4 separate instantances of police behaving badly...
in #Ferguson. I thought only 2 or 3 until I looked the issue up:
Oh--just thought of this--the first was really Wilson!
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Propane Jane @docrocktex26 3h
Cop Assigned To #Ferguson Protests Threatens Attorney General Holder http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/cop_assigned_to_ferguson_protests_threatens_attorney_general_holder …
[link:http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/cop_assigned_to_ferguson_protests_threatens_attorney_general_holder|
"AG Holder is in St. Louis Today. I should go in early and punch him in the nose for so many different reasons." - Tweet by Sgt. Mike Weston, Velda City Police
.............Asked by followers on Twitter why police had gassed a group of people who were in their own back yard, Sgt. Weston responded that gunshots had been fired from that location. The problem is, a Daily RFT reporter was in that back yard and caught the incident on video. No shots were fired; no one was armed and everyone had their hands up in protest. When presented with that information, Sgt. Weston admitted he was not even in the area when the gassing occurred.
"I wasn't spreading misinformation." Sgt. Weston defended himself. "There were shots being fired some yards, maybe not this particular one."..............
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St. Louis County officer suspended over video, Glendale officer suspended for Facebook comments: http://ln.is/bit.ly/mRokW #Ferguson
............St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar said officer Dan Page, a 35-year veteran of the department, has been suspended pending a review by the internal affairs unit. The video was brought to Belmar’s attention by CNN reporter Don Lemon, who had previously brought Page to the department’s attention after complaining Page shoved him.
The video of Page was apparently made in 2012 before a group called the Oath Keepers of St. Louis and St. Charles. It is unclear where it was shot. Glendale officer Matthew Pappert was also suspended after posting on social media that he thought the Ferguson protesters should be "put down like rabid dogs."...................
............Pappert was suspended after posting on Facebook that the Ferguson protesters were "a burden on society and a blight on the community," according to posts preserved by news and opinion website "The Daily Caller." Another post that appears to come from Pappert says the "protestors should have been put down like rabid dogs the first night."
Jeffrey Beaton, chief of police in the small St. Louis County suburb of roughly 6,000 people, said the comments of Pappert were brought to his attention at roughly 10:40 a.m. Friday morning and "an internal investigation was immediately initiated." Pappert was immediately suspended until the investigation is complete, Beaton said, which shouldn't take longer than "a couple weeks."................
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[link:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/20/ferguson-cop-i-will-kill-you_n_5695748.html|
Cop Ray Albers In Ferguson To Protestors: 'I Will F**king Kill You' (VIDEO)
The Huffington Post | By Sebastian Murdock & Andres Jauregui
Posted: 08/20/2014 4:25 pm EDT Updated: 08/21/2014 10:59 am EDT
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UPDATE 9:26 P.M.: Police Chief Aaron Jimenez has confirmed with The Huffington Post that the officer making threats in videos shot by protestors is Lieutenant Ray Albers.
UPDATE 5:16 P.M. : The St. Ann Police Department has released a statement saying the officer involved in threatening protestors has been "suspended indefinitely."
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