Trooper Pumpy Tudors Acquitted

[duke]

Marion County Jury Rules In Favor Of Trooper Pumpy Tudors
posted May 10, 2009
State Trooper Pumpy Tudors has been found not guilty by a jury in Marion County.
Trooper Tudors went to trial facing the felony charge of aggravated assault. He was found not guilty of aggravated assault as well as five lesser-included felony offenses.
The jury was not able to reach a verdict on the simple assault charge.
It was alleged that Trooper Tudors assaulted his girlfriend's father with an iron (clothing iron) at her house in Marion County. Joe Brackett claimed that Trooper Tudors attacked him with the iron.
Trooper Tudors claimed that Mr. Brackett attacked him because he did not want Tudors to date his daughter. The trooper claimed he simply subdued Mr. Brackett in order to stop Mr. Brackett's assault.
Trooper Tudors was represented at trial by attorney Johnny Houston who recently represented former firefighter Marvin Nicholson who was found not guilty by a Hamilton County jury.

www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_150863.asp

[bhmc449]

I must say, cop or no cop Pumpy Tudors is one of the nicest people you will ever meet in your life. I have had the utmost privilege of back up Pumpy on many occasions and I have never seen an officer more polite, more professional, more jovial and all the while his pen is still writing the citation. In court I used to get a laugh out of him. He would testify to the citation, arrest, etc. After the case was over Pumpy would shake the persons hand and grant them respect.

I really like him and if you don't him personally then your opinion of him has no weight, because I am supremely confident that I am not the only one that shares my same feelings


Good Luck bro!! I hope you are back hitting the streets again soon...

[cadillacdude1975]

i know Pumpy personally too. i am so glad this is over. this was like the 2nd or 3rd time he had been to court over this same garbage in the last year.

he is a jovial person. every time i saw him where i used to work he would come in smiling and sometimes yelling at all of us to get to work over his car PA system.

anytime he has any goodies he passes them out. pens, police patches worn on actual duty uniforms, and the state patrol knives they sold a few years back.

he is a great person and i will say this about his character, if you ever get stopped by anyone, hope it is Pumpy. he is dead up honest and the more honest you are, the better treatment you will get. if it is just a minor speeding infraction, say hey man sorry i screwed up. if you were not setting any qualifying records, your chances are good you will get a warning.

i know he will be glad to get out of mini mexico (bonny oaks drivers license station) lol

next time any of you see him say "¿que pasa bato? he will look at you and smile and probably start speaking gibberish to you.

good to hear your cleared Pumpy. get back out there and make a difference.

[Tookie]

Pumpy Tudors

Is that his real first name?

[dvc]

So he was the motor mouth that worked over at Bonny Oaks.I figured he was a Patrolman that had been reasigned.For some reason he just didn't fit the "mold" of the other workers.

[cadillacdude1975]

Pumpy is a nickname that he was given when he was kicking the shit out of the football at UTC. people kidded him about pumping the ball up with a lot of air so he could kick it as far as he did. and the name stuck with him after he tore his knees up. that is why he is not playing football anymore. both knees i believe have been replaced.

his first name is Clinton. i believe i would use a nickname too lol

[emanon]

I thought Pumpy said his nickname came from when he was a baby and they said his head looked like a pumpkin. That is what I remember him telling of, back in the UTC days....

[Longshot! [ Saint ]]

Either way, glad he's still Humungus and back Among Us.

Try watching him eat one day. WOW, do I feel for his parents grocery bills. He's why kids get early sign-ups in the Military...so THEY can feed him.

His knee caps weren't replaced...he ATE them one night.


Seriously though...glad you were spared the State Fate, Pumpster!

[mrevents]

May 12, 2009 12:15:47 GMT -5 Tookie said:

Pumpy Tudors

Is that his real first name?

No his "real first name" is Clinton. Seriously.

And he is a great guy. Now can I have a warning please?

[Longshot! [ Saint ]]

You won't get one from Pumpy.

The State Doesn't Play.

[bhmc449]

May 12, 2009 17:18:42 GMT -5 Longshot! [ Saint ] said:

You won't get one from Pumpy.

The State Doesn't Play.

thats fo sho......i saw a trooper write a guy a ton of ticket for crap i never heard of

[Tsavodiner]

He's a steel teddy bear, and one of the finest people you could be blessed to know.

Like most cops, or guys in general, myself included, we skipped "Judge of Character in Women" day at human school.

[mosquito]

This is an opinion by mosquito and any names used are coincidence and are solely the opinion of the poster and not fact so that this new poster will not be in violation of the Terms of Service and not get in trouble with his/her very first post.

I allegedly wish I'd had an allegedly similar experience to y'all's with Trooper Tudors. He allegedly pulled me over several years ago and allegedly accused me of allegedly flipping him off. I had allegedly done no such alleged thing - I had, in fact, allegedly tried to allegedly wave him around me because we were allegedly on a road that was allegedly about to allegedly narrow to one lane (Shallowford Road going up Missionary Ridge from Glenwood) and he was allegedly following behind me allegedly very closely - so close that I could allegedlynot see his alleged headlights.

When I allegedly said I had allegedly not allegedly flipped him off and allegedly said that even if I allegedly had, that's not allegedly an alleged crime (it's not, allegedly look it up), he allegedly became allegedly extremely allegedly belligerent and allegedly wrote me an alleged ticket for allegedly having an alleged "New York attitude." (I allegedly have an allegedly New York State driver's license - allegedly live in NY now, allegedly grew up in Chattanooga and was allegedlyvisiting my allegedly parents.)

His alleged superior allegedly took my alleged complaint VERYallegedly seriously and allegedly apologized to me allegedly profusely. Judge Bob Moon allegedly dismissed the alleged ticket and allegedly explained to me that Trooper Tudors allegedly has a bit of an alleged history with, shall we allegedlysay, allegedly anger management, as well as an allegedly even longer allegedly history of allegedly abusing his position to allegedly pull over allegedly young women allegedly driving alone at night and allegedly issuing allegedlybogus tickets if they don't allegedly defer to him and/or allegedly cry (check, check, check, check, check/check).

I allegedly followed Trooper Tudors' allegedassault cases in the Chattanooga allegedly media and truly wish this had turned out allegedly differently.

Here endeth the lesson........

[augie47]

Judge Moon must be slipping. I could have sworn "having a New York attitude" was a valid offense. I was only suprised that Pumpy elected to write a citation rather than arrest as you were from out of State...way out of State.

[Tsavodiner]

Well, skeeter "If wishes were horses, beggars would ride".

Have a nice ride back to the Empire State.

[bhmc449]

May 14, 2009 17:04:25 GMT -5 mosquito said:

Wish I'd had a similar experience to y'all's with Trooper Tudors. He pulled me over several years ago and accused me of flipping him off. I had done no such thing - I had, in fact, tried to wave him around me because we were on a road that was about to narrow to one lane (Shallowford Road going up Missionary Ridge from Glenwood) and he was following behind me very closely - so close that I could not see his headlights.

When I said I had not flipped him off and said that even if I had, that's not a crime (it's not, look it up), he became extremely belligerent and wrote me a ticket for having a "New York attitude." (I have a New York State driver's license - live in NY now, grew up in Chattanooga and was visiting my parents.)

His superior took my complaint VERY seriously and apologized to me profusely. Judge Bob Moon dismissed the ticket and explained to me that Trooper Tudors has a bit of a history with, shall we say, anger management, as well as an even longer history of abusing his position to pull over young women driving alone at night and issuing bogus tickets if they don't defer to him and/or cry (check, check, check, check, check/check).

I followed Trooper Tudors' assault cases in the Chattanooga media and truly wish this had turned out differently.

I'm calling total bullshit on this.......

I would love to hear a different version.

[Tsavodiner]

I'll query the Pumpster our next coffee klatch; sounds like a memorable [fictitious] encounter.

[Police Moderator]

I find the post by mosquito to be total BS. I am sure this person was written a ticket, but the circumstances alleged defy belief.

The Box Score:

• Trooper Tudors - 1
  
• mosquito - 0
  

I have edited the post to remove the slander taint and made it an "Opinion"

[snarkalicious]

I met this trooper when I served on the Grand Jury-he gave us a very heartfelt and emotional testimony about a case he was working. If I needed the police to help me I would hope this man showed up~

[duke]

What an abuse of moderator privilege, altering a poster's viewpoint simply because it conflicts with the moderator's view.

Anybody can be a bully exercising an unfair advantage while utilizing tools unavailable to the opposition.

If Tudor is half the man that the cops here try to portray, one dissent would have no effect.

Tudor’s acquittal has much less value to the public than a citizen because local prosecutors don’t have the mettle to render an effective trial. It is not the jury, it is in the prosecution. Evidence the conviction rate of the feds against local LE and compare to local prosecution. It took the feds to convict the perpetrators of abuse in the Rodney King case.

[Police Moderator]

What an abuse of moderator privilege, altering a poster's viewpoint simply because it conflicts with the moderator's view.

Or I could have deleted the whole thing as a violation of the Terms of Service (i.e. libel). It was offered as fact, it accussed someone of unlawful acts, it was alleged to have been untrue and the post named a person who is not a participant in the forum. I merely added the "alleged" parts to the posted story without changing any other word transforming it from potential actionable libel to non-actionable opinion.

Unsubstantiated, anonymous accusations of unlawful acts against a named person in a public forum can be considered libel and are not a "viewpoint" whether it conflicts with my personal world view or not.

This Forum is not IA, nor is it the place for anonymous posters to accuse named LEOs of unlawful activity. There is a place and a time for that and it is not the Police Blotter.

No abuse here, Duke! Just trying to be helpful.

[Tsavodiner]

Tudor’s acquittal has much less value to the public than a citizen because local prosecutors don’t have the mettle to render an effective trial. It is not the jury, it is in the prosecution.

That's as slanderous to a dedicated District Attorney and his staff as was "Flying Noxious Pesky Insect's" was to Pumpy himself, and pretty doggone flatulent from somebody who's never had to convince anybody of anything other than to change their diaper.

[cadillacdude1975]

i know the man from servicing his patrol cars over the years. tsavodiner, ask him about the time he jumped a median to chase someone and knocked a hole in his oil pan. underneath that poor crown vic looked like it had been dipped in the valdez spill. the cross brace under the frame at the pan had taken the brunt of the impact of him sailing across the median and on to the street. the bolt head made a sideways impact on the pan and put a perfect indention in the pan, tearing a hole.

he was all smiles telling his tale of that chase. he is really a great person. like the others have said, if you really need someone and you call the state boys, you better hope its Tudors.

and for the record, Bob Moon or any other judge would never publicly oust someone in that manner knowing it is being recorded. i think the edit by the moderator was pretty fucking funny.

[Longshot! [ Saint ]]

What an abuse of moderator privilege, altering a poster's viewpoint simply because it conflicts with the moderator's view.
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Duke, with your 'high road' mentality I am shocked and disappointed that you would not be the FIRST person to stand up for the Terms of Service that this clearly violated. Disappointed, my friend. A powerful word.


...As for the rest, funny how every person here with first-hand knowledge of him (that wasn't being cited for a crime) thinks the world of him, yet all those that haven't blame his innocence not on facts, but some 'fault in the justice system'.

Lends real credibility to this and all such malformed and agenda driven blind, unobjective opinions that seem to be pretty consistent of 2-3 particular users.

Court of Law and Jury by Citizen Peers & Facts = 'Obvious Non-sense'? What other scientific 'ah-ha's' could you break this monotony with?

YAWN.

[cloverhoney]

Techically, it shouldn't be considered "an abuse" of moderator priviledge provided the moderator alters EVERY post that is in violation of TOS.

[Longshot! [ Saint ]]

So you're saying he should have just deleted it? It was one or the other. Which would you prefer? Honestly?

[cadillacdude1975]

i still say the edit was funnier.

[Justin Thyme]

As with actual policing, moderators do work with some discretion. I try to be fair whenever moderation becomes necessary but I will admit that I'm a lot fairer to people who have a history of contributing to the forums and haven't made a habit of pissing me off. The Police Moderator in this case was a lot more fairer than I would have been. I would have deleted the post, sending a PM and e-mail to the offender explaining why.

I'm all for bringing in new voices but when the very first post of a new voice is libelous and defamatory I think we all can do without them.

[LimitedRecourse]

WHEW!

[Longshot! [ Saint ]]

I'm all for bringing in new voices but when the very first post of a new voice is libelous and defamatory I think we all can do without them.
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...Usually, it fairly reaks of an 'Agenda' and under false-pretenses at that, so I concur. Sound logic for those who aren't having their '1st Day in the Interet(s)'.