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Justice Department tellsFerguson police tostopwearing bracelets

shrubnose said:
The U.S. Justice Department asked the Ferguson, Missouri Police Department on Friday to order its officers not to wear bracelets in support of the white policeman who shot to death a black teenager last month, sparking protests.

Read the article here: http://news.yahoo.com/justice-department-tells-ferguson-police-stop-wearing-bracelets-004135604.html35



I don't know what you think but it looks to me like it will be a long time before there's ever any peace in Ferguson, Missouri.

Basically what those cops are telling people is that they're going to do whatever they want to do.

I don't believe that's going to bring people together.

What do you think?
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Easy solution ... tell the Justice Department to f**k off.
 
Mr.Nick said:
In what universe does shooting a black kid (guy) warrant a riot?
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You might listen to some of the protesters, and learn something. The shooting was just the spark, but of course to learn that you'd have to pay attention to coverage not on Fox or Rush Limbaugh.

If a cop shot and killed me tomorrow would any of you progressives even care? hell no you wouldn't.... You would probably call that "social justice"...
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????????????
 
GBFAN said:
Easy solution ... tell the Justice Department to f**k off.
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Even easier, be a professional and don't wear bracelets to work that have the potential to make the situation you're trying to defuse worse.
 
ThePlayDrive said:
It's good move by the Justice Department. I also think that whoever has the authority to do so should discipline, if not fire, the officers who participated in such behavior. At the very least, such behavior demonstrates that the officers in question have extremely poor judgment and thus, are not doing their jobs effectively. Beyond that, what the behavior by many of the white officers in Ferguson shows is that their (at the very least) "racial insensitivity" is very real.
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And of course you have no evidence that the cop shooting the robber had anything to do with robber's race.

Your total lack of logical reasoning skills is noted.
 
First, unless the local police chef orders his officers to stop wearing the bracelets,
I do not think they have a legal obligation to do so.
Second Perhaps just perhaps, the police officers are showing support for their fellow
officer, because it could have been them instead.
There is also a chance, the other officers in Ferguson know just a slight amount more
about what went down than the people on this forum.
Like it or not officer Darren Wilson is innocent until proven guilty by a court of law.
While I think it might be unwise for them to ware bracelets in his support, it should be legal
speech, unless their chef orders them to stop.
 
JasperL said:
Even easier, be a professional and don't wear bracelets to work that have the potential to make the situation you're trying to defuse worse.
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Or, obey the law and don't riot, loot and burn? Don't form a lynch mob?
 
ThePlayDrive said:
You castigate "everyone" in your comment, but nobody but the officers in question are responsible for their unprofessional behavior. I can't imagine why you would even criticize other people in the context of the OP.
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I see. It is unprofessional for police officers to show support for a police officer who was injured in the line of duty by a thug and subsequently injured by a corrupt federal attorney general?
 
shrubnose said:
Not going to happen, the DOJ will continue its fight against racism in the USA no matter how much that upsets a few people on the right..
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The only apparent racism has been by the perp, and his supporting cast of criminals who have smashed windows, set things on fire and in general have been nuisances. The attorney general supports the criminal element against the police.

If there has been any evidence against the police officer the AG would have already come to the cameras and sang like a canary. He hasn't. Has he?
 
apdst said:
Or, obey the law and don't riot, loot and burn? Don't form a lynch mob?
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I'm not sure who you're talking about, but who I was referring to were police officers, hired by the city to serve the community including the many engaged in peaceful protests as is their right as an American.
 
shrubnose said:
Bring it on.

Do you seriously think that he can beat the DOJ? :roll:
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Impressive. You have pronounced that you are on the side of federal intimidation.

What about the rest off you leftists? It does fall in line with the rest of your thinking about individual liberty versus central statist control of everything.
 
shrubnose said:
You don't live in Ferguson, Missouri so you have no idea what the black people who live there have put up with for many years.
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I do. They have put up with the race baiter Obama and the race baiting democratic party.
 
Misterveritis said:
I see. It is unprofessional for police officers to show support for a police officer who was injured in the line of duty by a thug and subsequently injured by a corrupt federal attorney general?
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When you're dealing with an irrational element, yes, it is unprofessional. This is a clear-cut example where wisdom and forethought needs to trump emotion. Just because you can doesn't mean you should.
 
Misterveritis said:
I see. It is unprofessional for police officers to show support for a police officer who was injured in the line of duty by a thug and subsequently injured by a corrupt federal attorney general?
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While wearing a uniform, on duty, yes, it's unprofessional to take sides in an active investigation that is the subject of protests by the community THEY SERVE.
 
If the PD decides to put it in their policy that the police officers cannot wear the item, I have no problem with that as it is their right to do so in running their stations.

The question that I ask is why is the DOJ involved in asking the PD to do anything with their uniforms?

Where is it in the realm of the DOJ to even ask for this? It is unprofessional for the DOJ to get involved in this micromanaging manner IMO.
 
Redress said:
No, it is the DOJ asking. There is a large, unsubtle difference between telling some one to do something, and asking them to do something.
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If the DOJ was asking in private we would be unaware of it. How did we come to find out the DOJ was "asking" the police to not support their fellow officer?
 
radcen said:
When you're dealing with an irrational element, yes, it is unprofessional. This is a clear-cut example where wisdom and forethought needs to trump emotion. Just because you can doesn't mean you should.
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Yes, but it is up for the Police Departments and not the DOJ to make this call. There is no reason for the DOJ to even make a request like this and only makes the matter worse. By publicizing this, they now have made an even MORE volatile situation worse.
 
Redress said:
Again, the DOJ does not have the authority to enforce such a demand to my knowledge, but it does have every right to ask the local police to change their policy or enforce, or whatever is appropriate here.
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Do all very liberal people find federal intimidation in local matters appropriate?
 
Redress said:
Which is pretty much every one except the tiny handful of us waiting for more information and not taking a side.
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Redress, you have taken a side when you approved of intimidation by the federal government in a local matter.
 
Buck Ewer said:
FERGUSON Mo. (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department asked the Ferguson, Missouri, Police Department on Friday to order its officers not to wear bracelets in support of the white policeman who shot to death an unarmed black teenager last month, sparking protests.
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How did Reuters find that out?

A racist federal government is doing its best to intimidate local officials while the feds pander to the Furgeson criminals. You know, the ones who have been breaking things, stealing things, setting things on fire. Those criminals who support their fellow gentle giant.
 
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