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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsUPDATE: Police Chief Aaron Jimenez has confirmed officer that made threats
UPDATE: Police Chief Aaron Jimenez has confirmed with The Huffington Post that the officer making threats in videos shot by protestors is Lieutenant Ray Albers.
Cop Ray Albers In Ferguson To Protestors: 'I Will F**king Kill You' (VIDEO)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/20/ferguson-cop-i-will-kill-you_n_5695748.html?1408584440
Euthyphro
(1 post)He should be prosecuted.
rustydog
(9,186 posts)The minimum charge would be terroristic threats. The cop walked.
RagAss
(13,832 posts)MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)He should be busted back for the shit he pulled. He doesn't even deserve sergeant stripes after that bullshit.
TheKentuckian
(25,026 posts)MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)That's always procedure.
He should be demoted back to beat walker so his pay while on administrative leave is decreased.
He deserves that much. He sure as hell doesn't deserve a lieutenant's salary while he's being paid for doing nothing during the investigation.
TheKentuckian
(25,026 posts)mythology
(9,527 posts)but he needs to be removed from the situation and undergo some significant psychiatric analysis to ensure he's ready to return to duty, if he is capable of that.
We need substantially more mandatory counseling for cops and the military and prison guards and so forth.