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Post by blackknight on Jan 6, 2012 18:12:33 GMT -5
When Officer Chambers was charged, his name was slandered all over the media. Yet, when his case is dismissed, it receives barely a notice.
What a shame.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2012 18:14:54 GMT -5
WRCB-TV3 did report it.
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Post by blackknight on Jan 6, 2012 18:48:29 GMT -5
The dismissal was BARELY reported ...
Certainly not with the vigor that the charge was reported
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Post by goomba on Jan 6, 2012 19:02:55 GMT -5
I've got a friend who was involved in a shooting several years ago, they slammed him hard in the news, esp channel 9. when he was cleared of any wrongdoing the paper had a little article shoved down into a corner stating that he had be cleared. He called the reporter with channel 9 and was told that his being cleared was not newsworthy.
take that for what it is....
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Post by duke on Jan 6, 2012 19:03:13 GMT -5
PM will quickly tell us, if the perp was NOT an officer that dropping the charges does not equate to innocense. The concept of innocent until proven guilty only should apply to officers.
As here, there is no indication that the road rage did NOT occur, only that prosecution has ceased. So where is the urgency of news? It is rare indeed that the media reports with any vigor the dropping of charges against anyone. Why should there be more vigorous reporting be shown this road rage cop?
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Post by blackknight on Jan 6, 2012 20:01:43 GMT -5
Because of the vigorous reporting when this "road rage cop" was arrested.
You seem to forget that when the average citizen is arrested, there is little or no fanfare and certainly no media attention. Therefore, it rates little attention when their cases are disposed of.
In this case, it seems that maybe a police officer should NOT have been arrested and the "road rage" actually came from the non-police officer who was NOT arrested.
Seems like if you had any consistency Mr. Duke, you might realize that police in fact, are sometimes falsely arrested, just as the average citizen may be. This officer kept his mouth shut, hired a lawyer and seemingly, handled his case the right way.
Seems like the "system" worked in this case.
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Post by LimitedRecourse on Jan 7, 2012 10:27:12 GMT -5
I thought I would never see the words "duke" and "consistency" in the same sentence.
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Post by duke on Jan 7, 2012 10:55:55 GMT -5
Blackknight: The stories about cops that were not arrested or charged for a multitude of lawlessness are legion. The point is that it is much more difficult to get a cop arrested in the first place, making the dropping of charges look more like favoritism than justice. Maybe it was not favoritism. Maybe the complainant was simply scared ‘straight’?
The statement “should not have been arrested in the first place” appears to be coming from a person with a vested interest.
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Post by LimitedRecourse on Jan 7, 2012 13:56:18 GMT -5
"The statement “should not have been arrested in the first place” appears to be coming from a person with a vested interest."
Sounds like a defense attorney to me.
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Post by blackknight on Jan 7, 2012 15:14:21 GMT -5
Or, maybe the charges should not have been brought in the first place?
The problem with people like you, Mr. Duke, is that because you basically ALWAYS bash cops, you really have ZERO credibility when the cops really should be bashed.
And, frankly, there are PLENTY of those cases.
How many times have you seen someone acting like a maniac on the road and thought, "I wish there was a cop around to do something about this idiot."
I think that is pretty much what happened here.
And, I have neither a vested interest in the case nor am I a defense attorney. I am familiar with the legal system, though.
Frankly, I am very critical of the police WHEN they should be criticized. I just don't criticize them EVERY SINGLE TIME something comes up. I wait until the facts come out.
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Post by duke on Jan 7, 2012 16:22:38 GMT -5
Or, maybe the charges should not have been brought in the first place? The problem with people like you, Mr. Duke, is that because you basically ALWAYS bash cops, you really have ZERO credibility when the cops really should be bashed. Which is when in your opinion?And, frankly, there are PLENTY of those cases. Cite some cases as illustrations please.How many times have you seen someone acting like a maniac on the road and thought, "I wish there was a cop around to do something about this idiot." Not often, but reporting is discouraged because the operator is in uniform and the car is marked with some police jurisdiction.I think that is pretty much what happened here. And, I have neither a vested interest in the case nor am I a defense attorney. I am familiar with the legal system, though. Frankly, I am very critical of the police WHEN they should be criticized. Cite some as illustrations please.I just don't criticize them EVERY SINGLE TIME something comes up. I wait until the facts come out. Which means that if the cop can get the incident buried, the incident didn't happen? Or as this case dismissed, or acquitted like in the Rutherford County Sheriff's Detective Sgt. Ron Killings case of killing a 12 year old girl on a residential street?
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Post by LimitedRecourse on Jan 8, 2012 8:59:18 GMT -5
Maybe the police should just take duke's advice and not talk at all?
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