Why have the officers been fired then?
First, I don’t think anybody is defending a police officer putting their knee into the neck of a suspect. That officer should not be on any police force. I think the four officers were fired in an ill-fated attempt to stop a riot. I can’t believe that the district attorney would have made that comment just off the cuff. I think that is a very deliberate way of laying the groundwork to lower expectations for an indictment. Having prosecuted and defended dozens of murder cases, I know from experience that prosecutors don’t make those kinds of statements lightly. I keep cautioning everybody to keep an open mind. My suspicion is that the autopsy was not favorable to a prosecution. But we will find out soon enough.
Why do politicians do anything?
try to avoid what happened last night...
[Why have the officers been fired then?]
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“Why have the officers been fired then?”
A teacher friend got an email that went to all school employees. It said that if they created a public post or statement that went viral they could be fired. All employers I have known are terrified of negative notoriety. Police agencies are political. Most will throw any employee to the wolves rather than take any negative attention. My first thought was it was too soon to fire the cops. Normally, cops are put on leave while whatever incident is investigated. Then, after an investigation says they warrant being fired are they are let go. This firing was literally a reflex reaction trying to placate a lynch mob.
I predict that if no charges are brought, or charges are brought and a jury finds not guilty, that the police will end up settling a wrongful dismissal case.
“Why have the officers been fired then?”
They were fired to cover the asses of the police brass, mayor and to placate the black community.
“Why have the officers been fired then?”
Because a guy in their custody went limp and emptied his bladder and no one took action other than addressing the onlookers with a nonchalant attitude.
“Why have the officers been fired then?”
Because politicians are scared to death of inner city blacks. They do anything to appease the mob to try to prevent them from burning down the city. It doesn’t work, but they still try.
Doesn’t anybody watch Cops? It is a standard police tactic to kneel on a perp’s neck to get them to submit. Why this particular guy died, who knows? But we must always assume the cops are at fault, because otherwise there will be riots.... oh, wait.
Collin Flaherty.... Don’t Make the Black Kids Angry
https://www.colinflaherty.com/
How much longer will people keep denying what is really going on?
Hello! The town is being burned to the ground, politicians were just trying to get out ahead of the issue. What do constitutional rights and laws matter to politicians at a time like this? After Covid-19 politicians believe they can do anything and deal with the fallout later. Personally I am surprised that the police offices were not charged with failure to follow social distancing suggestions. That would have been easy for the politicians. 1. Get rid of the four police officers and 2 show they mean to enforce their “rules”.
It is/was a hopeless effort to appease the terminally un-appeasable ghetto rats.