tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584393706491130969.post9022599830724163415..comments2023-11-30T09:48:20.006-05:00Comments on Letters from a Farmer in Ohio: Six Years of Chicago Police ShootingsA Farmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11536475234970506497noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584393706491130969.post-35950165618648838182016-09-19T06:32:12.821-04:002016-09-19T06:32:12.821-04:00Very informative and interesting comment. Thanks....Very informative and interesting comment. Thanks. I think you are right that police spokesmen shaped the direction of the investigation and helped cover up police error or misconduct.A Farmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11536475234970506497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584393706491130969.post-92142483102419500522016-08-31T09:07:38.850-04:002016-08-31T09:07:38.850-04:00One of the biggest changes (for the better, imho) ...One of the biggest changes (for the better, imho) in the wake of the LaQuan McDonald cover-up is that the FOP has curtailed their practice of putting some Wilford Brimley looking guy in front of the news cameras to tell us what "really" happened. Previously, after most police-involved shootings, an older guy in a trench coat would rush to the scene to be interviewed by the news crews and tell us how the 15 year-old "violent man" had pulled a gun and was just about to smoke one of Chicago's finest when the civil servant, there to serve and protect the public, had no choice but to take the only reasonable action - the action he has been trained to take - in order to protect the public and those bravely serving the public. It was made to feel very official and, of course, factual. <br /><br />Then the viewers at home would nod their heads, tsk-tsk-tsk-tsk, and think, I'm glad they dealt with that in such a brave fashion and administered justice. <br /><br />The only thing was, we were being fed lies as it was a ploy to frame the story from the very beginning. Everyone can go home now, nothing to see here. <br /><br />Check out the contrast now in the Christmas Break killing of a college student Quintonio LeGrier (and his downstairs neighbor bystander Betty Jones) by a CPO. <br />http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-robert-rialmo-quintonio-legrier-20160206-story.html<br /><br />Without the FOP out in front and in light of the McDonald blowback, the story came out and was framed very differently. Now the officer who fired the shots is going through the process of suing the deceased's family in order to get his side of the story out in the press. <br /><br />It's a complete mess. Tragic all around. It needs to be addressed from multiple angles. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com