Austin PD ping.....
Another thing, Witnesses at Midtown Live saw the "burn baby burn" message on the computer screen inside an officer's patrol car during the fire. is incorrect. A TV crew saw it on the monitor and broadcast the screen shot on the 10 PM news. That is what blew this out of proportion.
That answers my question as to how the heck this is even a story. It figures.
Had the police officers and dispatchers NOT responded appropriately to the call, then THAT might have been a story. This is just another example of how the media work to discredit law enforcement officials in any way they think they can inflict damage.
I don't see anything here that indicates these folks didn't do their jobs. What they are guilty of is being human and seeing the humor of a nasty trouble-spot getting the "what goes around, comes around" style of justice. The police are called out there to respond every 2.8 days (129 times last year) for stabbings, gunshots, public intoxications, etc. What a law enforcement nightmare the place is.
Thanks for the post and ping.