The Ferguson, Mo., police officer who shot Michael Brown in August will be reinstated “immediately” if he is not indicted by a grand jury, police chief Thomas Jackson told Yahoo News on Friday.
Officer Darren Wilson has been on paid leave since the Aug. 9 shooting, according to the news outlet. Jackson said that Wilson could return to a “not yet determined assignment.”
But if he is indicted, Wilson would “most likely” be fired, Jackson said.
The grand jury that has been investigating Brown’s shooting is expected to reach a decision soon.
So if he gets indicted he gets fired. If not he gets reinstated. Duh. How is this a news story?
Sounds like the fix is in
Oh please, so the Grand Jury is being paid off, and all the testimony and evidence has been staged? Also DOJ is now “in on it” too. One big “gubbermint” conspiracy, right?.. Give it a rest please.
Chief, my hope through all of this is that the majority population of Ferguson uses this as a teachable moment, get their act together and take their town back! Then, they can commence to replace all you MFs who have screwed them over. Problem solved. Goodness knows they can’t do any worse.
Why do people repeatedly take the time to read a news story, then complain that somehow it isn’t worthy of being news?
IMMEDIATE reinstatement is the issue here…it will strike some protestors as an “in-your-face” move.
Personally, I think that even if he’s found innocent and as saintly as Mother Teresa, putting him on the beat, in that town, NOW…
is just asking for trouble. Someone is likely to think they’ll be hailed as a righteous avenger for harming Wilson.
Seems like a bad plan. (but still news)