ORLANDO, Fla. — Charges that Windermere Officer Jason Darnell racially profiled drivers he was pulling over have been dropped Wednesday.
His accuser, fellow Officer Alejandro Rivera, may be under investigation next.
Darnell's attorney, Stuart Hyman, showed Channel 9 reporter Renee Stoll several dates on which the Florida Department of Law Enforcement investigation showed Darnell couldn't have been racially profiling, because he wasn't working on the days Rivera claims it happened.
"The big red flag, I think, is right in their own investigative report, which I don't know how you could have missed that," said Hyman.
Hyman said that either shows "extreme stupidity," or someone gave him bad information.
Rivera also contradicted his own testimony when being questioned by FDLE.
Rivera said Darnell did not turn his radar on until after he stopped a minority driver for speeding.
"Was there radar on at that time when you pulled over the second person?" an FDLE investigator had asked Rivera.
"There wasn't, the radar wasn't on," Rivera said.
When Rivera testified in court for the same ticket, he said the opposite.
"Toyota two-door blue vehicle speeding, I caught him with my moving radar," Rivera said.
Because of inconsistencies, Windermere Police Chief David Ogden wants FDLE to do an investigation into Rivera.