Cop wore meme badges on uniform at protesters’ request: cops

Police said today that while an officer did pose for photos wearing comical insignia on his uniform, the whole thing was staged by a protest group.

Metro police spokesperson Achayon Kraithong said that images of an officer wearing an anti-establishment “no dinosaurs” badge with the word huaboran (old-fashioned) were taken by pro-democracy protesters at the Samran Rat Police Station. Maj. Gen. Achayon said the officer agreed when asked to wear the badges, one of which featured an orange cat with a knife in its mouth called knifecat.

Although willfully modifying one’s uniform would seem a serious breach of conduct, Achayon was surprisingly blase about it.

“In reality, the official uniform does not allow any additional symbols,” Achayon told reporters. The Metropolitan Police Bureau will verify the facts once again.”

The images were shared Sunday on…