Quote:Bob Schroeck wrote:It is an unusual response. DOJ most often would wait for the locals to investigate first. But it is appropriate since there are well-founded fears that an impartial investigation by the local authorities cannot be conducted. The delay in releasing the officer name and the "dick" move by the FPD in naming the victim as a suspect in a robbery. Even if the surveillance video is not clear. on that. The last thing you want is this situation to become a Rodney King type scenario.Quote:Morganite wrote:That it just coincidentally made it impossible for news copters with inconvenient cameras to watch things going down I'm sure never occurred to anyone in the Ferguson PD.Quote:Logan Darklighter wrote:I coulda sworn I heard this part was because someone had actually taken a potshot at a helicopter, but I could be mixing this up with another story.
Making the whole town a NO-FLY ZONE? WTF?
By the way, did the FPD actually release the officer's name on Friday morning like they said they would? I got a bit disconnected from the news between Friday morning and about noon today, and I haven't heard anything either way.
Though I did hear the FBI and the NAACP are working together to find witnesses to the shooting, and that there are 40+ FBI agents on the ground in Ferguson. Good show there!
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