4 Responses to “Officer accused of beating teen he thought stole son’s bike”

1. 1 Eric  on May 25th, 2006 at 7:05 am

   Good points. This does appear to be a rather vaguely written article. One thing I’ve notice about media reporting on police incidents is that they often just get crap totally wrong.

   I used to be a cop myself and I can remember times when I made the papers as being involved in an arrest or pursuit when I was nowhere near the incident or I was even off duty.

   This article, as you seem to allude to, sure puts the cop in a bad light. Like you, I wonder what “really” happened… Keep us informed, eh?

2. 2 Pat  on May 25th, 2006 at 6:17 pm

   O.K. now while the story is a little vague I wonder how important it was to beat the kid into a coma for stealing an 8 year olds bike that cost what maybe 200 bucks at most. The leagle fees alone could run into the thousands, plus the settlement if found guilty. I mean really see an anger management counsler.

3. 3 Fritz  on May 25th, 2006 at 7:40 pm

   Well, this is East St. Louis. Very very very rough neighborhood.

4. 4 Eric  on May 25th, 2006 at 10:50 pm

   Pat,

   I agree that it’s a very bad thing if things went down the way the article leads you to believe. There’s a lot of wiggle room left in their story as Tim’s questions point out. If the guy beat the hell out of the teen just because he could then I completely agree with you. However, as I eluded, my faith in media’s accurate reporting of such events is not that great.

   Cheers,

   Eric

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