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Cat Lafitte
may not
get "Officer of the Year"
In September 32-year old Dallas, Texas police officer Cat Lafitte made
the paper for her participation in a community art project. Her segment featured the painting of a smiling, welcoming police
officer, and a sort of manifesto of collected wisdom like: "Hug your mama cuz I guarantee you were a turd when you were
2" and "Use your freakin turn signal people!" (The 11th commandment.)
She told reporters
it was a gesture of goodwill. "If I could plant one little seed in someone's head that the police are the good guys,
I would consider myself to be successful." That step forward was followed by two steps back when Lafitte demonstrated
the kind of law enforcement attitude that concerns people in several publicly available Facebook posts.
She posted
a picture of a small black child surrounded by cops and wrote the caption: "Quick . . . sprinkle some crack on him!"
The single mother and off-duty roller derby gal ("Shake 'n Bacon"? "Peach Fuzz"?) also described herself
as an "Official Bum Roller" for her work with the homeless. She also bragged about an altercation with a hospital
nurse: "I threw my boot at him, Jerry Springer-style, and nailed him in the face. It broke his glasses, cut his face
and bruised it up real good." ("Montel on line three.")
The incident allegedly occurred when Lafitte
was screaming at her supervisor on the phone and a paramedic told her to calm down and that security was on its way. The six-year
veteran has been placed on paid administrative leave while the case is investigated.
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