Ferguson police chief lied about requests for cigar tape

[randys1]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/05/ferguson-chief-lied-about-michael-brown-tape_n_5773420.html

Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson lied when he said he had received "many" specific requests for the videotape that allegedly shows Michael Brown robbing a convenience store, according to a new report.

"All I did -- what I did was -- was release the videotape to you, because I had to," Jackson told reporters on Aug. 15 when asked why he released the robbery footage. "I’d been sitting on it, but I -- too many people put in a [Freedom of Information Act] request for that thing, and I had to release that tape to you."

Writing for The Blot, Matthew Keys reports that the police department did not receive any specific requests for the videotape.

"A review of open records requests sent to the Ferguson Police Department found that no news organization, reporter or individual specifically sought the release of the surveillance tape before police distributed it on Aug. 15," Keys writes.

He should be indicted for inciting to riot, wish the family of the woman shot after he did this could sue city and him and take everything he has.

[blkmusclmachine]

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[Louisiana1976]

2. I agree 100%. The police chief should be indicted for inciting to riot.

[yellerpup]

3. It was obvious he was lying with every word.

I was in stitches. I never knew one person could have so many "tells!"

[marym625]

5. You took what

I was going to say

[yellerpup]

32. So obvious...

I thought he might shoot himself when he saw the tape replayed, but no....

[DakotaLady]

34. Me too ...

When I watched that as it was happening I just knew he was not telling the truth.

Had to add to your post ...

[BillZBubb]

4. No surprise, a lot of lies were coming out of the Ferguson PD...

I expect many more to come.

[justiceischeap]

6. When you've got the press looking around at one another and people are shrugging during the news

conference, you pretty much know the dude is lying. I saw the press reaction at the time he said that, they were shocked and befuddled--and probably thinking, who the hell scooped me?

The thing that didn't ring at all true about his statement though is how quickly the process happened. FOIA requests just don't happen that fast.

[randys1]

7. Yeah, he does need to be in prison for many years

[SunSeeker]

15. +1

[Quayblue]

8. here's those facts everyone has been "waiting" for lulz

[bettyellen]

9. I knew that sounded half baked. No one knew it existed. I think the only honest admission was

when he said the whole thing started over jay walking. Then he walked back on that one, didn't he?

[randys1]

11. It was clear even to the chief that the kid was murdered, in cold blood, for no reason

so they had to do something to change the story

the entire police dept or the white part of it are corrupt, all of them.

the entire DA office of the county is corrupt ...could we solve this racism problem if we called it corruption?

[bettyellen]

27. well if we pretended that it could hurt some white man's wallet, I know we'd have a lot more people

give a shit. Instead, those dudes are making money off the AA community. But throw in some NSA spying and that might prick up some ears!

[malaise]

10. Some of us called him out during that press conference

We knew it was a lie - it was all about denigrating Michael Brown after murdering the teenager.
He should be fired.

[randys1]

12. At the INSTANT he said it I said out loud "he has just created an excuse to slaughter BLACK people"

he wanted the community to riot so they could shoot them

look at their history, everything they did was to use that community for their profit

[malaise]

16. And you were right

These racists were making it up with the aim of killing African-Americans.

[randys1]

18. And the ones they didnt kill can be pointed at and called "animals"

When we all know for god damn sure if you reverse everything white to BLACK over the past 300 yrs, the white people would have burned down the entire country 10 times over by now

[freshwest]

36. +1

[IllinoisBirdWatcher]

13. How about conspiracy to violate Civil Rights?

If news reports are correct that the Justice Department requested that the video NOT be released, perhaps this is part of the expanded investigation facing Ferguson.

Certainly the timing, at a press conference to release the shooter's name, let alone the actual release of the tape itself, should be under investigation.

I always suspected some news organization(s) would be able to FOIA the alleged FOIA requests. Not surprising at all that none exist.

[rock]

14. What "robbery"?

Not only is it not even specified as alleged, no robbery apparently took place! Of course a tape of a non-existent robbery does sounds rather boring.

[jwirr]

20. Yes I am wondering why the part of the tape showing him paying for the cigs at the counter has not

come out in the media?

[PeoViejo]

17. Elections coming up

..they have to disenfranchise as many voters as possible.

I bet the Police have been enjoying their Wet Dream about all the Felony charges resulting from the Protests.

[randys1]

19. The one thing we simply cant allow, EVER is their attack on voting to be successful

[Jack Rabbit]

21. If I lived in Ferguson, I'd call for his head

There is something systemically wrong with the Ferguson PD. When the team's not playing well, it's the manager who gets fired. The Ferguson PD looks like the Keystone Kops with tanks and armored personnel carriers.

[MerryBlooms]

22. POS needs to be gone, and the dept. needs a good scrubbing.

[Historic NY]

23. Media should request the police report of the robbery....& 911 tapes reporting it.

w/o it it makes the tape moot.

[Trillo]

24. He was protecting his Fraternal Brother.

It's nice that someone pointed out the lie, really appreciate it. While it doesn't always happen, it happens often enough that some of us have noticed the tops of small and big "pyramids" often are filled with folks who either lie on occasion or routinely.

[onecaliberal]

25. It was obvious he lied when he did it because

No one knew about it.

[Rex]

26. But but but...I was told by another DU member that they are all wonderful people

including the prosecutor.

[randys1]

28. Really, here at DU, well shiver my timbers

who was it?

I am allowed to ask and are you allowed to say?

[Rex]

33. From someone on the ground there! Said the prosecutor has a heart of gold

and that the FPD are all saints and we should leave them alone.

[TrollBuster9090]

29. Damn, I was sure Fox News, The Daily Caller, and Breitbart-com would scramble to back-date some

emails, or CLAIM that they'd requested the tape, just to cover Chief Dingleberrie's ass.

I'm sure most people already suspected there were no 'requests' to see a tape that nobody even knew existed; but it's nice to get proof of it.

[sadoldgirl]

30. Let us hope, that this will be carefully investigated by the DoJ,

not just about the murder case, but also in the case against the whole department.

I don't know what the results would be, because the Feds have only limited power.

Is there a rule or law to publish the end of these investigations? We ought to get that info.

[underpants]

31. I could have sworn Hannity claimed that Fox News made the FOIA request

I googled for it but the first few pages of everything I searched was loaded with RW news and website posts.

[Uncle Joe]

35. Kicked, recommended but even if Jackson had, he should never have released it.

Thanks for the thread, Randys.

[rbrnmw]

37. I knew he was lying

He kind of gave it away that day.

[Spirochete]

38. He should be making license plates

or french fries, at the very least...

[valerief]

39. He lied? I'm shocked! Now, pay him his bonus and let's look the other way. nt