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DetlefK

(16,423 posts)
Tue Sep 19, 2017, 12:39 PM Sep 2017

White cop kills black guy and city hides incrimating evidence during trial.

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/09/jason-stockley-case-city-hid-evidence-family-lawyer-of-anthony-lamar-smith-says/

The St. Louis officer, Jason Stockley, was found not guilty last week of killing Smith — but Watkins had sued the department in 2013 on behalf of Smith’s fiancee and the couple’s daughter. He eventually settled that suit for $900,000, one of the largest in the city’s history.

But when Stockley was finally brought to trial this year, the "missing" evidence was presented — evidence that the city previously denied it had before the mediation — and testimonies showed the evidence was obtained in 2012. Watkins says he would have won a larger settlement if that evidence had not been hidden.
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White cop kills black guy and city hides incrimating evidence during trial. (Original Post) DetlefK Sep 2017 OP
Google the MO State Auditor latest findings benld74 Sep 2017 #1
This is the other "travesty of justice" in this case. logosoco Sep 2017 #2

benld74

(9,901 posts)
1. Google the MO State Auditor latest findings
Tue Sep 19, 2017, 12:56 PM
Sep 2017

The most recent findings of state payouts to individuals was MUCH LESS than officially reported by the state.

NOT suprise really
BUT in times of budget cut backs across the nations especially in MO

WHO is making these payments???????

logosoco

(3,208 posts)
2. This is the other "travesty of justice" in this case.
Tue Sep 19, 2017, 01:41 PM
Sep 2017

It also made me think, after several days of reading peoples complaints about the protests in the city and county of St. Louis, I don't think the general public understands that the government is making these payouts. They can't see that these cops are being charged with wrongful death, the only difference is that the cop is not going to jail (as the protesters would like to see). The tax payers are paying for these crimes, not the wrong doer.
Are they really that willing to see cops stay out of jail even when it means they are paying a hefty sum for the crime of the cops?

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