Ferguson, MO

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Originally Posted by AGDee

It has always been my understanding that any time an officer discharges his weapon an investigation is done. It has already been announced that the state police or some other entity is doing said investigation. I don't know why people would think the police wouldn't do it in a fair and unbiased manner.

Because they're never fair and unbiased? I've seen the results of police investigations into police behavior in St. Louis and its suburbs. They routinely justify outrageous police behavior. Our cops aren't as bad as Chicago cops, but they are close.

After the arrest of Maury Travis (a serial killer) the cops hung him in his cell the same weekend. It was ruled a suicide. He had his hands tied behind his back and it was still ruled a suicide. It's hard to be sorry for a serial killer, but that was not justice and it was extremely corrupt.

Some St. Louis cops were at a bar in Pontoon Beach, IL and were bothering a female customer. When she tried to leave with her friends, a cop followed them into the parking lot and drew a gun on them. When another patron intervened, the cop shot them. He was then shot and killed by a Pontoon Beach police officer because he refused to put down his gun. The cops with him lost their jobs. The only reason anything happened to those cops is that they were out of Missouri and there were no political consequences for prosecuting them.

There are dozens of lesser offenses committed every year. St. Louis cops routinely beat people and file false reports about it. It's routinely found to be justified.

I was taught to be very, very careful around St. Louis cops. They will kill you or hurt you, just because. It's worse if you are poor and even worse if you are poor and black.