I remember working for an officer once who told me he would back me to the hilt if I was right.
I told him if I was right I wouldnt need backing.
This news conference showed me I was wrong. Right or wrong the leaders of the city will throw your butt under the bus if it suits them to do so. This thing sucked to the high heaven. I hope none of them sleep tonight as they dream of selling out their city and their police department.
It doesn't matter if dot your i's and cross your t's. If someone in power wants to use you as an example, they will go to no length to create a problem with the way you performed your job. And they'll damage other people's reputations to get to you. I know that for a fact. I managed to tick off the big wigs in the NY State agency I worked in, in uniform, and found myself the target of a retaliatory action. I wasn't the only one either. Several of us, on our off-duty hours attended a townhall-type meeting with the Department's Commissioner. A handful of us happened to ask serious questions about changes that were planned to the department. When the Commissioner decided he was going to get arrogant and cocky with the crowd, over a thousand of us walked out of the meeting. Within a week, those of us who stood up and embarrassed the Commissoner, were being investigated for alleged misbehavior on our jobs. They drummed up charges to discipline us for not being good little girls and boys, and letting them walk all over us.
The only answer is blue flu