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Slay says there's a double standard

By Antonio D. French

Filed Thursday, February 2 at 9:56 AM

Mayor Francis Slay wrote on his blog Wednesday that he was "hard pressed to explain" why the media has focused on the push to get a civilian review board in the City, but not in other municipalities.

"Does the taped beating suffered by a fleeing suspect at the hands of several pursuing Maplewood police officers and a single City officer support the conclusion that the City of St. Louis – but not Maplewood nor any other local police jurisdiction – needs a civilian review board for its police department?" wrote Slay.

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1 Comments:

Anonymous said...

I can tell you what I have seen with my own eyes. If you get shot, and the police dont like you, they wont call for help, They will let you die! Stl City needs a review board!!! And they need to start with the man that died at officer salone's shooting! They let that man lay in the snow for an hour before he got help, and just looked at him and watched him die, He is dead today not because salone shot him but because the police didnt get him help!!! AND THATS THE TRUTH!

4:15 PM, February 02, 2006