Smack my McGruff up.
My Favorite DC story since like.. forever comes via DCist.
The Examiner’s Scott McCabe provides the details in today’s strangest crime story. D.C. police officer Tyrone Hardy was dressed up as the iconic McGruff the Crime Dog on Saturday afternoon, interacting with a group of children at the corner of 14th Street and Spring Road NW, when a Metrobus driver allegedly stopped his bus, got out of the vehicle, walked over to McGruff and punched the mascot in the face. No kidding.
McGruff staggered, children screamed and the crime dog’s attacker jumped back into the bus and drove off, police said. A call of an assault on a police officer went out over the police radio while passengers on the bus yelled at Brim.
The bus driver, 38-year-old Shawn Brim, later said that he was trying “to be funny.” Funny or not, Brim has been charged with simple assault, and Metro, who has employed him since 2003, has placed him under administrative review.
Of note: McCabe also reports that Brim has a history of arrests, though no convictions, including one for prostitution in 2006, possession of PCP in 1994 and possession of a gun in 1990.
How much do you want to bet WMATA will decide to “take a bite out of crime” themselves and give Brim the boot?
What can I say? How can an alleged Crime Dog allow itself to get so disrespected? ML is from now riding out with Smokey the Bear & Sparky the Fire Dog as our role models.
By the way, dear ML reader, thank me for not making a Baha Men reference.
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