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Logical

(22,457 posts)
Tue Aug 12, 2014, 04:32 PM Aug 2014

So the police refuse to release the name of the cop who shot Micheal Brown...

Because of death threats from the public.

Wonder if they would give the same treatment to a suspect who shot a police officer who was getting threats from the public!

I guarantee they would not only release the name but also any background that made him look bad!

Cops are so clueless they don't even understand how bad this double standard looks!

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So the police refuse to release the name of the cop who shot Micheal Brown... (Original Post) Logical Aug 2014 OP
I have to disagree with you! atreides1 Aug 2014 #1
Good point! They don't give a shit because nothing ever happens when they do bad shit. n-t Logical Aug 2014 #3
I agree with that Robbins Aug 2014 #7
And apparently they refuse to even interview the main witness aint_no_life_nowhere Aug 2014 #2
They would release it if it helped the cops. n-t Logical Aug 2014 #4
I'd read that they had to release the officers name tomorrow justiceischeap Aug 2014 #5
Didn't know about that. But initially they said they would release it today. nt Logical Aug 2014 #6

atreides1

(16,072 posts)
1. I have to disagree with you!
Tue Aug 12, 2014, 05:08 PM
Aug 2014

It's not that the cops are clueless about how bad this double standard looks...the fact is that they just don't care!

The word of one bad cop is more dependable then the eyewitness account of any number of witnesses...hell if Christ came to earth to testify against this cop, the jury would still find the cop not guilty!!!

Robbins

(5,066 posts)
7. I agree with that
Tue Aug 12, 2014, 06:53 PM
Aug 2014

Cops protect their own.In florida there were reports that zimmerman may have been helped by fact there were rasist cops In department.Even if others in department know a cop Is bad they still protect him.

Even if officer who killed Michael Brown were to be tried he would likely be found not guilty.

aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)
2. And apparently they refuse to even interview the main witness
Tue Aug 12, 2014, 05:12 PM
Aug 2014

And apparently they're not releasing a copy of the cell phone video taken of the incident by another witness.

justiceischeap

(14,040 posts)
5. I'd read that they had to release the officers name tomorrow
Tue Aug 12, 2014, 06:27 PM
Aug 2014

per some law or rule or something. Has that changed?

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