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Tulsa Police Chief Chuck Jordan stated Tuesday that an attempt to collect money at a police station for the legal fund of an embattled Ferguson, Missouri, police officer was not appropriate but was to seek justice.
Jordan told the Tulsa World that the officer, Darren Wilson, had essentially been publicly convicted before an investigation into his shooting of an unarmed teenager had even begun.
The situation could fracture relationships between officers and the public they serve across the country, Jordan said, not just in Ferguson.
Jordan confirmed Monday that he had ordered a donation bucket removed from the police departments Gilcrease Division station in north Tulsa because it violated city policy. However, he clarified that statement Tuesday, saying his officers desire to see justice carried out was not based on race, guilt or innocence it is about the rule of law.
http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/crimewatch/tulsa-police-chief-says-collection-for-ferguson-mo-officer-was/article_04042826-91b5-549a-9a47-fe5d5073d660.html
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)FarPoint
(12,408 posts)This hate is fueled 24/7 by Fox noise....this is our monster.
ret5hd
(20,491 posts)part of town.
It's not that cut and dried now, but it is still majority AA.
VanGoghRocks
(621 posts)racial past:
The events of the riot were long omitted from local and state histories. "The Tulsa race riot of 1921 was rarely mentioned in history books, classrooms or even in private. Blacks and whites alike grew into middle age unaware of what had taken place."[3] With the number of survivors declining, in 1996, the state legislature commissioned a report to establish the historical record of the events, and acknowledge the victims and damages to the black community. Released in 2001, the report included the commission's recommendations for some compensatory actions, most of which were not implemented by the state and city governments. The state has passed legislation to establish some scholarships for descendants of survivors, economic development of Greenwood, and a memorial park to the victims in Tulsa. The latter was dedicated in 2010.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsa_race_riot
IOW, maybe the worst race riot in terms of casualties and property damage in the country's history.
justiceischeap
(14,040 posts)That is the law and the facts. This officer doesn't need financial help. It's payment for a job well done.
Sheldon Cooper
(3,724 posts)What a crock.
madokie
(51,076 posts)What about the Kid that got gunned down without as much as even being questioned
F* u chuck and the others who gave
See downthread, madokie.
And good morning!
tularetom
(23,664 posts)LOL, that ship sailed off the edge of the earth long ago.