Needs to be heard, make it viral.
Sounds like an honest Chief of Police. It is sad that he was essentially fired because he did not have an experienced Public Affairs Officer to deal with the politics and the press.
ping for home
Its simple - the race baiters got involved and made GZ the boogy man in this case. I think some still believe TM was a 12-13 year old kid. Isn’t it odd that his parents didn’t want his cell phone messages revealed? Not really - they stood to make big bucks from this case- and have. They are still out there duping the public. May God have mercy on their hateful souls.
Spineless politicians, both local and State, need to be kicked in the butt hard and repetitively.
Bob O’Connor was once my boss. He is a straight-up man who is the last one I would call “racist”
Sickens me to see what happened to him and Chief Lee...all because of Black Racism. Two good careers ended by Black Racist Hate
It is great to hear this directly from those involved.
Nothing new to me, except the Chief’s claims about inadequate police budgets. I am not buying.
If the police budget issue is true, who caused it to be inadequate (City Manager?, Mayor?, Council?, communities who wanted the resources spent elsewhere?)
More funding might have improved post-incident PR, but SPD seemed to spare no resources on the investigation, and the Scheme Team would have outplayed anything any PD could muster.
Could higher police spending have averted the shooting itself? (That is what matters, not post-death pr). Retreat at the Lakes had no agreement for Sanford PD patroling. SPD response time to GZ’s NEN call was good by most standards. Unless the PD met every incoming delinquent at the City limits, an expensive community policing regimen and relationship-building with minorities would have had no effect on visiting, unsupervised, TM.
Federal mortgage policies destroyed RATL and adjacent neighborhoods, leading to high vacancy rates and declining homeownership, then HUD unleashed a Section 8 crime wave. GZ’s role as elected captain of a neighborhood watch program was a response to that. GZ picked up on the vibe of a young man with a knack for getting caught. The MDSPD seemed to nab TM frequently, but sought to profit by hiding minority student crimes rather than taking appropriate action. Too much government intervention and spending led to TM’s demise, not too little.
Crupp had his PR effort in full swing by day three, the department's inability to counter that was a tragedy. Maybe there's a need for an “anti-biggotry fund” that comes to the aid of law enforcement agencies with PR help in circumstances like this. Or “anti-miscarriage of justice union”.