[Red in Blue PA]

That officer later explained to the family that he was following procedure.

BS. Show everyone what the "procedure" is then.

[driftdiver]

Just following orders, where have we heard that before?

[papertyger]

BS. Show everyone what the "procedure" is then.

Yet another example of how duplicity has become an unwritten requirement for modern police work.

Which in turn is a perfectly legitimate reason for many fine, upstanding, Americans to "dislike" practitioners of the "law industry."