Cop who killed Michael Brown lost first job due to racial tensions

[OWC Jamie]

Lemon Drop wrote:
[quote=billb]
OMG, he lost his job but got it back because he wasn't one of the problems.

How's his eye socket, wife and kids doing ?

Most of the cops got rehired there or elsewhere. The point and you don't seem to be occupying the same space. Also, he's divorced. No wife. divorced is an ex-wife and anything he is going thru absolutely affects both an ex-wife and child especially when it comes to financial and emotional support

It's pretty obvious whose empathies and the reality of a situation aren't occupying the same space

[Ombligo]

Small town policing is a thing of the past - Mayberry doesn't exist anymore. Smart communities have shuttered the city police and payed the larger sheriffs office (or what ever is the big dog in the neighborhood) to take over the duties.

Of course, big city police aren't always better -- Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and Phoenix come to mind.

Whether Darren Wilson or Michael Brown was at fault is now secondary -- the shooting has brought an ugly situation to a boil. When a sizable population has lost faith in it's police, there is a problem that needs to be addressed.

[Chakravartin]

Black wrote:
[quote=Chakravartin]

This is getting very depressing.

Do we know that the police force of any similar town across this great nation would look any different if we started to dig into its background?
That would be even more depressing.

I hope that in some places across this country, they still aspire to protect and serve.

[Ca Bob]

The broken eye socket appears to be myth. This story has been exposed all over the place.

[SteveG]

billb wrote:
How's his eye socket, wife and kids doing ?

[$tevie]

These tragedies seem to follow the exact same story line. Youth shot dead, character assassination of dead youth, tales of horrible injuries to shooter which prove greatly exaggerated, photos of dead youth which prove to be of somebody else. And so on and so forth. The good news for the cop is that this scenario ends with him walking away a totally free man.

[Lemon Drop]

http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/26/us/michael...?hpt=hp_t1

New audio of the shots being fired has emerged, with 10- 11 shots fired but with a pause in the middle of the shooting. That would indicate that the officer fired again after he knew Brown had been hit multiple times, and it also backs up other witness accounts.

[Dennis S]

Ca Bob wrote:
The broken eye socket appears to be myth. This story has been exposed all over the place.

Why is it that when the rightwing lies are exposed, the rightwingers never apologize or acknowledge it?

[Lux Interior]

Dennis S wrote:
Why is it that when the rightwing lies are exposed, the rightwingers never apologize or acknowledge it?

They are merely led astray by the treachery of others (i.e. it was a liberal lie planted to make them look bad).


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