Breaking on Lawrence - Robert Bates - the pay to play killer 'deputy'

[malaise]

did not receive the required training.
Three supervisors were required to falsify his training record and were transferred after refusing to do so

-turn on Lawrence right fuggin now and then scream.

[libdem4life]

1. many thanks for the heads up...not a TV watcher...but this is important

[BrotherIvan]

2. That's why I think there are more who should be charged

The Sheriff or whomever thought it was a good idea (and was probably receiving kickbacks *cough* bribes in al the largesse) and apparently whomever transferred these people who refused to LIE. There is so much corruption in law enforcement it's staggering.

[Wellstone ruled]

3. Ugly thought,are there more of these stories out there?

[Faryn Balyncd]

4. He also missed out on the part of the training where one is to say "F#!#! your breath" to

... dying suspects, instead of "I'm sorry".

http://xjournal.ericdunbar.com/2015/04/police-told-dying-man-f-k-your-breath/

http://www.theglobaldispatch.com/eric-harris-shooting-video-robert-bates-uses-gun-instead-of-taser-70249/

[Wilms]

5. Actually, he did say "I'm sorry".

To whom, I don't know. It was another officer shouting at the victim. It's all spelled out in your second link.

[Faryn Balyncd]

7. It is tragic that it was the TRAINED officer who responded with "F#!# your breath!...

...Shut the f#!# up!" when the dying suspect said he could not get his breath after he had been shot in the chest by an untrained incompetent (who had immediately said "“I shot him! I’m sorry.” when he realized he had used his pistol instead of his taser.) ... (tragic with regards to what is says about attitudes & our culture, though not nearly as tragic as the killing itself. It appears that the deputy who killed him did so out of incompetence, and had a better attitude than the trained officer.)




(I didn't think to use a sarcasm icon in the prior post, or to consider that some might not have been aware of your correct comment. Thanks.)

[spanone]

6. k&r...