Florida Deputy Fired For Flailing Weapons, Quoting Denzel Washington
By Jessi Minneci
May 5, 2017
A Florida sheriff's deputy is out of a job after waving his gun and taser while quoting lines from Denzel Washington's character in "Training Day."
Lake County Deputy Dean Zipes was fired April 21. Authorities say Zipes rubbed his pistol and stun gun together in the direction of a convenience store in front of a police trainee while reciting lines from a movie about a corrupt law enforcement officer.
In the movie, Washington plays a crooked LAPD officer.
In one scene, Washington confronts a suspected rapist and points two guns back and forth from his chest to straight out in front of him, then rubs the weapons together.
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