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To: TangledUpInBlue

So does this mean he can get his job back?


11 posted on 03/04/2015 11:20:05 AM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (Obama: 12 acts of blatant treason and counting)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda
I can't imagine him working as a law enforcement officer again, unless some agency way out in the middle of nowhere needs a fish and game officer.

It's not just Darren Wilson, but many former cops this stuff happens to. Even if you're found not guilty of charges or were never indicted in the first place for involvement in a high profile incident, no other law enforcement agency you apply to will risk bringing them on board.

I have a good close friend who was involved in the 1998 Tyisha Miller shooting in Riverside CA when he was a patrol officer for the RPD. Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson marched through downtown Riverside and organized a huge protest in the wake of the shooting. He was fired and never worked as a cop again but his attitude about losing his career as a law enforcement officer is now 'Good riddance'. He would have had a big target on his back had he continued on with Riverside Police anyway, so he's fine with it now.

He submitted his application for a few agencies and received some interviews but they always had the 'Okay, we'll call you' attitude. He even got some interview requests from agencies he knew would never hire him on because he suspects that he was being used to train their department background checkers/interviewers in learning to profile 'hidden racists'. He put a stop to that and never took another interview request. It was all racial politics and had nothing to do with the rule of law.

My friend took a big lump sum settlement of back pay and started a new life with it.

18 posted on 03/04/2015 11:44:30 AM PST by The KG9 Kid
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