Officer Wilson didn't WRITE an incident report!

[napi21]

So, THAT'S why the poice didn't release any! Per "The Last Word" on MSNBC.

Lawrence showed a copy of a memo that says the report wasnt written on advise of his lawyer.

[Spider Jerusalem]

1. Here in the UK that would possibly make him and his lawyer both liable for charges

"conspiracy to pervert the course of justice", it's called. And probably also misconduct in public office.

[napi21]

2. Unfortunately here in the US, it appears to be ok.

Im still listening to the show and an attorney on there is saying that it doesnt surprise her.

[ncjustice80]

4. I wish the 5th amendment was waived for public officials

In the US like it is in the UK. Doea the UK even have something like our 5th amendment????

[CBGLuthier]

3. He may be a murderer but he knows the first rule of interacting with the police

Never say anything to the police without your attorney's approval and that would include making an official report. If he tells the truth and it is bad for him he is fucked and if he lies on a police report he is fucked so the first rule of dealing with the police is say nothing until you talk to your attorney.

Funny how the cops know this but the general public does not.

[Hoyt]

5. I suppose he has a right to refuse, but that ought to be enough to fire his ass along

with the rest of bunch.

[avebury]

6. He might have a right to not file a report, but the police investigating

the incident should be required to turn in a report that is a public record. It appears that no on the PD was compelled to write any type of official report.

[Hoyt]

10. Yep. They knew they'd get caught lying.

[procon]

7. Yeah, don't write stuff that might be used against you

So, he must have contacted a lawyer first because he knew from the start that he had done something illegal. Then he was advised not to make an official report which could be used as evidence to convict him.

[VanGoghRocks]

12. I'm as anti-Wilson as the next person (and probably a lot more than some), but here I must

put my foot down to insist on a fundamental principle: the act of consulting an attorney is not evidence of anything, nor should any inference be drawn from it, other than that one consulted an attorney. Thus, Wilson might have wondered whether writing an incident report might expose him to liability in a civil trial, been advised not to file by an attorney, without knowing or even thinking that he had broken any law.

I would, however, like to see under what statutory authority Ferguson Chief Jackson was allowed to place Wilson on 'paid' administrative leave. Seems to me Wilson has a right not to write the incident report but the Department has an equal right to insist that its employees adhere to policy, i.e., write incident reports, or face suspension or termination without pay.

[madville]

8. Ferguson PD isn't the investigating agency

The brought in St. Louis PD if I recall correctly, so the official investigation/report should be issued from that third party agency at some point.

[Solomon]

9. and since the people writing the report were not at the scene

then they have no choice but to rely on the eyewitnesses when making the report. Since Wilson won't tell his side of the story, then they are left with the 4 or 5 witnesses, all of whom say Wilson killed Brown when Brown had his hands up trying to surrender. Based on that, he should be charged and arrested. So your excuse is out the window.

[HooptieWagon]

13. They wouldn't interview the witnesses.

Thats why they went on TV. So, if they weren't interested in witnesses, and Wilson was clamming up, just what the hell could be in a report?

[Bjorn Against]

11. Yet the "strong armed robbery" incident report references a shooting incident report

Are they lying now when they say there is no shooting incident report or were they lying in the report on the so-called "robbery" when they referenced a shooting incident report?

[freshwest]

15. And that's his 'time sheet.' He was paid for what he did, wasn't he?

Ferguson, vote out ALL the people who allowed this corruption. You can have better lives than you've been living, you deserve better than this!

[Lex]

14. So Wilson already knew he fucked up

is exactly was "he didn't write a report on advice of lawyers" sounds like.

Slice it any way you want, but it sounds like he was covering up from the get-go.