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Ferguson PIO placed on unpaid leave after referring to Mike Brown memorial as ‘trash’
KMOV-TV ^ | December 27, 2014 | Adam McDonald

Posted on 12/27/2014 7:48:30 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

FERGUSON, Mo (KMOV.com) – The Ferguson Public Information Officer for the City of Ferguson Police Department has been placed on unpaid leave after referring to the Michael Brown memorial as ‘trash.’

According to the Washington Post, Officer Timothy Zoll, the Ferguson Police Department’s public relations officer said no crime had been reported in connection to the memorial’s destruction early Friday morning. Zoll suggested the department would look at any video of the incident, but did not specify whether the department would investigate after a vehicle allegedly ran over the memorial on Canfield Drive.

“I don’t know that a crime has occurred,” Zoll said to a Washington Post reporter on Friday. He was quoted as saying “But a pile of trash in the middle of the street? That Washington Post is making a call over this?”

The City of Ferguson released a statement Saturday, saying they initiated an internal investigation, and Officer Zoll admitted he misled his superiors when they inquired about the contents of his interview.

Officer Zoll has now been placed on unpaid leave, effective immediately, while the department evaluates disciplinary action.

The City of Ferguson’s statement says the “negative remarks about the memorial do not reflect the feelings of the Ferguson Police Department and are in direct contradiction to the efforts of city officials to relocate the memorial to a more secure location.”

Department officials say they are focused on creating a trusting relationship with the entire community and taking steps to improve the effectiveness of the department.​


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: ferguson; michaelbrown; missouri
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Calling trash trash will now get you fired? Welcome to Obamaland.

No kidding. Poor guy. Some reasonable company make a call and give this guy a job.

61 posted on 12/28/2014 5:32:14 AM PST by JustaCowgirl (Arguing with a liberal is like arguing with a rat about whether he eats people scraps.)
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To: DJ Frisat
Depends upon what your definition of is is...

OK, thanks to the confusion our first black president has caused, I will endeavour to explain my intent:

If I took a brick and painted it gold, what is it? A gold brick or a brick painted gold? It is what it is. It could be a deception of the truth. You should not readily accept it is a gold brick because it looks like one, but question whether it might be a brick painted gold and someone is trying to deceive you. Maybe I should have said "What you see is what you get". Does that clarify my intent any better? Probably not.

My intent was to use sarcasm to make you aware the media might be trying to spin the the matter differently than the facts suggest. Of course we know the media would never do that.

62 posted on 12/28/2014 5:37:03 AM PST by Texicanus (Texas, it's like a whole 'nother country.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

If there was anything of value in a MB memorial it would be stolen.


63 posted on 12/28/2014 5:47:39 AM PST by Awgie (truth is always stranger than fiction)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Between this and the announcement that Ferguson is looking to raise revenue collected from tickets then I think the Ferguson PD has given up on trying to improve relations with the community.

This is an interesting issue. Anyone who has driven on Missouri interstates and highways knows you can't go a few miles without passing some memorial someone has put up in memory of their loved one at the site of a fatal accident. I'm pretty sure that Missouri law protects them. In fact I think the Missouri DOT is required to maintain them and trim the landscape around them. Now admittedly this one is in the middle of the street but depending on how the laws are written then the state may have to maintain this one as well.

64 posted on 12/28/2014 5:52:08 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: smoothsailing
ya know it sure looks like trash to me.

Trash, Rubbish...Garbage




65 posted on 12/28/2014 6:19:23 AM PST by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: Farmer Dean
“A pile of trash in the street.” Was he talking about Brown or his memorial?

What is the difference?

66 posted on 12/28/2014 6:19:52 AM PST by Lion Den Dan
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

If anyone else would pile a bunch of crapola in the middle of a street, they’d get it removed and they would be fined. These blacks are getting as easily offended as the perpetually offended moozlums. Who cares?


67 posted on 12/28/2014 6:22:21 AM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: smoothsailing
When it was “created” as a memorial it was waiting to become trash, once it was run over by a car, it BECAME trash. The PIO stated a fact but unfortunately “politically correct language” wasn't to their liking
68 posted on 12/28/2014 6:38:13 AM PST by DaveA37
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Wait now, does that memorial form a path leading back toward the patrol car?


69 posted on 12/28/2014 6:42:10 AM PST by jughandle (Big words anger me, keep talking.)
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To: Texicanus
"I will endeavour to explain my intent: "

Sorry -- I wasn't looking for a clarification. I was just injecting a little sarcasm/irony, myself.

Thought I'd add a couple of instances of the word 'is' to your comment, which already included two in the phrase, 'It is what it is'.

Figured readers of my comment would pick up what I thought was an obvious Clintonian tilt. Didn't mean to detract from the seriousness of your input.

70 posted on 12/28/2014 6:53:36 AM PST by DJ Frisat (Proudly providing the NSA with provocative textual content since 1995!)
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To: DJ Frisat
Figured readers of my comment would pick up what I thought was an obvious Clintonian tilt. Didn't mean to detract from the seriousness of your input.

No problem. Some of the millenials might have missed your point and my intent.

71 posted on 12/28/2014 7:32:31 AM PST by Texicanus (Texas, it's like a whole 'nother country.)
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To: MeshugeMikey

Panther Whiz is standing tall! LOL! B^)


72 posted on 12/28/2014 8:20:23 AM PST by smoothsailing
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To: smoothsailing

now to work on a “theme song”


73 posted on 12/28/2014 10:59:30 AM PST by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: easternsky

They can’t distingusih the difference between good and evil Imo. anymore than what is Justice. It’s every man for himself whatever strikes them at the moment....

It’s a ridiculous game of tit-for tat.

The culture needs to change which would solve 99% of their issues.


74 posted on 12/28/2014 11:29:33 AM PST by caww
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To: MeshugeMikey

They have difficulty letting go of these Memorials as co-dependent cultures hold tightly to “things” as well as people no matter if healthy, reasonable or not.


75 posted on 12/28/2014 11:32:45 AM PST by caww
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To: caww

Mike Brown FOHEVUH!!


76 posted on 12/28/2014 11:38:52 AM PST by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: MeshugeMikey

Can’t wait to see what you come up with! B^)


77 posted on 12/28/2014 11:45:33 AM PST by smoothsailing
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Poor white trash land for this guy... There


78 posted on 12/28/2014 5:20:35 PM PST by Recompennation
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