This Is Why We're Mad About the Shooting of Mike Brown

[Amimnoch]

100. Also infuriating is the police spokesperson refusing to give details to reporters.

I swear, there should be a law that all law enforcement desigated spokespersons be legally obligated to give details, as they are known at that time, of any incident where there is a police shooting, and even more so when that shooting results in a death.

They should be obligated to release the initial statement of the officer('s) who did the shooting.

They should be obligated to release eyewitness statements taken (with the sole exception being if the release could endanger the life of the eyewitnesses.)

They are supposed to be public servants, not public executioners. Was there any justification.. at all.. for this shooting? Hell, I don't know. I'm very doubtful, and the "spokesperson" who represents the damn department, yet refuses to speak about it.. doesn't help them at all with public opinion. Public servants, and law enforcement in particular are supposed to be the apex of civility, morality, and standards of behavior.. they are entrusted with a very special responsibility, and I personally think that the penalty for failing to meet higher standards when it comes to this level of failure should be much more extreme than it would be for the average joe. Instead, it all too often seems that instead of being held to a higher standard, they are exempted from being held responsible for their actions period.