The small city of Jennings, Mo., had a police department so troubled, and with so much tension between white officers and black residents, that the city council finally decided to disband it. Everyone in the Jennings police department was fired. New officers were brought in to create a credible department from scratch.
That was three years ago. One of the officers who worked in that department, and lost his job along with everyone else, was a young man named Darren Wilson.
Some of the Jennings officers reapplied for their jobs, but Wilson got a job in the police department in the nearby city of Ferguson.
Certainly doesn't prove anything, but it is an interesting fact to notice and file away.
Being a young impressionable police officer in a force that had such a difficult relationship with the African American community really cannot help but to have some impact on how you view black folks while on patrol.
Don't you think?
Why am I not surprised.
ReplyDeleteI'm not surprised that Gryph is continuing to push a BS one sided agenda.
Deletechuck_tard jr, ya inbred fat fuk,
Deletego fuk yerself, eh
Clever 7:14.
DeleteYou do realize that not everything leads back to the Palins, yes? And that the Palins are not so much even a blip in any political or cultural sense other than the C4P crowd and you guys, yes?
I'm not surprised.
ReplyDeleteWhen in a more crime infested area, your mentality WILL change accordingly.
ReplyDeleteThe first murder in Ferguson, Missouri in 2014 was Mike Brown at the hands of an out-of-control cop named Darren Wilson. Ferguson is not "crime-infested". It is racist infested.
DeleteIt has nothing to do with RACE.
ReplyDeleteThat entire area and town is crime infested.
That changes how a person thinks in SITUATIONS.
Really? Nothing to do with race? Entire are and town crime infested? Says you?
DeleteIt seems to me that the SITUATIONS are totally race-based when the white side is in the "master" role in a black town.
You should go back to your own kind, you know, the ones in white hoods!
It has everything to do with race, you stupid damn fool. Your comment proves that. You keep saying "crime infested." Infested, in reference to people.
DeleteExactly what percentage of the people in either town have violent criminal records? Well? Exactly what percentage? Because every single person is innocent until proven guilty, and that goes for the ones actually caught committing a crime. Entitled to a trial by a jury of their peers, who will determine the guilt or innocence. Keep in mind that there are many people in those towns that have never committed a crime.
That's in the United States constitution that scum like you claim to know so well.
According to you, it's is understandable for the police charged with serving and protecting the citizens of the town to regard every citizen as a criminal and in violation of the constitution, act as judge, jury and executioner. Because the area is "crime infested" and changes how they think in "situations."
No. Police with that attitude are not fit to serve. Period. However they start out, if they can no longer carry out their duties in a conscientious manner due to the stresses of the job, then they must resign.
As soon as you believe that jaywalking is a capital crime, you should not be a police officer.
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Delete"the entire area is crime infested".
No it's not. You can google crime rates in Ferguson, MO which show that Ferguson is not "crime infested". There are a huge number of blacks in Ferguson who are regularly arrested for traffic violations but that's not what most of the world considers "crimes".
I think what you meant to say is "the entire area is infested with blacks" which to racists means crime infested.
How do you link jaywalking to a capital crime Nefer? Wait, nefer mind, forgot that you live in NeferNefer land where you are Nefer right. Let me help you, jaywalking has never been a capital crime ever and it certainly isn't linked to summary executions..... but on a different note, you charge a cop and start beating on him, you might get shot dead in self defense... that should have cleared it up for you Nefer. That wasn't too complicated for you was it?
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ReplyDeleteI don't think the live broadcast sign stays up all the time. ive seen other pics without it.
This guy badly needs to be arrested and taken off the street as a cop FOREVER! There is so much out there against him - videos, history, etc.
ReplyDeleteTransferring racism from one Police Department to another is a travesty of any and all justice.
ReplyDeleteHe should have been permanently removed from ALL policing duties. A problem was OBVIOUS prior to his transfer, they (his racist cohorts) should all be doing anything else but "Policing".
It's REALLY sad that it took the murder of a teenager to finally bring this pustule and his ilk to light.
It was kind of you to put down your torch and pitchfork long enough to post, however I believe you are rushing to judgment.
Delete1. "A problem was OBVIOUS prior to his transfer, ..."
No, it was not. He is being judged by the media because of the organization he was a part of. That's natural enough, but we don't know his personal feelings. He may have been going along to get along, as they say, simply because his choices were limited at the time. We just don't know -- we were not there.
2. Pustule? Really, that's what you call him without ever having met him?
Let us know how you would feel if someone wrote that about you, publicly, without ever having met or spoken with you.
Understand this: THE MEDIA ARE ALL WHORES. Their sole aim is to build click rates or sell copies of the rags they work for. They will let very little get in their way while attempting to be the first to report the so-called news even if it is not factual.
A huge amount of the stories reporters write should be viewed at best with a big dose of skepticism, even more so if it comes out of Washington, D.C. and is quoting a politician -- but that's another story entirely.
The other side of the coin is: you might actually be right in your assessment, but please, let the courts and a jury decide that. Then and only then will you have the satisfaction of saying "Aha! I knew it."
Otherwise you're just adding fuel to the fire, perhaps unjustly. Judge not.
O/T or not? There has been no information about whether the officer's gun has Mike Brown's fingerprints on it.
DeleteIF YOU have never been in a situation where your life was on the line then I do not believe you can determine what you would do or what occurred. Only an honest investigation can render the right information. Patience seems absent in this event.
O/T? Where are our seasoned, sensible, helpful journalists and reporters? In the articles about Obama's vacation time they did not include anything about how often he had to go to the bathroom or for what relief? The reporters no doubt feel he should have a Foley catheter to leg bag so he can save some time to spend working harder for us!
Oh, and he should have a long chin and teary eyes for days or weeks, not signified in the articles, every time something happens to a citizen here in the US.
Is the same expected of us in the medical field every time we lose a patient through no fault of our own?
Ever hear of resilience and compartmentalization?
Only the Europeans get our real US news. Sad!
1:49 PM
Delete"Let us know how you would feel if someone wrote that about you, publicly, without ever having met or spoken with you.
Understand this: THE MEDIA ARE ALL WHORES."
And you know the media are all whores because ... what? You have personally met and spoken with and every person in the media?
3:04PM
DeleteApparently my editor overlooked that line, so let me rewrite it for you so it is more palatable and maybe gets me off the hook.
"Understand this: the media are all there to please their corporate masters and stay on the payroll. Their sole aim is to build click rates or sell copies of the rags they work for. They will let very little get in their way while attempting to be the first to report the so-called news even if it is not factual."
There. That sounds much better, I think, and relieves me of the requirement to meet each and every one of them in order to determine if, in fact, they are whores or not.
Balzafiar, I didn't have a problem understanding what the term "media whore" means. My point was that you said to Liz ""Let us know how you would feel if someone wrote that about you, publicly, without ever having met or spoken with you." and then you proceeded to publicly call ALL the media whores.
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DeleteYes, I know, and I understand that I stuck my foot in my mouth. That is not a good feeling at all -- but I'm glad you called me out on it. I shall try harder in the future.
More money has been donate to Wilson than to the Brown family. Just like all that money being donated to George Zimmerman. And if you are thinking of a fair trial, think again. The first Rodney King trial was held in a place where, oh what a surprise, the four policemen who were video'd beating King were not found guilty.
ReplyDeleteOh Jesus @Balzafiar, White Privilege much?
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@TexasMel, ???? I don't get your point.
DeleteThe more this unfolds, the sicker I feel, and I do have to admit that we live in a racially diverse city on the east coast, we've had to try different approaches after a helicopter dropped a firebomb that took out four blocks in a mostly black neighborhood.
ReplyDeleteSince then, our police force actually reflects the mix of the different communities it serves. They're started off as "Beat cops" and build relationships with store owners and residents, then they're given education on racial sensitivity, and on and on. It's made a HUGE difference, but still the cards seem to be stacked against African Americans, especially males.
I guess what I'm trying to say is things CAN change for the better, and I hope they do so those who died didn't die in vain. No Parent should bury a child.
Dirty cops moving from one police job to another are like Catholic priests moving from one parish to another.
ReplyDeleteApparently it has a label -- "Gypsy Cops" -- and is not uncommon.
There was no proof that the police force was "racist", in fact it could be that they were making an effort to change the force to better represent the population, which has a much higher percentage of blacks than most cities in the US.
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