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Monday, December 29, 2014

Ferguson Police Department puts officer on leave after remarks about destroyed memorial

A Ferguson Police Department public relations officer has been put on administrative leave over his response to the destruction of a memorial to Michael Brown, the teenager who was fatally shot by a police officer.

The memorial included signs in the middle of a street near the Canfield Green apartment complex where Brown was shot. Photos on social media showed the mementos scattered, and they appeared to have been run over by a vehicle.

“I don’t know that a crime has occurred,” Officer Timothy Zoll said Friday in an interview with The Washington Post. “But a pile of trash in the middle of the street? The Washington Post is making a call over this?”

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Officer exercises his right to speak his opinion and gets in trouble, so sad. The memorial is a pile of crap and trash, blocking the street, and a traffic hazard. It needs to be taken down, and people need to move on. Put the stupid stuffed animals and cards on his actual grave now.

Anonymous said...

Anonymous Anonymous said...
Officer exercises his right to speak his opinion and gets in trouble, so sad.

Not in his official capacity as it reflects on his dept. and further inflames the situation there. This cop will probably be fired or reassigned. He was wrong and the dept. acted correctly, I am just surprised he is on UNPAID suspension.