don novicki wrote:Personally I hope they string him up by his nuts, but more than likely he will get away with it. The cops have way too much leeway when it comes to something like this and since there were no cameras he can spin it any way he wants, and the blue wall will back him up
They deserve the same innocent until proven guilty as everyone else.
If this was your brother on the job would you be calling for him to be strung up by his nuts or would you be arguing to wait for the facts even though it looks terrible shooting an unarmed woman in the middle of the night when responded to a suspected rape in progress.
Chicago has largely become a shooting gallery more so than it was because it has become too risky for cops to do their job. No cop ever went to jail or got sued for NOT trying to do his job and just sitting in the car. Hell, there is little risk of getting fired for looking the other way.
don novicki wrote:the blue wall will back him up
I agree 100% that when they get caught filing false police reports, they must go to jail. Politicians, cops, lawyers, judges, any government official lying should be punished harshly. I don't care if it is Bubba lying about blowjobs in his sexual harassment lawsuit or a cop lying about a bad shooting, you get caught, you get punished harshly. You are doing more harm than the fucking scumbag street criminals by far.
But, if it is an honest screw up, the equivalent of a bone headed move leading to a car crash where someone dies, other than losing your job, there should be no consequences. Are you going to let your buddy be "string him up by his nuts" because he made a wrong turn onto a one way street or lost focus or just somehow made an honest fuck up that kiled someone? No way are you going to let him be "string him up by his nuts" for that. Would you want your brother, your wife, your son? Of course not, so the procedure, response, and punishment should be whatever you believe your son should get for the same fuck up.
These things are going to be more and more frequent in our current political environment. As you point out, both were hired on AFTER Fergusen, Black Lives Matter, etc. and very well may be an indication of the quality of officers you are going to get.
With the threat of a riot and burning down cities every time there is a legit shooting, are you going to report a bad shooting if its even more likely that riots will ensue?
We have a real escalating problem. The more riots and the more call for the cops nuts, the more idiots we will see become cops, the less they will do their job and risk their personal well being, and the more bad shootings, and the more crimes we will see.
No matter how it looks, calling for the cops nuts before we know enough is part of the problem.
There will be tragic accidents when people respond to a violent crime in progress in the middle of the night.
The cops were probably on edge. The woman that had called in the rape in progress probably was total freaked and came running up to the cops as soon as she saw them like a crazy person. Who knows if she had a weapon? Wouldn't you if you were waiting for the cops will you think someone is being raped near you? We just don't know anything beyond it looks terrible and we need to obviously get to the bottom of it.
Of course, if you have no doubt the cops lie, then nothing they say will matter, no evidence on the scene will matter, ...
As far as the body cams, is it procedure to turn them off in the car and turn them on when out of the car? If so, it wasn't convenient, it was procedure. I don't know what they procedure was with the body cams. Do you?