Don
“That’s funny, I thought that uttering threats and threatening behavior were criminal offenses. I was also under the impression that the constabulary tended to frown on prevarication.”
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I don’t agree that it is right.. I do think the evidence shows it is not illegal for law enforcement to really push the envelope to behave as he did.
If he had in fact committed a crime on video I find it hard to believe he would not have been prosecuted with so much public attention being paid to the issue. That he was not is telling and supports my contention that the law should be refined to specifically prohibit that form of conduct.. I still maintain the Officer was “let go” in order to cover up the legality of his conduct variations of which are commonly practiced all the time. Practices which LE does not want to change.
W
I was’t sure if I should start a new thread, but wanted to give you guys the conclusion to this story.
I have agreed to settle my civil rights lawsuit. Of course, as part of the agreement they said I can’t say anything about it other than what they say in public. Lets just say I’m satisfied...
St. George, known as a speed trap, opts for patrols by county police
FROM STAFF REPORTS
01/17/2009
St. George — St. Louis County police will begin patrolling the streets of St. George starting next month, county officials said Friday.
The city will become the 17th to contract with the county. St. George officials voted unanimously in favor of the five-year contract for 24-hour police service, according to St. Louis County police.
St. George is the town of about 1,500 where a man in 2007 recorded a police officer’s tirade on a commuter lot near Interstate 55. The video, posted online, briefly put the south St. Louis County community in the spotlight.
The tape caught a St. George sergeant yelling, berating the motorist and threatening to arrest the man on fictional charges. The man said he put a video recorder in this car after previous run-ins with police. The sergeant was later fired.
Before that, the town was known, if at all, as a speed trap off Reavis Barracks Road west of Interstate 55.
Mayor Heather Hediger said six of St. George’s seven officers are applying to join the county force but they would not be policing St. George.
St. Louis County police said residents and business owners would get a letter in the coming days explaining the change. An open house also is planned.
Here is the mayor on TV talking about it as well.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2399325742831738837&hl=en