A Honolulu Police officer has pleaded guilty to depriving a homeless man his civil rights by making him lick a urinal last January.
John Rabago, 43, admitted to telling 37-year-old Samuel Ingall that he could avoid arrest — but only if he was willing to humiliate himself and potentially expose himself to all kinds of alarming bacteria in the process.
A former officer also charged with Rabago pleaded guilty in September to failing to report that Rabago forced the homeless man to lick the urinal.
Reginald Ramones, 43, who left the department in August, pleaded guilty to a lesser charge that he knew a fellow officer committed a civil rights violation and didn't inform authorities.
Ramones says Rabago convinced him not to report it.
Though Rabago had initially claimed his comments were a joke that got misconstrued, Ramones, said that the threat was entirely serious.
Both defendants are slated to be sentenced in February and face fines up to $250,000. Ramones, who reportedly left the Honolulu Police Department in August, could be sentenced to up to three years in prison, though the government is expected to recommend he only receive probation. Rabago faces up to 10 years in prison. According to Hawaii News Now, he is on leave from the Honolulu Police Department and expects to be fired now that the case has concluded.
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