Dodge City Police Officer a Suspect for Murder!

[Tee]

Once he pulled an "OJ" he made himself look PRETTY DARN GUILTY!!

We had it on LIVE!

[Army_of_One]

Originally Posted by macdaddy

I hope everyone will leave bubba alone, he does make some good logical sense i guess. We JOE PUBLIC deserve to know everything!! when it happens.

I think every person that is suspected of a crime should have their picture posted on large billboards throughout the city so everyone knows who the bad people are. DUIs, Sexual predators, gang bangers, thieves, people who write bad checks, speeders, all the illegals everyone!! It doesn't matter if they are guilty post every picture up so we can all see then and protect ourselves. Hell most of us carry guns anyway. Write it up on the front page of the paper also. I don't really see the need to differentiate guilty or innocent. Post them all. Throw out the Constitution and all that crap! No more miranda readings. Just go arrest everyone suspected and let the public know who they are!!!

They printed pages full of people that had warrants out for their arrest in the paper. The paper where I am from prints everything, warrants, tickets, lawsuits, who got picked up for DUI/bad check etc. This is typically public knowledge and could be printed. I think they are too short on staff to do that in Dodge.

[MissKitty]

Originally Posted by macdaddy

I hope everyone will leave bubba alone, he does make some good logical sense i guess. We JOE PUBLIC deserve to know everything!! when it happens.

I think every person that is suspected of a crime should have their picture posted on large billboards throughout the city so everyone knows who the bad people are. DUIs, Sexual predators, gang bangers, thieves, people who write bad checks, speeders, all the illegals everyone!! It doesn't matter if they are guilty post every picture up so we can all see then and protect ourselves. Hell most of us carry guns anyway. Write it up on the front page of the paper also. I don't really see the need to differentiate guilty or innocent. Post them all. Throw out the Constitution and all that crap! No more miranda readings. Just go arrest everyone suspected and let the public know who they are!!!

You're kidding, right?

The Constitution is a heck of a document that has stood up for over 200 years with relatively few amendments. Where our society has screwed up is in the courts where they have interpreted laws that they lean too far toward protecting the suspect's rights. THAT'S why no one is commenting on this. They don't want to be sued (like the guy in Wichita that Tee referred to who was falsely accused of being BTK).

Let's have patience. It's all going to come out eventually, it always does.

[Army_of_One]

Kitty I think Macdaddy's post was full of sarcasm...

[macdaddy]

I agree with you Army, I just don't like the idea that because he is a police officer he should be treated any different than anyone else. This board has already tried and hung this man. The KBI is doing the investigation and they are the ones that should be held accountable for the information everyone is wanting.

The important thing is he is now in custody and yes because of the OJ he pulled he will be seen as guilty. If he is then I hope that the wrath of all justice will come down on him.

I think it is a bad thing that everyone in America doesn't understand how the justice system in America works today. It is a much different system than it was a hundred years ago, and even different from 20 years ago. It doesn't always work out smoothly even to the Police officers frustrations a lot of the time. Unfortunately the System is working harder in favor for the criminal than what is just and right.

But lets not loose track of the focus here on this board. You cannot arrest and detain anyone on suspicion alone, they will be out on the streets in a heartbeat. The criminal defense lawyers will see to that. So in this case, Yes he may have been a strong suspect but if you arrest someone even if he is guilty you make it harder to prosecute them if you throw their name and face all over the local media. Someone will scream unfair. That is the unfortunate situation we live in now. You have to be judicial in what information you put out to the public as do you have to be judicial when you put it out to the public. That is why you see law enforcement agencies more careful in what and when they say anything.

[TexKan]

It could be they don't want to taint the jury pool - just think if you don't get a predrawn conclusion.................... you could a fair and just juror........... or perhaps not by some of the posts.......... LOL LOL

[K C Muffin]

I don't necessarily agree with protecting him, but don't think he was a public safety problem either. If guilty, the guy offed his girlfriend for whatever wrong he thinks she did. That doesn't mean he's going to go postal. He's a police officer, so you know they had to do some mental tests and have some idea that if he committed this crime, he's not going to turn around and kill a bunch of others or walk into a bar and start shooting. It was personal and it's finished. That's my take on it. I dunno....I just don't think it's a huge public service to let everybody's panties get in a wad...or maybe I'm just sensitized toward stupid, senseless murders.

[TexKan]

truth is most cops will off themselves first after something like this. It's a real threat, and they got the means to do it. There was I'm sure some fear that this guy might not make it thru the investigation. Ya can't arrest someone for that tho.

[Tee]

but don't think he was a public safety problem either. If guilty, the guy offed his girlfriend for whatever wrong he thinks she did. That doesn't mean he's going to go postal.

Do you really believe that?

I am pretty sure that, whenever you are on the run from the cops for suspected murder, you pose an extremely heightened risk to the community. Look what he did to attempt to elude them. He was in a heightened state of passion and endangerment to the community. Who's to say that if he had the opportunity, he might have taken a hostage at the point of confrontation. He's definitely more likely to do that than someone who is innocent or a mistaken identity. That's a given.

[K C Muffin]

I see your point, Tee, but, if this is all correct, he did his crime in a heightened state of emotion. I don't imagine he's still in that state. I dunno - that's my opinion and I don't have anything to back it. Just my feeling.