Story originally printed in the Winona Daily News or online at www.winonadailynews.com
Published - Monday, May 05, 2008
Officer treated worse than thief
This is in response to the front page story about a police officer that was “convicted” of assault.
It seems to me he handled it pretty well as a citizen who had his car stolen by someone supposedly on drugs and feared for the safety of his children.
To make matters worse, because he is a law enforcement officer. We keep a hard-working, loyal person, who never had any problem doing his job, not working at the expense of the taxpayers.
If this person worked in any other profession it would be a little blurb on page four — maybe. I guess we will wait for the story on what happened to the guy who did the crime and see the slap on the hand. He’ll probably be told not to do it again.
It’s sad to see the police officer’s integrity and all the good things he has done made to look like he’s the bad guy.
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