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Oktober

(1,488 posts)
Sat Nov 15, 2014, 06:50 PM Nov 2014

Chief: Ferguson Officer Darren Wilson ‘immediately’ returns if cleared in Michael Brown's death

Criminal charges would ‘most likely’ result in firing, he says

The Ferguson police officer who fatally shot Michael Brown will be “immediately” returned to active duty if he is not indicted, Chief Tom Jackson told Yahoo News on Friday. Officer Darren Wilson has been on paid leave since the controversial shooting in early August.

He would come back to a “not yet determined assignment,” the chief writes in an email. If the grand jury charges Wilson, Jackson said the officer would “most likely” be terminated “if it is a felony.”

http://news.yahoo.com/chief-ferguson-officer-darren-wilson-immediately-returns-if-cleared-in-michael-browns-death--020541972.html

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Chief: Ferguson Officer Darren Wilson ‘immediately’ returns if cleared in Michael Brown's death (Original Post) Oktober Nov 2014 OP
That's sounds about right scarystuffyo Nov 2014 #1
Back on the beat... Cooley Hurd Nov 2014 #2
Further down the article... Oktober Nov 2014 #3
He's better off with Cheney in the bunker... Cooley Hurd Nov 2014 #4
I don't think he's going back at all , do you? scarystuffyo Nov 2014 #5
I suspect, but don't know for certain, that the PD is required to take him back... Oktober Nov 2014 #6
Yes they would have to take him back I just don't think Wilson scarystuffyo Nov 2014 #7
I also suspect H. Cromwell Nov 2014 #8
This is what scares me , it's as if the white racists are waiting for something to happen scarystuffyo Nov 2014 #9
 

scarystuffyo

(733 posts)
1. That's sounds about right
Sat Nov 15, 2014, 06:56 PM
Nov 2014

If he's not indicted by the grand jury then they have to let him go back to work

I think he's going to look for another force to join
far away from there.

 

Oktober

(1,488 posts)
3. Further down the article...
Sat Nov 15, 2014, 07:00 PM
Nov 2014

... They say that he likely won't go back to the street immediately.

Which is probably safest...

 

Cooley Hurd

(26,877 posts)
4. He's better off with Cheney in the bunker...
Sat Nov 15, 2014, 07:03 PM
Nov 2014

...however, if he is not indicted, the whole concept of "justice" in the US will be out the window.

 

scarystuffyo

(733 posts)
5. I don't think he's going back at all , do you?
Sat Nov 15, 2014, 07:04 PM
Nov 2014

He fled his home . He had to put his family and him self in hiding

That town is a powder keg with someone just itching to light the match

 

Oktober

(1,488 posts)
6. I suspect, but don't know for certain, that the PD is required to take him back...
Sat Nov 15, 2014, 07:05 PM
Nov 2014

... under contract and possibly union rules.

Maybe they offer him a buyout with a job somewhere else.

 

scarystuffyo

(733 posts)
7. Yes they would have to take him back I just don't think Wilson
Sat Nov 15, 2014, 07:30 PM
Nov 2014

wants to work there again.

This is all assuming the grand jury won't charge him.
He still could get indicted

Shooting MR Brown from 20 or 25 feet away isn't an easy thing to explain
even if he did try to grab his gun when struggling through the window.

MR Brown was already wounded and it seems highly unlikely after running away
he had this idea to turn and charge Wilson

 

H. Cromwell

(151 posts)
8. I also suspect
Sat Nov 15, 2014, 07:31 PM
Nov 2014

when he is found not guilty he will be back to work as per the Union Contract. I would expect DU members would be happy to see a Union protecting its members via a valid union contract.

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