I have a question about Darren Wilson....

[tulsakatz]

In a NY Times article announcing Wilson’s resignation (published today), it says:

The officer, Darren Wilson, who had worked in this department since 2011, submitted a resignation letter, said Neil J. Bruntrager, the lawyer.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/30/us/ferguson.html?emc=edit_th_20141130&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=54198906


But in testimony to the grand jury it says:

P.O. Darren Wilson explained he was currently employed by the Ferguson Police Department and had been a police officer for five years.

http://www.documentcloud.org/documents/1370604-14-43984-care-main-2.html

(text is from the first sentence in second to last paragraph on page 12)


Did Darren Wilson work in a different dept prior to 2011? Apart from that, I can't imagine why he would lie about something that could so easily be verified from another source.....

[deminks]

1. Yes, he did. And guess what happened to them?

http://www.salon.com/2014/08/24/darren_wilsons_former_police_force_was_disbanded_for_excessive_force_and_corruption/

Darren Wilson’s former police force was disbanded for excessive force and corruption

(snip)

But as the public continues to search for answers, the Washington Post has published a report on Wilson’s career, including a brief biography, that offers some insight into Wilson’s past.

According to officials interviewed by the Post, Wilson maintained a clean record, but the Post reports that his first job “was not an ideal place to learn how to police.” He entered the police force in 2009, joining a nearly all-white, 45-member task force that patrolled Jennings, Missouri, a small, impoverished city of 14,000 where the residents were 89 percent African-American. The racial tension was high, and the police were accused of using excessive force against its residents:

(end snip)

[tulsakatz]

2. ok, that makes sense!!

unfortunately, it's not surprising that the other force was corrupt & policed over a large black population!!

Thanks....this is exactly the kind of information I was looking for!

[dixiegrrrrl]

3. Rec..important info. n/t