St. Louis Police Offer Class To ‘Win With The Media’ On Officer-Involved Shootings

Law enforcement officers wait to advance Sunday, Aug. 17, 2014, after firing tear gas to disperse a crowd protesting the shooting of teenager Michael Brown last Saturday in Ferguson, Mo. Brown's shooting in the middl... Law enforcement officers wait to advance Sunday, Aug. 17, 2014, after firing tear gas to disperse a crowd protesting the shooting of teenager Michael Brown last Saturday in Ferguson, Mo. Brown's shooting in the middle of a street following a suspected robbery of a box of cigars from a nearby market has sparked a week of protests, riots and looting in the St. Louis suburb. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) MORE LESS
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The St. Louis County and Municipal Police Academy will offer a course for police offers in October to teach them how to “win with the media” when dealing with the aftermath of an officer-involved shooting.

The course will cover the shooting of Ferguson, Mo. teen Michael Brown. The flyer promoting the class called Brown’s death “tragic,” but promised that the course would be “highly entertaining.”

“You will learn a lot, and you’ll have fun doing it!” the flyer reads.

The class will also touch on topics like “‘No comment’ is a comment” and “managing media assault and battery.”

Read the flyer:

St. Louis Police Academy Class on Officer-Involved Shootings and the Media

H/t Shaun King

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  1. Notice that “tell the truth” is nowhere on the list.

  2. Avatar for dnl dnl says:

    "StuckOnStupid’?

    I thought that was a prerequisite for being hired .

  3. Ever notice how conservatives genuinely seem to think that “better flacks” is an actual solution to a problem?

  4. Avatar for dnl dnl says:

    HeY

    What happened to your alternate CaPs/LoWeRcAse?

    lol

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