> *Warning*: Some may find the following details disturbing.
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> An investigation into an officer with the Austin Police Department (APD) continues as court documents reveal what led up to his arrest.
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> APD Officer Cameron Caldwell turned himself into the Williamson County Jail following "an incident at his Cedar Park home," according to Cedar Park police.
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> Court documents obtained by KVUE reveal authorities were called out to Caldwell's home on Manada Trail on June 17 for reports of child abuse. The mother of Caldwell's two children told officers she had video of him abusing their children, including one video of "great concern."
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> The mother then provided police with five videos from a Nest camera set up inside the children's bedroom. One video allegedly showed Caldwell's 2-year-old son trying to shield himself from his father before being picked up and "violently" struck in the buttocks. Caldwell allegedly hit his son eight times before dropping him to the ground.
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> The video shows Caldwell's son "crying hysterically" and trying to crawl away before Caldwell picks him up and slams him on the mattress. Caldwell then hits his son in the face three times before covering him with a blanket, according to court documents.
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> During an interview with Caldwell's 4-year-old son, the boy told investigators his dad threw a monster truck at his back. He also allegedly said he gets hit a lot when he gets in trouble and is forced to do push-ups by Caldwell. The 4-year-old also accused Caldwell of slapping him in the face on the left side of his cheek.
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> Caldwell is the same officer who, back in August 2016, was suspended for 45 days after he pepper-sprayed a handcuffed man in the face during South by Southwest (SXSW).
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> A video showed Chicago native Tyrone Wilson being arrested on a misdemeanor charge of resisting arrest during SXSW when Caldwell opened the door and told him to stop kicking. Moments later, the two men had another exchange, during which Caldwell used pepper spray on Wilson.
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> APD said it is aware of the criminal investigation involving Caldwell and is cooperating with Cedar Park police. Per standard protocol, APD said it has placed Caldwell on restricted duty and has initiated an administrative investigation into the matter.
This is exactly what my dad would do to me, kudos to the Army for the entire experience. I hate seeing "*military-styled punishments*" being used on *toddlers*. I bet if you ask them they had to kneel on concrete or choose their own belts.
It WAS normal for a lot of us Gen X kids whose parents were raised in a time of picking out your own switch, and for many years I thought that corporal punishment was just a part of raising kids and teaching them how to behave. That view definitely evolved over time but once I had my own kid I knew that was horribly wrong parenting and actually abusive behavior. Scaring the shit out of a kid is emotionally abusive as is but to add the physical element is a two-fer of abuse. Disgusting.
It's way too "normal" in a lot of places.
I remember schools having paddles with holes in them (they hurt more than solid ones) and the principal using the paddle on students.
The holes decrease air resistance so you can hit harder.
So at some point someone said, “you know what? Beating the children with these wooden boards simply isn’t teaching them enough of a lesson. Lucky I’m something of a dandy at physics and can think of a way to make this more brutal.”
I went to a school that had a paddle. Thankfully I never got it.
My parents had a 2-for-1 policy: *get paddled at school, you get paddled at home too*
I did, however, have to select many of my own switches off the willow tree in our backyard.
Was normal for me growing up. I thought I would spank my kids growing up, not because I wanted to, but because that's how you teach them. When we were expecting, I read up on the damage spanking and pain as punishment does to children. Since then, I've never once had the urge to raise my hand for punishment.
Thank you for this. My parent was an abusive police officer. They threatened we would get arrested if we called the cops on them because they were all buddies. This makes me happy the next generation did better than mine.
My kids' father was abused by his father, who was a cop. He isn't abusive.Thankfully, he recognized it for what it is. It definitely has caused him some struggles in life
If our justice system was even remotely just, this guy would go to jail for life. Unfortunately, he will probably be suspended with pay and transferred to a different district once this blows over
What a piece of trash this creature is sounds just like my father. That woman better take her kids and hide way far away from him. Once he loses his job he will have nothing to do but stalk her. Poor lady and kids.
Make six figures almost immediately with little education necessary, get free shit, never have to actually do your job, blowies from badge bunnies, get to brutalize whatever minority you hate most, worst case scenario is a paid vacation, huge pension on an early retirement…
Qualified immunity? A track record of investigating themselves and no accountability? The fact you can never be barred from being a cop nationally, only “ fired” from certain precincts? The fact that 40%+ are physically abusive to their partners or families yet less than 1% are ever caught? All of the above?
I took a class on policing in college and their theory was that bullies are attracted to the job and also that the job creates an us against them mentality and that police have a lot of vicarious trauma that lead to mental health problems when untreated.
Everything about it.
-Easy to get in
-Lots of cool toys to play with
-The promise of hero worship
-A culture of racism that’s probably appealing to your pre-existing biases
-Lots of downtime
-Little accountability.
The worst part is, as people are realizing how fucked up most cops and police departments are, you get less people with good intentions applying. The only people applying now have watched the misdeeds of law enforcement over the last several years and said to themselves, “yep. I wanna wear that badge.”
Time to link this officer’s name and badge to any and all cases he was involved. No way someone who can beat a toddler has sound judgement nor a creditable witness.
Omg, he should have no contact with his children ever. You know this isn’t the first time that’s happened. To do that to a 2 year old? He looks proud of it in his Mug Shot. WTF
Lol they’ll always protect their own. They’ll probably have this guy’s back no matter what. That’s why he’s still employed. Any place else, except maybe in politics, and he’d be fired instantly.
Bad cops support other bad cops, and the cop unions protect them all from everything.
Which is why there’s no such thing as a good cop. Even the cop who tries to be personally as fair and unbiased in their dealings with civilians as possible. They work with abusive psychopaths and they keep quiet about their colleagues’ malfeasances.
You can’t be a coo and not be complicit. The culture will literally not allow you to be a good cop.
I have a three year old, the thought of him trying to shield himself and crawl away from me, in fear, makes me feel sick. This shithead 'father' should be no where near any level of authority. I hope his family can get away from him safely.
Jesus fucking christ, a 2 year old? In what fucking world does a 2 year old need to ever be hit for anything? Like how much of a psychopath do you need to be to think "oh, look a small child, I need to hit it"?
And APD just straight up hired him, gave him a gun and didn't fire him when they found this out?
These monsters love to pick on people smaller than them. It’s literally why they became cops- Too small, too insecure and too cowardly in their own lives, they demand a badge to be able to lord it over others. A miserable human, I hope he lives to regret his actions every single day, but they’ll probably give him a promotion
As someone who was spanked when he was younger, it technically is hard to learn that’s not the right punishment when misbehaving.
That said I’m not excusing this guy. He probably was beat too as a kid.
Edit: I’m aware he’s beating his kid
This adult was not just spanking his children. He was slapping them in the face, slamming them into the mattress and throwing large toys at them. There's is no justification for this behavior regardless of upbringing.
Thank you for saying this. What is described here is horrible, and clearly abusive, and there is no excuse for it. That said, I find myself surprised by many of these comments… because they appear to be surprised.
The scenario described here is not too dissimilar to ones I remember from growing up. It wasn’t very long ago that this kind of behavior from a parent was not exactly *acceptable*, but it was normalized enough to be *accepted*. I am truly glad that we are horrified by this kind of thing now, but it is a bit jarring that we have forgotten that, only a few decades ago, this kind of violence was so prevalent that I don’t think many would call it psychopathic — some even thought it was necessary. I am glad we are not there anymore, but I think we should probably try to remember that there’s nothing to suggest that we would not be capable of it, were we living in a culture more similar to the ones our parents or grandparents grew up in.
No it's easy to learn. Plenty of child development data supports not spanking your kids.
If you think you know better than over 20 years of studies by experts, you should stop being a parent.
https://health.clevelandclinic.org/pediatricians-say-dont-spank-your-kids-heres-why-what-to-do-instead
All you're teaching your kid is to be afraid of you, if that's your goal you can do that without physical assault.
I’m sure the mom knows it’s a long shot anything will come of it. So she’s pretty brave, cuz this monster is coming for her when the police union pulls some strings… just look at his mugshot. That photo says I know there will be no repercussions and I will bide my time until I can get her alone and ask her why she ratted me out.
I sure hope not. He beat up his toddler, that’s the most disgusting vile thing anyone can do. I don’t think his cop buddies will look the other way on this one. At least it’s my hope.
I just mean she’s married to a corrupt cop, in Texas. She has to realize how good ol boys roll. I’m sure he’s bragged to her about how awesome it is he could commit crimes and still be free. I know if I had a job where I could kill people and my boss would be like “hey now you go home for 2 weeks, we’ll send you your checks” and then just return to the office for work, I’d be pretty vocal about that perk. For what it’s worth though, I hope your hope is right.
If they aren’t obligated to protect or serve anyone why are we giving them money to buy weapons and vehicles primarily used in war? Yet they can’t even go stop a single gunman from shooting 5 year olds .
I hope KVUE continues to do a deep dive into the background of this police officer, and doesn't just stop with rote press releases from both APD and Cedar Park Police...
APD responded by putting officer Caldwell on paid administrative leave so he could spend more time with his family probably
And if think my sarcasm is bad, here is what the article actually says
"APD said it has placed Caldwell on restricted duty and has initiated an administrative investigation into the matter"
Real tough guy, beating a 2year old, 4 year old and pepper spraying a handcuffed person!
Let's see how he does with a man... And one that's not handcuffed! Give me 5 mins with that piece of shit!
I’m not from Texas, but the 3 guys from my high school that went on to become (and are currently) police officers were below average students and bullies.
This is the kind of guy the union's mad we want an oversight board about. If this is how he treats 2 year olds, imagine what he does to the people he arrests.
But it's liberals in Austin who give APD a bad reputation, not that APD knows they have officers like this and want to keep it quiet.
No. 40% of cops *self report* that they have engaged in domestic abuse within the last year.
It was a fucking self report survey.
Turns out if you just *describe* abusive behavior and ask "do you do this" people are willing to say yes because they don't think what they're doing is abuse.
Majority of these cops in TX are no good on some power trip and get a hard on at the thought of ruining someones life even if it's a good hard working citizen cause they're useless other than hiding behind a badge and jealous that even a smoothie king worker does more for society than them. Fire this bitch give him a record n let him try to find some work, it's only fair. Another crooked one Johnathan Akers in Kyle I've heard multiple people tell me fucked up shit about him careful out there for the real criminal organization out to get you
Accountability for APD is going to have to be forced on the City. That this guy is a serving officer and has this history is unconscionable.
The City will need to be forced, by initiative, to withdraw from State civil service codes and implement its own and to fire the sorts of monsters.
It happened in Williamson County. Will that help put this psycho in jail? 1) I hope someone beats his ass first and then 2) I hope he gets some help that actually works. And 3) I mostly hope his children and wife are protected from him. That’s a lot of hope. I’m an optimist.
It makes me physically ill thinking of touching my 2yo son in ANY way other than lovingly…yall, a two year old is SO TINY.
Fuck this man, lock him up in cell block 1 🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼
This guy is a monster that obviously has an issue with abusing helpless people. In a perfect world he’d go to prison where the other inmates would eat him alive .
I’ve been refining this for a while now, and I’m open to criticism, but at the moment my working opinion is think that we should reserve the dxxth penalty for people in positions of public service that commit heinous crimes like this. This individual is so far beyond any hope of redemption and I think given his position we would be better off if we got rid of him
Dude around the corner from me drives a Wrangler with a sticker that's the Punisher logo superimposed over a blue-lives-matter flag.
I should ask him his take on this.
> *Warning*: Some may find the following details disturbing. > > An investigation into an officer with the Austin Police Department (APD) continues as court documents reveal what led up to his arrest. > > APD Officer Cameron Caldwell turned himself into the Williamson County Jail following "an incident at his Cedar Park home," according to Cedar Park police. > > Court documents obtained by KVUE reveal authorities were called out to Caldwell's home on Manada Trail on June 17 for reports of child abuse. The mother of Caldwell's two children told officers she had video of him abusing their children, including one video of "great concern." > > The mother then provided police with five videos from a Nest camera set up inside the children's bedroom. One video allegedly showed Caldwell's 2-year-old son trying to shield himself from his father before being picked up and "violently" struck in the buttocks. Caldwell allegedly hit his son eight times before dropping him to the ground. > > The video shows Caldwell's son "crying hysterically" and trying to crawl away before Caldwell picks him up and slams him on the mattress. Caldwell then hits his son in the face three times before covering him with a blanket, according to court documents. > > During an interview with Caldwell's 4-year-old son, the boy told investigators his dad threw a monster truck at his back. He also allegedly said he gets hit a lot when he gets in trouble and is forced to do push-ups by Caldwell. The 4-year-old also accused Caldwell of slapping him in the face on the left side of his cheek. > > Caldwell is the same officer who, back in August 2016, was suspended for 45 days after he pepper-sprayed a handcuffed man in the face during South by Southwest (SXSW). > > A video showed Chicago native Tyrone Wilson being arrested on a misdemeanor charge of resisting arrest during SXSW when Caldwell opened the door and told him to stop kicking. Moments later, the two men had another exchange, during which Caldwell used pepper spray on Wilson. > > APD said it is aware of the criminal investigation involving Caldwell and is cooperating with Cedar Park police. Per standard protocol, APD said it has placed Caldwell on restricted duty and has initiated an administrative investigation into the matter.
Honestly, I couldn’t bring myself to read this, but thank you for posting and spreading awareness.
Same
Of course they don’t fire him..
They should have fired him in 2016.
"Hey man, sounds like maybe you abuse toddlers. Better take it easy at work for awhile."
This is exactly what my dad would do to me, kudos to the Army for the entire experience. I hate seeing "*military-styled punishments*" being used on *toddlers*. I bet if you ask them they had to kneel on concrete or choose their own belts.
My mom didn't use a belt. I had to pick my own switch.
I realize I’m in the wrong here, but I’ve always thought that shit was normal and I don’t have the heart for it. There’s why I never want kids.
It WAS normal for a lot of us Gen X kids whose parents were raised in a time of picking out your own switch, and for many years I thought that corporal punishment was just a part of raising kids and teaching them how to behave. That view definitely evolved over time but once I had my own kid I knew that was horribly wrong parenting and actually abusive behavior. Scaring the shit out of a kid is emotionally abusive as is but to add the physical element is a two-fer of abuse. Disgusting.
It's way too "normal" in a lot of places. I remember schools having paddles with holes in them (they hurt more than solid ones) and the principal using the paddle on students.
The holes decrease air resistance so you can hit harder. So at some point someone said, “you know what? Beating the children with these wooden boards simply isn’t teaching them enough of a lesson. Lucky I’m something of a dandy at physics and can think of a way to make this more brutal.”
I went to a school that had a paddle. Thankfully I never got it. My parents had a 2-for-1 policy: *get paddled at school, you get paddled at home too* I did, however, have to select many of my own switches off the willow tree in our backyard.
Was normal for me growing up. I thought I would spank my kids growing up, not because I wanted to, but because that's how you teach them. When we were expecting, I read up on the damage spanking and pain as punishment does to children. Since then, I've never once had the urge to raise my hand for punishment.
This man is just a sadist. He has no business being a caretaker or being responsible for public safety.
Yeah I couldn’t finish reading it. I stopped at “thrown on the mattress”. What in the ever living fuck is wrong with people.
Thank you for this. My parent was an abusive police officer. They threatened we would get arrested if we called the cops on them because they were all buddies. This makes me happy the next generation did better than mine.
My kids' father was abused by his father, who was a cop. He isn't abusive.Thankfully, he recognized it for what it is. It definitely has caused him some struggles in life
“restricted duty?” i could puke. send his abusive ass to the unemployment line. those poor babies.
Nah. Send his abusive ass to jail. He doesn’t deserve unemployment benefits.
There’s one really annoying thing preventing such justice: police union
He deserves BREAD ON BREAD!
What a pos
If our justice system was even remotely just, this guy would go to jail for life. Unfortunately, he will probably be suspended with pay and transferred to a different district once this blows over
What a piece of trash this creature is sounds just like my father. That woman better take her kids and hide way far away from him. Once he loses his job he will have nothing to do but stalk her. Poor lady and kids.
Trash human
What is it about law enforcement that attract the power hungry bullies?
It’s an easy-entry position of power with weapons and deadly force available to them. Every psychopath’s dream.
Make six figures almost immediately with little education necessary, get free shit, never have to actually do your job, blowies from badge bunnies, get to brutalize whatever minority you hate most, worst case scenario is a paid vacation, huge pension on an early retirement…
6 figures?? I’m teaching high school for less than $60k! I could totally carry a gun and eat donuts for 6 figures.
Because they get to literally harass people and violate their rights daily without a threat of being arrested, let lone losing their gun and badge.
Qualified immunity? A track record of investigating themselves and no accountability? The fact you can never be barred from being a cop nationally, only “ fired” from certain precincts? The fact that 40%+ are physically abusive to their partners or families yet less than 1% are ever caught? All of the above?
You’re joking right
I took a class on policing in college and their theory was that bullies are attracted to the job and also that the job creates an us against them mentality and that police have a lot of vicarious trauma that lead to mental health problems when untreated.
Everything about it. -Easy to get in -Lots of cool toys to play with -The promise of hero worship -A culture of racism that’s probably appealing to your pre-existing biases -Lots of downtime -Little accountability. The worst part is, as people are realizing how fucked up most cops and police departments are, you get less people with good intentions applying. The only people applying now have watched the misdeeds of law enforcement over the last several years and said to themselves, “yep. I wanna wear that badge.”
Time to link this officer’s name and badge to any and all cases he was involved. No way someone who can beat a toddler has sound judgement nor a creditable witness.
Wonder if that's why the wife set up the cameras.
My money is that she also gets beat.
40% of cops would *admittedly* agree
Putting my money with yours
That’s some good odds
Omg, he should have no contact with his children ever. You know this isn’t the first time that’s happened. To do that to a 2 year old? He looks proud of it in his Mug Shot. WTF
Sounds like he shouldn't have contact with *anyone's* children.
He's proud because he knows he's keeping his job and his family. No repercussions because of police unions.
Not sure the union will save him from this, especially if his wife is pressing more charges
Lol they’ll always protect their own. They’ll probably have this guy’s back no matter what. That’s why he’s still employed. Any place else, except maybe in politics, and he’d be fired instantly. Bad cops support other bad cops, and the cop unions protect them all from everything.
Which is why there’s no such thing as a good cop. Even the cop who tries to be personally as fair and unbiased in their dealings with civilians as possible. They work with abusive psychopaths and they keep quiet about their colleagues’ malfeasances. You can’t be a coo and not be complicit. The culture will literally not allow you to be a good cop.
You follow That Dang Dad on youtube? [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZ3SSNJIQ2k&t=24s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZ3SSNJIQ2k&t=24s)
And there’s no such thing as a good cop. Just bad cops and quiet cops.
The very worst that will happen is he’ll work in another department in a couple months.
Restricted duty? So he’s still getting paid? Are you fucking kidding, this guy should be behind bars let alone on any type of public duty.
I have a three year old, the thought of him trying to shield himself and crawl away from me, in fear, makes me feel sick. This shithead 'father' should be no where near any level of authority. I hope his family can get away from him safely.
I don’t have any kids and this made me physically ill
Jesus fucking christ, a 2 year old? In what fucking world does a 2 year old need to ever be hit for anything? Like how much of a psychopath do you need to be to think "oh, look a small child, I need to hit it"? And APD just straight up hired him, gave him a gun and didn't fire him when they found this out?
These monsters love to pick on people smaller than them. It’s literally why they became cops- Too small, too insecure and too cowardly in their own lives, they demand a badge to be able to lord it over others. A miserable human, I hope he lives to regret his actions every single day, but they’ll probably give him a promotion
I spanked my daughter exactly one time in her life when she was 2. I will never forget that look in her face as long as I live.
As someone who was spanked when he was younger, it technically is hard to learn that’s not the right punishment when misbehaving. That said I’m not excusing this guy. He probably was beat too as a kid. Edit: I’m aware he’s beating his kid
This adult was not just spanking his children. He was slapping them in the face, slamming them into the mattress and throwing large toys at them. There's is no justification for this behavior regardless of upbringing.
This^
Thank you for saying this. What is described here is horrible, and clearly abusive, and there is no excuse for it. That said, I find myself surprised by many of these comments… because they appear to be surprised. The scenario described here is not too dissimilar to ones I remember from growing up. It wasn’t very long ago that this kind of behavior from a parent was not exactly *acceptable*, but it was normalized enough to be *accepted*. I am truly glad that we are horrified by this kind of thing now, but it is a bit jarring that we have forgotten that, only a few decades ago, this kind of violence was so prevalent that I don’t think many would call it psychopathic — some even thought it was necessary. I am glad we are not there anymore, but I think we should probably try to remember that there’s nothing to suggest that we would not be capable of it, were we living in a culture more similar to the ones our parents or grandparents grew up in.
I was spanked as a kid (70s and 80s) but not as a toddler and was never tossed or slammed around. Im sorry you went through that
Oh you best believe we are just as twisted and demented as our parents. We just abuse people in private and call it righteousness.
No it's easy to learn. Plenty of child development data supports not spanking your kids. If you think you know better than over 20 years of studies by experts, you should stop being a parent. https://health.clevelandclinic.org/pediatricians-say-dont-spank-your-kids-heres-why-what-to-do-instead All you're teaching your kid is to be afraid of you, if that's your goal you can do that without physical assault.
I can just head him shouting “STOP RESISTING” as the fucker is beating his two year old.
I've been trying to cut back hate in my life, but this guy makes it really hard.
In this case.......let the hate flow through you my sister!
Police, priests, and politicians Keep your children away from these monsters.
Ain’t it so obvious in hindsight that the groups who are given all the power with no of the checks and balances act the most heinously?
Really not a surprise to anyone who pays attention to history or politics in the slightest. Our policing system is disgustingly broken
I was being sarcastic but totally right. It’s been like this for as long as humanity has existed.
/r/notadragqueen
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Kudos to their mother for protecting her children and turning this in to to the police
I’m sure the mom knows it’s a long shot anything will come of it. So she’s pretty brave, cuz this monster is coming for her when the police union pulls some strings… just look at his mugshot. That photo says I know there will be no repercussions and I will bide my time until I can get her alone and ask her why she ratted me out.
I dunno, they tend to look the other way with spousal abuse for sure but toddlers?? Thats way past the thin blue line bullshit
I sure hope not. He beat up his toddler, that’s the most disgusting vile thing anyone can do. I don’t think his cop buddies will look the other way on this one. At least it’s my hope.
I just mean she’s married to a corrupt cop, in Texas. She has to realize how good ol boys roll. I’m sure he’s bragged to her about how awesome it is he could commit crimes and still be free. I know if I had a job where I could kill people and my boss would be like “hey now you go home for 2 weeks, we’ll send you your checks” and then just return to the office for work, I’d be pretty vocal about that perk. For what it’s worth though, I hope your hope is right.
So sad for those two little boys.
They never had a chance. It will mentally harm them forever at best and turn them into their dad at worst. It is very sad.
Coming soon to another community near you to “protect and serve”. POS
They only obligated to protect and serve property owners and his kids do not own any.
The kid IS his property, that's how these types view children.
Didn’t you hear though?! The Supreme Court decided that the police do not have any legal obligation to protect or serve anyone.
I did hear that. Gotta love how all the sheep still tell cops: “thank you for your service”
If they aren’t obligated to protect or serve anyone why are we giving them money to buy weapons and vehicles primarily used in war? Yet they can’t even go stop a single gunman from shooting 5 year olds .
I hope KVUE continues to do a deep dive into the background of this police officer, and doesn't just stop with rote press releases from both APD and Cedar Park Police...
“Officials say”
Was he screaming stop resisting the whole time? He probably has plenty of practice beating defenseless people.
yep, he pepper sprayed a handcuffed guy at sxsw...
"Arrested on a misdemeanor charge of resisting arrest." Wow I hate it here...
An ex-cop AND a child abuser. He's going to have a great time in prison.
I doubt he’ll be fired.
Cops get away with everything. Especially white ones
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Judging by their comment history, /u/krysten789 is complete basura. Skip the recycle ♻️, and just throw the whole person away.
I’m like, so freaking shocked…
He definitely doesn't look like he beats children. Who could have guessed?
This was too much to stomach reading as a parent, fair warning
I don't even have kids and I almost couldn't finish reading this. How could anyone beat toddlers?
Please tell me the mom and her kids are safely away from this fucking monster.
ACAB
To a 2 year old?!?! An absolute monster. I hope he gets the same thing done to him. That poor baby.
Just absolutely sickening. Beyond words. I'm looking at my 2 year old now and I cannot fathom ever hurting him. Complete piece of shit human being.
APD responded by putting officer Caldwell on paid administrative leave so he could spend more time with his family probably And if think my sarcasm is bad, here is what the article actually says "APD said it has placed Caldwell on restricted duty and has initiated an administrative investigation into the matter"
It’s always going to be admin leave no matter severity of charges. It’s an investigation, despite the awful charges.
A C A B
Just the type to apply for this job, sadly
Oh my gosh, someone who pursued a career filled with power tripping and fragile egos is not a good person. Call me Static because I’m shocked
He looks like every man on steroids in every lifetime channel movie i have ever seen. Rawt in hell you tree monster.
"Allegedly" and "on camera" is a wild combination.
Hope the CPPD has the wife and kids under protection. This guy doesn't look like he thinks he did anything wrong, he looks like he wants some revenge.
His mugshot says He feels nothing. Other than: she embarrassed me and I will get her for “this”.
Surprised the cops didn’t beat up his wife.
Guaranteed he did, just was never caught.
I think they’re saying when the wife reported him
Ha i missed that and read it as cop singular
ACAB
Real tough guy, beating a 2year old, 4 year old and pepper spraying a handcuffed person! Let's see how he does with a man... And one that's not handcuffed! Give me 5 mins with that piece of shit!
I’m not from Texas, but the 3 guys from my high school that went on to become (and are currently) police officers were below average students and bullies.
I hope he gets beat up in jail smh
Like within an inch of his life. Maimed. Blinded
Seriously
There’s a clear video of the crime and the department can’t let him go? He belongs in gen pop with his paperwork known.
At *least* 40% of officer families self-report DV.
This is the kind of guy the union's mad we want an oversight board about. If this is how he treats 2 year olds, imagine what he does to the people he arrests. But it's liberals in Austin who give APD a bad reputation, not that APD knows they have officers like this and want to keep it quiet.
40% of cops are domestic abusers. Probably closer to 70% because the ones getting abused are afraid to come forward.
No. 40% of cops *self report* that they have engaged in domestic abuse within the last year. It was a fucking self report survey. Turns out if you just *describe* abusive behavior and ask "do you do this" people are willing to say yes because they don't think what they're doing is abuse.
Fucked up.
Pushups for punishment on a 4 year old? Beating his kids? **Fuck this guy.**
He needs rehab for anger management and only supervised visitation with his kids by a non family member who won’t cover his ass!
I mean they beat everyone else......is anyone surprised?
A 2 year old. Sick.
Domestic violence and police officers, name a more iconic duo
Sounds like a perfect fit for the force.
Omg this is very surprising. Rly can't believe it wow!
It’s too bad our standards for hiring cops are so low.
On restricted duty? Why isn't he in jail? W T F
he's a cop. they're all immune to accountability.
Majority of these cops in TX are no good on some power trip and get a hard on at the thought of ruining someones life even if it's a good hard working citizen cause they're useless other than hiding behind a badge and jealous that even a smoothie king worker does more for society than them. Fire this bitch give him a record n let him try to find some work, it's only fair. Another crooked one Johnathan Akers in Kyle I've heard multiple people tell me fucked up shit about him careful out there for the real criminal organization out to get you
Look at that meathead piece of shit, not one single brain cell to be found.
This is disgusting. How could you do that to a TWO YEAR OLD??? Kudos to the mother for calling police. She probably suffers the same kind of abuse.
These drag queens, man, they're a menace to our kids!
Fuck the blue.
Fuck this clown, sadly he’ll be sent to RRPD and given a promotion.
The real justice he’ll receive locked up will be his karma.
Austin’s finest.
A corrupt police officer? I'm shocked! ^/s
No way…..
Accountability for APD is going to have to be forced on the City. That this guy is a serving officer and has this history is unconscionable. The City will need to be forced, by initiative, to withdraw from State civil service codes and implement its own and to fire the sorts of monsters.
What a piece of fucking shit. And he’s far from the only abusive psycho with a badge.
Let me put on my big surprised face.
Throw the whole human away. What a pos
Jesus CHRIST.
Fuuuuuuuck this guy
It happened in Williamson County. Will that help put this psycho in jail? 1) I hope someone beats his ass first and then 2) I hope he gets some help that actually works. And 3) I mostly hope his children and wife are protected from him. That’s a lot of hope. I’m an optimist.
ACAB
ACAB
This poor babies. What a POS
I hope he gets 10x the karma! I can never imagine doing that to my children! Fucken pig!
I feel sad for those little kids. Kudos to the mom for standing up for them.
It needs to be easier to fire government employees.
It makes me physically ill thinking of touching my 2yo son in ANY way other than lovingly…yall, a two year old is SO TINY. Fuck this man, lock him up in cell block 1 🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼
This guy is a monster that obviously has an issue with abusing helpless people. In a perfect world he’d go to prison where the other inmates would eat him alive .
Where is Abbotts accountability in this he constantly lets these shitty officers off just to commit more crimes now on children smh
POS
Sadly that’s just a typical Monday for this guy
I’ve been refining this for a while now, and I’m open to criticism, but at the moment my working opinion is think that we should reserve the dxxth penalty for people in positions of public service that commit heinous crimes like this. This individual is so far beyond any hope of redemption and I think given his position we would be better off if we got rid of him
40% of cops.
Of those brave enough to report it
ACAB
He’ll be back on patrol in no time.
the "city's finest"
The hair on his head is upside down. Maybe that's why he's so angry
Anyone know the best contact to reach out to let them know we don’t want him as an officer and share our thoughts about this?
+1 (404) 324-2889
I feel sick reading this 🤢
Back the Blue!
Dude around the corner from me drives a Wrangler with a sticker that's the Punisher logo superimposed over a blue-lives-matter flag. I should ask him his take on this.
a) Change subject b) Fake news c) "Whattabout (Drag queens/trans/Biden/Etc)" d) "Was probably a liberal"
or e) shoot me then accuse me of threatening him before his doorbell cam video comes out.
A cop was caught being a cop? I'm shocked!!!
A monster
most emotionally stable cop
Never date or marry a cop. And certainly don’t have kids with them.
APD sucks. Can't tell you the number of times my life was in danger. These assholes.
Shocked pikachu face.
It’s a 2 year old FFS!!!!
Nooooooo waaaaaaaaaaaaaay
Least deranged cop