‘Got Eeem!’: Houston Cops Turn Table On Man Who Exposed Officers Doing Doughnuts By Airing His Dirty Laundry—Critics Say Retaliation Could Scare Off Whistleblowers

A Houston man who posted pictures of a police officer doing doughnuts in a parking lot blanketed with snow is crying foul after police posted photos showing his traffic violations.Harmon Brown snapped the photos on Jan. 21 after the area received an almost unprecedented 5-1/2 inches of snow. “Man look at HPD here, they out here doing doughnuts man, they got nothing else better to do,” Brown said in a video posted on Facebook that has been liked over 5,000 times.The Texas Houston Police Union didn’t appreciate the reprimand, responding two days later on Facebook with a picture of Brown’s windshield, featuring a large crack covered in masking tape. Harmon Brown (Facebook/ Houston Police Union)Drivers in Texas face fines if a crack in the windshield is larger than 3 inches or obstructs the driver’s view.The union jokingly sought a financial sponsor for Brown to make the repair since “he didn’t get any Crime Stoppers money for s̷n̷i̷t̷c̷h̷i̷n̷g̷ tattling.”Union president Doug Griffith defended the officer’s actions as a stress reliever.“We are human. We like to have a good time just like they do,” Griffith told ABC 13 in Houston. As for the union’s response to Brown, Griffith insisted there was no...