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KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
Thu Jul 28, 2016, 06:28 PM Jul 2016

Cop Who Killed his Son By Leaving Him in a Hot Car All Day, Not Charged — Because He’s a Cop

http://thefreethoughtproject.com/cop-escapes-charges-son-hot-car/

In yet another example of privilege granted to those who work for the system, an officer from Rome, New York, will not be charged in the death of his infant son, who perished after being left in inside a hot car for 8 ½ hours.

Officer Mark Fanfarillo left his 4 ½-month-old baby, Michael, in his car during the summer for nearly nine hours — but Oneida County District Attorney Scott McNamara refused to press charges....

While the death of Michael at the hands of his feckless father does, indeed, appear to be a tragic and highly avoidable ‘accident,’ decisions not to press charges against parents for leaving children to perish in sweltering vehicles disproportionately favor those in law enforcement and other occupations of State authority....

So, while McNamara might have explained New York’s conditions for such arrests, the fact is, authorities will find a way to prosecute parents for neglectfully leaving their kids in hot cars — unless they have such connections, in which case they will find a way not to.


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Cop Who Killed his Son By Leaving Him in a Hot Car All Day, Not Charged — Because He’s a Cop (Original Post) KamaAina Jul 2016 OP
Have a badge=license to kill. eom Purveyor Jul 2016 #1
Earlier this year in Mississippi exboyfil Jul 2016 #2
It's shit like this that makes people hate law enforcement--prosecutors and cops. catbyte Jul 2016 #3
Poor Baby Boy - Poor Daddy jpak Jul 2016 #4
Nobody should be surprised by this, cops are above the law. Rex Jul 2016 #5

exboyfil

(17,862 posts)
2. Earlier this year in Mississippi
Thu Jul 28, 2016, 07:08 PM
Jul 2016

Joshua Blunt, an African American man, was charged with 2nd degree murder for forgetting about his child

Amy Bryant, a white woman, was not charged and her name was kept out of the papers for forgetting about her child. Her name came out later and is still not widely publicized.

Same state within three weeks of one another. Linked is a pastor commenting on the discrepancy.

Just because Blunt's charges were later reduced to manslaughter (which is closer to what it should be), it does not change the fact that he was charged with murder off the bat and the woman was not.


http://www.pastordeanstewart.com/2016/05/

catbyte

(34,326 posts)
3. It's shit like this that makes people hate law enforcement--prosecutors and cops.
Thu Jul 28, 2016, 07:12 PM
Jul 2016

My dad was a cop for 30 years, and he hated the inbred relationships between the law enforcement community. He said that the "blue wall" was dangerous and rife with abuse. This is also why he was never promoted in 30 years of service. They don't seem to make them like my dad anymore. Well, actually, n o t many back then either.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
5. Nobody should be surprised by this, cops are above the law.
Thu Jul 28, 2016, 07:16 PM
Jul 2016

Most people that live in the real world know this by now.

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