By Jackson Danbeck
The Department of Justice (click here) has identified the Kenosha police officer who shot Jacob Blake in the back seven times as seven-year veteran Rusten Sheskey.
Attorney General Josh Kaul said during a press conference Wednesday that Sheskey was the only officer who shot Blake last Sunday. He did not say whether Sheskey is facing criminal charges in the officer-involved shooting, which has sparked outrage across the nation, called thousands of protesters back onto the streets and inadvertently led to violent unrest including looting and vandalism....
I think the police unions are a big problem. Rusten Sheskey believed leveling seven bullets into the body of Jacob Blake was appropriate. Part if not all that comes with the permission of the police unions. Year after year, the police members want to know what their new contract has brought to keep them in their uniforms and protect their lives even at the cost of others.
Time and time again the idea of justice in regard to officer-involved shootings falls to the civil courts and monetary settlement. But, real justice, the kind that removes police from their jobs and ultimately faces criminal charges just doesn't gel. Why? More than likely because of police contract wording that exempts police from the very justice this like to say they uphold.
The members of major ball groups, be it basketball or baseball, is one that can bring action to their own grief. The professional ballplayers need to demand to know what and why JUSTICE is eliminated in police union contracts.
I don't recall any police-involved shooting when findings state the police are not at issue, have been successfully appealed. The idea a police union has more power over the Rule of Law is not only dangerous as putting one American above the law that causes other Americans to live in fear, it is highly unconstitutional. The problem is the charges of the police officer(s) never make it to court to even appeal the verdict because it is dismissed by a rather irreverent judge that finds contract more important than the Rule of Law. the best example of that is the death of Freddie Grey. The judge dismissed all the charges of officers before a case could be made to argue the death of Freddie Grey was heinous.
Professional ballplayers have resources to organize to investigate judges and those that let police walk. There have to be lawyers that can get a police charge past "dismissal" and into an actual court case. That means examing prosecutors, assigned or elected, as to why they let police walk.
It is a matter of taking this to the next level. WHO IS COMPETENT AND HONEST ENOUGH TO SUCCESSFULLY PROSECUTE POLICE. Professional ballplayers calling for justice isn't enough anymore, there has to be an action group to look into corrupted government, and the decisions reached due to wrongful police contracts. Why do such unions believe they should be producing contracts that place the police above the law? I don't know any better people able to bring real justice to our minority communities than professional ballplayers who are looked up to by everyone.
