WTMJ apologizes, issues retraction for alleging MPD officer misconduct
Let's all take a lesson from this. The media is not our friend, it's not anyones friend except the extreme left. The media is completely full of fecal matter.
Also, too many of us on these boards are too quick to want to attack law enforcement and therefore believe the crap the media is spewing. A majority of street cops [especially me!] are on our side in the defense of gun owner/carry rights. While nobody is perfect and
some may have to be educated to get them to understand the error of their positions, most police officers are in agreement with us and conduct themselves in a legal, constitutional manner. When there is a flaw with the law the ire needs to be directed at those who write the laws, not those who enforce them. In a republic there are avenues to correct bad laws. It works slowly, but it works well.
And when cops are actually bad they need to be held accountable. Fake stories like this make it harder to nail cops that actually screw up because it waters down all claims!!
99.9[infinity]% of the laws us peace officers enforce are proper. Please work to correct the small percentage of laws that need to be changed. This is a better use of energy than to waste it hating cops!
The police officer in that news story did nothing improper. He got the taxi driver the money to fix the window and allowed the other man the chance to make good and avoid a criminal charge. Everyones happy and the taxpayers saved money on jail/court costs/police overtime.
That story was crap from the beginning. Learn from this.