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"A police lieutenant who once reported seeing a 'demon' at police headquarters is suing to get his gun and shield back, claiming supervisors took them from him because of his religious practices," the Associated Press reports. "Dominic Maglione, a desk officer at Brooklyn's 90th Precinct, says in a lawsuit filed in Manhattan's state Supreme Court that he is a Christian who worships at two Queens churches and prays and fasts regularly."
The AP adds, "At the hospital, Maglione told a medical professional that he had seen a demon at police headquarters, according to a police board medical report dated Dec. 19, 2008, that was included with Maglione's court papers. The report also says the lieutenant lost 40 pounds in six months by fasting, and urinated on himself because he refused to stop praying to go to the bathroom."
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The AP story continues, "The 22-year police veteran says that because of his allegedly 'excessive' religious beliefs, police officials have 'wrongfully and illegally' confiscated his gun and badge and compromised his ability to do his job. Maglione's lawsuit, filed Feb. 19, says that curtailing his duties because of his religious practices violates his First Amendment rights. He asked the court to order his return to full police work."
The New York Daily News provides more details from the medical report.
"He was alarmingly thin, his skin was pale and he was malodorous,' according to a March 2008 Police Pension Fund report, which said he once saw a demon at Police Headquarters," Jose Martinez writes for the New York City tabloid. "The report also says he acted 'godlike' and lost 20 pounds in a few weeks as result of nonstop 'contact with God,' and says Maglione suffers from bipolar disorder, hyperreligiosity and obsessive-compulsive disorder."
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http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Excop_who_saw_demon_sues_to_0303.htmlI see a disaster waiting to happen.