Posted on 11/26/2014 6:24:43 PM PST by servo1969
When Ferguson, Mo., police officer Darren Wilson left the scene of the shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown, the officer returned to the police station unescorted, washed blood off his hands and placed his recently fired pistol into an evidence bag himself.
Those actions, described in grand jury testimony, violated protocols for handling a crime scene and securing evidence, according to experts in policing procedures and Justice Department documents.
Wilson’s movements after the shooting were among a number of police actions in the aftermath of Brown’s death that experts said were unusual. The grand jury transcripts revealed, for example, that the officers who interviewed Wilson immediately after the shooting did not tape the conversations. They also showed that an investigator from the medical examiner’s office opted not to take measurements at the crime scene and arrived there believing that what happened between Brown and Wilson was “self-explanatory.’’
It is unclear how these unorthodox practices may have influenced the investigation of a shooting that has triggered a national conversation about race and police practices. The grand jury’s decision Monday not to indict Wilson in connection with the shooting death has led to protests nationwide.
Police and forensic officials have not responded to requests for comment over a two-day period.
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This will be examined by the Feds.
Then the UN
Followed by the Intergalactic Council of Planets.
Black privilege.
He probably saved more evidence, untainted, than if he had waited for someone else to bag his gun...
I think what you are missing is in making the assumption, implied by the article, that all police departments follow some sort of “standard police procedures”. I am skeptical that this is the case. Smaller towns are not likely to have the experience or resources that larger cities have.
A better question to ask would be, did the officers follow the procedures set forth by the City of Ferguson code?
That is what they would / should have been trained to do.
How many cops were available? Is anyone asking? Are you? A town of what, 12,000? How many cops were on duty? Were there other and better uses for their time, with a dead body lying in the street?
These aren’t even laws at this level... these are things they recommend that officers do in order that the integrity of legal evidence is best preserved. In this case what could be possibly expected out of the gun. It was fired, it was obvious.
Maybe the municipalities adopt the City of St. Louis code. Being in the same state jurisdiction it would make sense, because they know what flies in that state’s courts.
The “my baby” syndrome seems to be common among these baby mamas. Its as infantilized as their own status is with respect to their benefactor government.
Probably didn’t stop to think that there would be such a contrary minded riot over the situation... if he had, yes he would have asked for another officer to go through all the steps to prove by DNA where the blood came from etc.
great point
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