TheDuchess
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Hmmm....sounds like something that might come up if OW was actually an accused criminal that has been charged with a crime. But certainly not an officer of the law who up to this point has not been accused of any crime. I believe OW's private life should remain just that for now. There has been absolutely no indication that OW's private life has anything to do with this case. If anything, everything I have learned about how LE responds to situations like this, he sounded fairly textbook in his response.
I think that everyone here is forgetting that OW is not a suspect in a crime at this time and that he is not legally treated as one either. LE officers are NOT treated the way civilians are in these types of situations simply because of the fact that their role in society is far different than you and me. They do, in fact, have a "license to kill" in a certain respect that is far greater than a lay person-and that is by design. We need our LEO's to be trained and capable of making life and death decisions like these every day and their safety and the safety of the general public depend upon it. If we treated EVERY officer who has ever shot an unarmed person as a murder suspect, I don't know how many would still sign up for the job.
What this poor man has had to endure for simply doing his job is simply a rotten shame. To have our leaders, community activists, the JJs and
of the world running their mouths, calling him a racist, a murderer, and executioner, etc...is beyond shameful, in my eyes. He has had to leave the state, go into hiding, fear for his life and the safety of his family and then be exploited like a common criminal is just awful. There is an investigation going on, and a grand jury has been called. I am so happy there are a lot of brave people out there standing up for this man. I hope he knows that he is not alone in this.
