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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFerguson cop has a sad, says Eric Holder made him cry.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2983022/I-broke-tears-read-Michael-Brown-report-good-cops-Ferguson-officer-speaks-devastating-probe-branded-department-racist.htmlThe officer said that his colleagues were good cops and that they were hurting just like the rest of the community.
In an exclusive interview with Daily Mail Online he said they were all standing behind embattled Ferguson police chief Tom Jackson but were fearful they would lose their jobs if the department was shut down.
More tearful agonizing.
'The report is hard to read, but thats not me,' he said.
I am good with the people, the community. We have good officers. Do they write more tickets than some people? Maybe. But they are good officers.
This hurts, it really does. When you read it, you read it as a city as a whole. You read it like everybody is like that, but not everybody is like that.
Breaks my heart. Poor cops.
muntrv
(14,505 posts)msongs
(69,514 posts)2naSalit
(91,027 posts)pintobean
(18,101 posts)one of the black cops. I do feel for those guys. The good news is that they won't have problems finding work, if need be.
geomon666
(7,512 posts)Seen it way too many times.
pintobean
(18,101 posts)geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)There's no indication that their actions were any more or less racist, in an institutional racism sense, than those of white officers were.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)pintobean
(18,101 posts)2 white cops were forced to resign, so it's not one of them. Also, not many FPD cops have been willing to talk to the press.
This one has.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)Rounding up to 6% in either case.
pintobean
(18,101 posts)is the only one, other than Jackson, that I remember talking to the press.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)to the sad sack in this article.
Though the self-pitying tone does seem consistent.
But, you're probably right that some local PD will eagerly scoop those guys up as window dressing for their own abusive, racist systems.
Dilworth certainly has demonstrated where his loyalties lie between the racist, abusive racketeering power structure and the black community.
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Surviving in the stressful conditions starts from the top down, Dilworth said. He praised Chief Thomas Jackson, who had promoted him to sergeant, saying he stands behind Jacksons sometimes controversial handling of the situation 110 percent.
That's one guy who will go along to get along, regardless of the constitution. A willful jackbooted thug willing to squeeze poor black people to ingratiate himself to the racist pieces of shit running that town, including the racketeering piece of shit police chief.
http://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/opa/press-releases/attachments/2015/03/04/ferguson_police_department_report.pdf
In an ideal world, every member of the Ferguson PD who failed to object to the practices would be permanently barred from working in law enforcement.
Plenty of malls for these guys to guard.
Sheepshank
(12,504 posts)But I'd be willing to bet their "goodness" is completely suppressed by the shit head bretheren, and the potential for that "goodness" to take a foot hold lacks any momentum to become the habits of the majority.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)functioning as a collection agency to squeeze the black residents was a-o-k.
So not a good cop. Maybe a mediocre one.
Sheepshank
(12,504 posts)...but nevertheless, I refuse to believe that in that hell hole 100% of the PD are racist assholes. Just as I don't think all of Islam are murderous thugs or that all Republicans and cold hearted mysogonists. I just always hold out hope.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)But, this cop read the DOJ report and still stands behind the piece of trash serving as Chief of Police.
So, this is not a good cop.
Gothmog
(152,323 posts)If he closed his eyes and ignored what was going on around him, he is also to blame
Rex
(65,616 posts)I bet this kid closed his eyes and wished it wasn't like that...BUT IT STILL IS.
'Most' good officers do not let a 'few' bad officers destroy the goodwill between the community and community leaders.
CRY ME A RIVER ASSHOLE. Of COURSE he take no fault in any of this. OF COURSE.
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)Who gives a fuck?
Trillo
(9,154 posts)Must be afraid of the wrath of his fellow officers, while saying they're "good officers."
Can't really have it both ways.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)Ferguson was running.
So he's probably a coward and corrupt.
Dawson Leery
(19,358 posts)Perhaps then they will learn to respect their community.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)I will save my empathy for the family of Michael Brown.