and Acting Police Chief Owen Davis released a joint statement saying Rogers “simply did his job to keep York a safe place.”

If this is what cops do over headlights to keep people safe, the citizens of York would do well to remain in danger.

On the evening of Sept. 20, 2019, Brennan was on his way home and travelling in the opposite direction down the highway as Rogers. When the two vehicles approached each other, Brennan thought the officer’s headlights were too bright, so he flashed his high beams to alert the oncoming vehicle to dim their lights.

Flashing one’s high beams is a common occurrence when drivers are blinded by bright headlights. Likely everyone reading this article has done it before, and some have likely been mistaken. Often times, when one is mistaken, the driver of the oncoming vehicle actually turns on their high beams and the driver who flashed his headlights realizes their mistake and no harm is done........read and watch more.......