Will St Louis Burn again?

Here's another strange conundrum.
One of the best ways for a criminal to hide is joining the police force.

 

This is one of the gray-shaded nuances that are often lost in the noise of 24 hour infotainment. Each outlet panders to the viewpoint of their "side", and divides the fringes ever more deeply. The silent middle, meanwhile, cares ever less about the bullshit that seems to inflame those fringes.

The only question now, though, is who's the asshole that'll be sent to deal with the ̶i̶n̶n̶o̶c̶e̶n̶t̶ not guilty cop?

 

I'm conflicted. If anything punish the cop for not being 'smoother' in the execution of said scumbag.

 

That's not a conundrum, it's a ridiculous attempt by an FTP'er to make a witty comment.

 

He was fired in 2013 (?) and as far as I know, is no longer a cop. That's "dealt with" as far as his career goes.


No longer a cop, but this sounds like a respectable resume:

"According to his LinkedIn profile, Stockley left the St. Louis police force in 2013 and moved to Houston, where he worked as a regional project manager at TH Hill Associates, an oil and gas drilling consulting firm. He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 2002 with degrees in philosophy and nuclear engineering; afterward, Stockley served in the Army in Iraq, where he received a bronze star, and was honorably discharged after an injury, Bruntrager said.

 

That resume doesn't add up. At all. Are you sure it's the same guy? I was under the impression that police forces didn't hire the brightest bulbs.

Also, why does a ringtapper with philosophy & nuc eng degrees go to the front lines in a shooting war? Then become a cop? Why the hell does the USMA even offer a damn philosophy major?

I suppose I could see the nuc eng degree oddly enough being applicable in the oil & gas services industry.

Meh... frankly, I don't give a damn. As Toe said, if anything the guy needs to get a wristslap for sloppiness.

 

It was in an article about his interview with the STL Post Dispatch after the verdict yesterday.

 

Yes, but I wouldn't say it indicates absolutely nothing. What it does indicate is that there is no direct concrete evidence that links the gun directly to the guy. At the very least if his DNA was present it would give "the cop planted the gun" less credibility. But yeah by itself it really doesn't prove anything one way or the other. I guess it really doesn't matter considering the cop was acquitted.

 

So, when dealing with cops you're more of a "guilty until proven innocent" kind of guy, huh?

 

Cops everywhere are taking notes about ensuring that their throwdown doesn't have their own DNA or prints on it, and the wisdom of contaminating it with the victim's DNA before "finding" the weapon.

 

The guys inocent as proven in a court of law and I'll respect that, sorta like OJ.

 

These protests tonight are lame. A broken window here and there, but they're not setting the area (the Delmar Loop) in fire. Come on guys, you need to step up your protest game. The little darlings in Ferguson are laughing at your efforts!

 

No, it's a true observation.
Cops are charged with crimes all the time.
It's a great cover.

 

Quoted for the irony...

 

I have worked with West Pointers that have not been terribly clever and I would say that the TH Hill people that have been through our shop are batting about 500 for being able to walk and chew gum at the same time so he may have not been the brightest bulb. And TH Hill does deal alot with non destructive testing so ya, the nuke degree would be pertinent. He could have been one of the "C's get degrees" guys and just did not get a terribly good posting once out of college. Who knows. But he sure does not appear to be innocent. I can totally agree with you and Toe that he deserves punishment for poor execution. <badump bump>
But ya, still not feeling any sympathy for the dead scumbag...

 

That doesn't make any sense? If it's such a good hiding place, why are they being charged?

 

Being Charged and Being Convicted are two different things.