Philly cop shoots self. Blames it on the brothas. Gets caught.

With his pedophile mustache and neck that seamlessly blends into his head, Sgt. Robert Ralston of the Philadelphia Police Department looks like the perfect caricature of a cop that the anti-police contingent would draw. The thing is, this cop's claim to fame involves brutality, but not against ordinary citizens. Rather he brutalized himself.

Ralston shot himself with his service weapon and then pulled the oldest trick in the book - blaming it on some unidentified black man. Ralston claims he was working in the Overbrook section of Philadelphia on April 5, 2010 when he stopped two men for questioning. One of the imaginary men ran away while the other put a gun to his head. Ralston knocked the gun away, but it fired, grazing his shoulder and the remaining fantasy man fled.

During the manhunt following the non-incident the block in question was cordoned off with yellow tape. Cops, K-9 units, and SWAT teams scoured the area. Some businesses were forced to close for five hours.

Funny thing is that the gunpowder residue on Ralston's clothes matches the sidearm he carries. The police did spend hours looking for the nonexistent black guys but began to realize something was up. With the promise of immunity from criminal charges, Ralston confessed to the entire thing.

Fortunately, this imbecile will lose his job. He will also have to pay for the cost of the manhunt, however there is no word on if he will have to reimburse the businesses he inconvenienced. Robert Ralston actually has five children. We don't know what is more terrifying - that the police department would hire someone this crazy and dumb, or that someone this crazy and dumb has reproduced five times.