Comments on: What was lost in the coverage of a student journalist and a Philadelphia cop http://christopherwink.com/2009/04/17/what-was-lost-in-the-coverage-of-a-student-journalist-and-a-philadelphia-cop/ Sharing my work and writing about media convergence, entrepreneurship and the future of news Mon, 14 May 2012 16:16:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Final words on the reprisal of the young cop and the student journalist « Christopher Wink http://christopherwink.com/2009/04/17/what-was-lost-in-the-coverage-of-a-student-journalist-and-a-philadelphia-cop/comment-page-1/#comment-1600 Final words on the reprisal of the young cop and the student journalist « Christopher Wink Tue, 08 Jun 2010 13:31:19 +0000 http://christopherwink.wordpress.com/?p=3616#comment-1600 [...] than a year ago, I wrote about then-Temple University student journalist Shannon McDonald and the contested reporting s.... Last month, something of a conclusion was finally [...] [...] than a year ago, I wrote about then-Temple University student journalist Shannon McDonald and the contested reporting s…. Last month, something of a conclusion was finally [...]

]]> By: NEastPhilly.com: an introduction, a City Controller debate announcement and more « Christopher Wink http://christopherwink.com/2009/04/17/what-was-lost-in-the-coverage-of-a-student-journalist-and-a-philadelphia-cop/comment-page-1/#comment-1545 NEastPhilly.com: an introduction, a City Controller debate announcement and more « Christopher Wink Wed, 05 May 2010 13:29:24 +0000 http://christopherwink.wordpress.com/?p=3616#comment-1545 [...] fall, Shannon McDonald, who is now on the tail end of a media firestorm, began plans to launch a quarterly print publication called NEast magazine, covering Northeast [...] [...] fall, Shannon McDonald, who is now on the tail end of a media firestorm, began plans to launch a quarterly print publication called NEast magazine, covering Northeast [...]

]]> By: My 10 best read posts of 2009 « Christopher Wink http://christopherwink.com/2009/04/17/what-was-lost-in-the-coverage-of-a-student-journalist-and-a-philadelphia-cop/comment-page-1/#comment-1327 My 10 best read posts of 2009 « Christopher Wink Tue, 05 Jan 2010 04:45:29 +0000 http://christopherwink.wordpress.com/?p=3616#comment-1327 [...] What was lost in the coverage of a student journalist and a Philadelphia cop 17Apr09 [...] [...] What was lost in the coverage of a student journalist and a Philadelphia cop 17Apr09 [...]

]]> By: Closing @Domelights: Of course squelching racist police babble is wrong « Christopher Wink http://christopherwink.com/2009/04/17/what-was-lost-in-the-coverage-of-a-student-journalist-and-a-philadelphia-cop/comment-page-1/#comment-1019 Closing @Domelights: Of course squelching racist police babble is wrong « Christopher Wink Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:25:34 +0000 http://christopherwink.wordpress.com/?p=3616#comment-1019 [...] This is part of a much bigger problem in the Philadelphia police force. [...] [...] This is part of a much bigger problem in the Philadelphia police force. [...]

]]> By: Donna http://christopherwink.com/2009/04/17/what-was-lost-in-the-coverage-of-a-student-journalist-and-a-philadelphia-cop/comment-page-1/#comment-926 Donna Mon, 04 May 2009 06:13:38 +0000 http://christopherwink.wordpress.com/?p=3616#comment-926 Who pulled the story to be published? Let’s see...Temple University, an editor of mural, April 6...what are the odds? Hey maybe Shannon can go down to the mathematics department and have someone figure that out! Do you two really believe that this was because she discovered some big shocking story? I know you are young but you can not be that naive? I think more people were shocked at the fact that she threw him under the bus (so to speak), than by what he said. You speak of an “unprofessional ism and lack of journalistic integrity” from an NBC reporter, but fail to realize that Shannon's article itself was just that. I'm sorry, but it’s hard to accept a simple "writing down what someone said and reporting it" as an excuse for destroying a man's life. She played the blonde hair, blue eyed, racist card very well. But, hinting to the idea that "the stories of police brutality are easier to believe" just because he used the term "TNS" is scary. This isn’t tmz…this is real life. There’s more to the story. Going for the “shock” factor is just too predictable. She didn’t catch Kramer in a racist rant. What she witnessed was what many races do when they fear or do not understand their environment. Do you honestly believe TNS is never used among black cops? The racism and crime of these troubled districts is nothing new. The reporting practice of journalists/media hasn’t helped either. Stories like this, although a journalists “wet dream”, only add to the tension. No, cops are not above the law. However, this is an environment were both sides carry guns. Her reporting lacked a purpose. She failed to capture why, what can be done, and how we can change. Instead she laid the blame for police brutality on the shoulders of a white man who probably never hurt a soul. Everyday this man put his life on the line to protect the very people he is accused of hating. She attached a name and a face to a problem that goes way beyond the comments he made. It’s hard to believe that Shannon’s story wasn’t used as a media tool to draw attention to something different. (Again, consider my first line) Channel 10 pushed it; The Guardian Civic League ate it up, just what certain people wanted. In the end, Shannon and Bill are left to pick up the pieces. A man, a father, loses his reputation, his income, his health insurance. What happens if his daughter gets sick and needs to go to the emergency room? Do you honestly believe his punishment fit the crime? I find it funny that you are surprised that people would support him. People heard the N word and failed to recognize the context of the conversation. Did he once call someone that? I am sure TNS wasn’t a term he invented on his own. The rest of his comments sounded like descriptions of circumstances rather than hateful aggressions. What is even scarier is the moral pedestal some of you white temple journalists have put yourself on. Can you and Shannon honestly say you have never said or thought any thing racist? Oh, but its different right? I don’t agree with the cop’s conversation. Yes, it was stupid and ignorant. Does it make them racist cops who commit police brutality? No. If Shannon honestly believes that then I feel sorrow for her. If this was an attempt to make a change for the better, she could have easily written the same piece and left out his name. I forgot it wouldn’t have made the 5 o’clock news. I doubt any person she interviews now will be open and honest with her. I would expect more back lash from the northeast community. If she didn’t think that would happen then she really doesn’t understand the community and has no business writing on their behalf. A coworker and I were making small talk about the situation the other day. He’s black, I’m white. We have always been open and honest with each other about race issues often joking about certain stereotypes. I really think you two would be surprised with their views and assumptions of white people. Even more surprising is their views about certain people in their own race. The best part of the conversation Ill pass on to you and Shannon. “Only a white person would rat another white person out” : ) Who pulled the story to be published? Let’s see…Temple University, an editor of mural, April 6…what are the odds? Hey maybe Shannon can go down to the mathematics department and have someone figure that out! Do you two really believe that this was because she discovered some big shocking story? I know you are young but you can not be that naive? I think more people were shocked at the fact that she threw him under the bus (so to speak), than by what he said. You speak of an “unprofessional ism and lack of journalistic integrity” from an NBC reporter, but fail to realize that Shannon’s article itself was just that. I’m sorry, but it’s hard to accept a simple “writing down what someone said and reporting it” as an excuse for destroying a man’s life. She played the blonde hair, blue eyed, racist card very well. But, hinting to the idea that “the stories of police brutality are easier to believe” just because he used the term “TNS” is scary. This isn’t tmz…this is real life. There’s more to the story. Going for the “shock” factor is just too predictable. She didn’t catch Kramer in a racist rant. What she witnessed was what many races do when they fear or do not understand their environment. Do you honestly believe TNS is never used among black cops? The racism and crime of these troubled districts is nothing new. The reporting practice of journalists/media hasn’t helped either. Stories like this, although a journalists “wet dream”, only add to the tension. No, cops are not above the law. However, this is an environment were both sides carry guns.

Her reporting lacked a purpose. She failed to capture why, what can be done, and how we can change. Instead she laid the blame for police brutality on the shoulders of a white man who probably never hurt a soul. Everyday this man put his life on the line to protect the very people he is accused of hating.

She attached a name and a face to a problem that goes way beyond the comments he made. It’s hard to believe that Shannon’s story wasn’t used as a media tool to draw attention to something different. (Again, consider my first line) Channel 10 pushed it; The Guardian Civic League ate it up, just what certain people wanted. In the end, Shannon and Bill are left to pick up the pieces. A man, a father, loses his reputation, his income, his health insurance. What happens if his daughter gets sick and needs to go to the emergency room? Do you honestly believe his punishment fit the crime? I find it funny that you are surprised that people would support him. People heard the N word and failed to recognize the context of the conversation. Did he once call someone that? I am sure TNS wasn’t a term he invented on his own. The rest of his comments sounded like descriptions of circumstances rather than hateful aggressions. What is even scarier is the moral pedestal some of you white temple journalists have put yourself on. Can you and Shannon honestly say you have never said or thought any thing racist? Oh, but its different right?

I don’t agree with the cop’s conversation. Yes, it was stupid and ignorant. Does it make them racist cops who commit police brutality? No. If Shannon honestly believes that then I feel sorrow for her. If this was an attempt to make a change for the better, she could have easily written the same piece and left out his name. I forgot it wouldn’t have made the 5 o’clock news.

I doubt any person she interviews now will be open and honest with her. I would expect more back lash from the northeast community. If she didn’t think that would happen then she really doesn’t understand the community and has no business writing on their behalf.

A coworker and I were making small talk about the situation the other day. He’s black, I’m white. We have always been open and honest with each other about race issues often joking about certain stereotypes. I really think you two would be surprised with their views and assumptions of white people. Even more surprising is their views about certain people in their own race. The best part of the conversation Ill pass on to you and Shannon. “Only a white person would rat another white person out” : )

]]> By: DisgustedInPhilly http://christopherwink.com/2009/04/17/what-was-lost-in-the-coverage-of-a-student-journalist-and-a-philadelphia-cop/comment-page-1/#comment-921 DisgustedInPhilly Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:39:59 +0000 http://christopherwink.wordpress.com/?p=3616#comment-921 "Christopher Wink" "Ah, I hope you realize this is why some people are fearful and threatened of or angry at police officers and their culture that won’t accept that sometimes someone on a force of 5,000 does something stupid, ugly, cruel or unjust. Makes me sad for all the good cops doing good work." See THIS IS WHERE YOU MR WINK BECOME LIKE THE REST OF THE PEOPLE THAT ASSUME.. You are assuming that Officer THASHER ISN'T A GOOD COP?? MAYBE DO YOUR HOMEWORK CHRIS AND GO READ SOME OF THE MATERIAL THAT HAS ALREADY PROVEN HE IS AN EXCELLENT COP.. MAYBE THIS IS WHY SO MANY PEOPLE ARE UP IN ARMS.. THIS IS NOT A CASE WHERE YOU GOT A BAD COP OFF THE STREET..THIS IS A CASE WHERE YOU HAD AN EXCELLENT OFFICER , ASSET TO THE COMMUNITY, SOMEONE WHO HAS REACHED OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND MADE A MISTAKE IN SAYING SOMETHING HE SHOULDN'T HAVE.. ALTHO I DISGAREE..IF WE CANT SPEAK ABOUT THE CRIMINAL ELEMENTS IN THIS CITY "BECAUSE" THEY ARE A MINORITY THEN THIS CITY HAS ACCOMPLISHED NOTHING IN ITS TRYING TO HEAL FROM THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL AND DEMISE OF THESE SO CALLED ANIMALS.. AND LET ME SAY BY "ANIMALS" I MEAN " ANY" PERSON THAT PREYS ON INNOCENT PEOPLE NO MATTER WHAT COLOR, RACE, GENDER BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO REGARD FOR HUMAN LIFE.. AND NOW ALONG COMES " LIL MISS POLLY" AND ALL THIS OFFICERS HARD WORK AND DREAMS ARE SQUASHED.. BECAUSE OF SOMETHING HE SAID..A MISTAKE I AM SURE HE REGRETS..BUT BECAUSE OF WORDS.. FREAKING WORDS.. THIS IS WHY THIS CITY IS THE WAY IT IS..PEOPLE KILLING PEOPLE OVER WORDS..JUDGING PEOPLE OVER WORDS?? THIS CASE IS ONE THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATED JUST TO SEE IF THIS COP HAD SOMETHING IN HIS BACKGROUND TO BACK UP THESE SO CALLED ACCUSATIONS.. I AM CURIOUS..WHAT ABOUT THE SGT..OR LT..WHAT EVER SHE WAS THAT SPOKE PUBLICLY AT ONE OF OUR DEAD OFFICERS FUNERAL'S..SAID THEY DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO "SUPPORT SOME DEAD CRACKERS KID??" ARE YOU SERIOUSSSSSSSS? WHY ARE YOU NOT DOING A STORY ON THIS IF WE ARE TALKING ABOUT RACIAL TENSIONS.. THE OFFICER THAT SAID THAT WASN'T EVEN PUNISHED..LET ALONE FIRED..THIS IS WHAT KEEPS RACIAL TENSIONS BURNING IN THIS CITY., WHAT ABOUT THE COP THAT ASSAULTED TWO UNIFORMED COPS, SENT THEM TO THE HOSPITAL AND WAS NOT PUNISHED..IS THIS BECAUSE HE IS AFRICAN AMERICAN? DOES HE HAVE SPECIAL RIGHTS THAT OTHER OFFICERS DO NOT HAVE.. WHETHER IT BE RACE, GENDER HMMMMMMM YES MR.WINKY THIS IS WHAT KEEPS THE TENSIONS BURNING HERE IN PHILADELPHIA AND THE FACT THAT ONLY CERTAIN NEWS PAPERS, NEWS STATIONS KEEP THIS FRONT AND CENTER AND SWEEP OTHER RACIAL INCIDENTS UNDER THE RUG.. WHATS GOOD FOR ONE IS GOOD FOR ALL.. THERE WAS NO CRIME COMMITTED HERE.. THE ONLY CRIME COMMITTED WAS ONCE AGAIN THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA ASSIGNING PUNISHMENT TO A SELECT GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT HAPPEN TO BE WHITE! WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE IS MAKING THIS OFFICER TAKE A COURSE IN CULTERAL SENSITIVITY.. AND KEEPING A GOOD COP ON THE FORCE.. AND LETTING THE ONES THAT ABUSED THEIR POWERS SUCH AS COPS THAT STOLE FROM DRUG DEALERS, STORE OWNERS ETC ETC FACE THE COURT SYSTEM. IN MY EYES AND MANY OTHERS mISS MCDONALD IS NOTHING MORE THEN A MUMIA SUPPORTER, LINN WASHINGTON AND BIGMOUTH BILAL..ALL THESE PEOPLE INTENT ON KEEPING RACISM GOING IN PHILADELPHIA.. THINK ITS TIME SOMEONE DID A STORY ON " WHY WE DO NOT HAVE A NATIONAL WHITE ORGANIZATION TO SUPPORT US" WHY IS IT IF WE HAD A WHITE COLLEGE..WHITE MISS AMERICAN, WHITE THIS OR THAT WE WOULD BE CONSIDERED RACIST. ITS TIME FOR WHITE PEOPLE TO TAKE A STAND AND GAIN BACK OUR RIGHTS.. AND BY THAT I DO NOT MEAN KEEPING RACISM ALIVE.. i DO NOT EVER WANT TO GO BACK TO THE 50'S-60'S I JUST WANT TO SEE FAIR AND EQUAL RIGHTS FOR EVERYONE! “Christopher Wink”

“Ah, I hope you realize this is why some people are fearful and threatened of or angry at police officers and their culture that won’t accept that sometimes someone on a force of 5,000 does something stupid, ugly, cruel or unjust. Makes me sad for all the good cops doing good work.”

See THIS IS WHERE YOU MR WINK BECOME LIKE THE REST OF THE PEOPLE THAT ASSUME.. You are assuming that Officer THASHER ISN’T A GOOD COP?? MAYBE DO YOUR HOMEWORK CHRIS AND GO READ SOME OF THE MATERIAL THAT HAS ALREADY PROVEN HE IS AN EXCELLENT COP.. MAYBE THIS IS WHY SO MANY PEOPLE ARE UP IN ARMS.. THIS IS NOT A CASE WHERE YOU GOT A BAD COP OFF THE STREET..THIS IS A CASE WHERE YOU HAD AN EXCELLENT OFFICER , ASSET TO THE COMMUNITY, SOMEONE WHO HAS REACHED OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND MADE A MISTAKE IN SAYING SOMETHING HE SHOULDN’T HAVE.. ALTHO I DISGAREE..IF WE CANT SPEAK ABOUT THE CRIMINAL ELEMENTS IN THIS CITY “BECAUSE” THEY ARE A MINORITY THEN THIS CITY HAS ACCOMPLISHED NOTHING IN ITS TRYING TO HEAL FROM THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL AND DEMISE OF THESE SO CALLED ANIMALS.. AND LET ME SAY BY “ANIMALS” I MEAN
” ANY” PERSON THAT PREYS ON INNOCENT PEOPLE NO MATTER WHAT COLOR, RACE, GENDER BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO REGARD FOR HUMAN LIFE.. AND NOW ALONG COMES ” LIL MISS POLLY” AND ALL THIS OFFICERS HARD WORK AND DREAMS ARE SQUASHED.. BECAUSE OF SOMETHING HE SAID..A MISTAKE I AM SURE HE REGRETS..BUT BECAUSE OF WORDS.. FREAKING WORDS.. THIS IS WHY THIS CITY IS THE WAY IT IS..PEOPLE KILLING PEOPLE OVER WORDS..JUDGING PEOPLE OVER WORDS?? THIS CASE IS ONE THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATED JUST TO SEE IF THIS COP HAD SOMETHING IN HIS BACKGROUND TO BACK UP THESE SO CALLED ACCUSATIONS.. I AM CURIOUS..WHAT ABOUT THE SGT..OR LT..WHAT EVER SHE WAS THAT SPOKE PUBLICLY AT ONE OF OUR DEAD OFFICERS FUNERAL’S..SAID THEY DON’T WANT TO HAVE TO “SUPPORT SOME DEAD CRACKERS KID??” ARE YOU SERIOUSSSSSSSS? WHY ARE YOU NOT DOING A STORY ON THIS IF WE ARE TALKING ABOUT RACIAL TENSIONS.. THE OFFICER THAT SAID THAT WASN’T EVEN PUNISHED..LET ALONE FIRED..THIS IS WHAT KEEPS RACIAL TENSIONS BURNING IN THIS CITY., WHAT ABOUT THE COP THAT ASSAULTED TWO UNIFORMED COPS, SENT THEM TO THE HOSPITAL AND WAS NOT PUNISHED..IS THIS BECAUSE HE IS AFRICAN AMERICAN? DOES HE HAVE SPECIAL RIGHTS THAT OTHER OFFICERS DO NOT HAVE.. WHETHER IT BE RACE, GENDER HMMMMMMM YES MR.WINKY THIS IS WHAT KEEPS THE TENSIONS BURNING HERE IN PHILADELPHIA AND THE FACT THAT ONLY CERTAIN NEWS PAPERS, NEWS STATIONS KEEP THIS FRONT AND CENTER AND SWEEP OTHER RACIAL INCIDENTS UNDER THE RUG.. WHATS GOOD FOR ONE IS GOOD FOR ALL.. THERE WAS NO CRIME COMMITTED HERE.. THE ONLY CRIME COMMITTED WAS ONCE AGAIN THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA ASSIGNING PUNISHMENT TO A SELECT GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT HAPPEN TO BE WHITE! WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE IS MAKING THIS OFFICER TAKE A COURSE IN CULTERAL SENSITIVITY.. AND KEEPING A GOOD COP ON THE FORCE.. AND LETTING THE ONES THAT ABUSED THEIR POWERS SUCH AS COPS THAT STOLE FROM DRUG DEALERS, STORE OWNERS ETC ETC FACE THE COURT SYSTEM. IN MY EYES AND MANY OTHERS mISS MCDONALD IS NOTHING MORE THEN A MUMIA SUPPORTER, LINN WASHINGTON AND BIGMOUTH BILAL..ALL THESE PEOPLE INTENT ON KEEPING RACISM GOING IN PHILADELPHIA.. THINK ITS TIME SOMEONE DID A STORY ON ” WHY WE DO NOT HAVE A NATIONAL WHITE ORGANIZATION TO SUPPORT US” WHY IS IT IF WE HAD A WHITE COLLEGE..WHITE MISS AMERICAN, WHITE THIS OR THAT WE WOULD BE CONSIDERED RACIST. ITS TIME FOR WHITE PEOPLE TO TAKE A STAND AND GAIN BACK OUR RIGHTS.. AND BY THAT I DO NOT MEAN KEEPING RACISM ALIVE.. i DO NOT EVER WANT TO GO BACK TO THE 50′S-60′S I JUST WANT TO SEE FAIR AND EQUAL RIGHTS FOR EVERYONE!

]]> By: TooMuchPolitics http://christopherwink.com/2009/04/17/what-was-lost-in-the-coverage-of-a-student-journalist-and-a-philadelphia-cop/comment-page-1/#comment-922 TooMuchPolitics Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:38:34 +0000 http://christopherwink.wordpress.com/?p=3616#comment-922 CGW: "I think it’s unfair to say Ms. McDonald slanted the piece much at all" If you beleive what you say about Miss McDonald not slanting the piece, why then did she feel the need to make it a point to mention Officer Thrasher's blonde hair and blue eyes? If a black officer ALLEGEDLY made those statements would she have reported that the officer were black? I doubt it. Also has any one else wondered why Miss McDonald failed to identify the leiutentant's name in this article? Because if what she reported was true she missed the big story! Any good reporter knows that it's bigger news to take down a leiutenant over a rookie cop. The fact that she failed to identify the Lt. makes me question the accuracy of her story. Maybe she should look into a career as a fiction writer. Oh and for anyone out there who is wondering where Miss McDonald got her cop bashing attitude from you should google "Linn Washington" he is one of her editors and a professor at Temple. CGW:
“I think it’s unfair to say Ms. McDonald slanted the piece much at all”

If you beleive what you say about Miss McDonald not slanting the piece, why then did she feel the need to make it a point to mention Officer Thrasher’s blonde hair and blue eyes? If a black officer ALLEGEDLY made those statements would she have reported that the officer were black? I doubt it.
Also has any one else wondered why Miss McDonald failed to identify the leiutentant’s name in this article? Because if what she reported was true she missed the big story! Any good reporter knows that it’s bigger news to take down a leiutenant over a rookie cop. The fact that she failed to identify the Lt. makes me question the accuracy of her story. Maybe she should look into a career as a fiction writer.
Oh and for anyone out there who is wondering where Miss McDonald got her cop bashing attitude from you should google “Linn Washington” he is one of her editors and a professor at Temple.

]]> By: Christopher Wink http://christopherwink.com/2009/04/17/what-was-lost-in-the-coverage-of-a-student-journalist-and-a-philadelphia-cop/comment-page-1/#comment-920 Christopher Wink Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:58:51 +0000 http://christopherwink.wordpress.com/?p=3616#comment-920 Your sexism is enlightening to your worldview. -cgw Your sexism is enlightening to your worldview.
-cgw

]]> By: me http://christopherwink.com/2009/04/17/what-was-lost-in-the-coverage-of-a-student-journalist-and-a-philadelphia-cop/comment-page-1/#comment-919 me Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:54:08 +0000 http://christopherwink.wordpress.com/?p=3616#comment-919 I believe she's a moron who probably hit on the cop and he rejected her...so she got back the only way she could...she sucks I believe she’s a moron who probably hit on the cop and he rejected her…so she got back the only way she could…she sucks

]]> By: Christopher Wink http://christopherwink.com/2009/04/17/what-was-lost-in-the-coverage-of-a-student-journalist-and-a-philadelphia-cop/comment-page-1/#comment-912 Christopher Wink Tue, 28 Apr 2009 02:52:18 +0000 http://christopherwink.wordpress.com/?p=3616#comment-912 That's a shame. I think good police officers and good journalists defend our democracy in surprisingly similar and equally important ways. Ah, I hope you realize this is why some people are fearful and threatened of or angry at police officers and their culture that won't accept that sometimes someone on a force of 5,000 does something stupid, ugly, cruel or unjust. Makes me sad for all the good cops doing good work. -cgw That’s a shame. I think good police officers and good journalists defend our democracy in surprisingly similar and equally important ways.

Ah, I hope you realize this is why some people are fearful and threatened of or angry at police officers and their culture that won’t accept that sometimes someone on a force of 5,000 does something stupid, ugly, cruel or unjust. Makes me sad for all the good cops doing good work.
-cgw

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