Actually, most police depts. have a policy of NOT identifying the police officer until there has been an internal investigation, and in some cases, a grand jury convened to decide whether to charge the officer, if there is enough evidence that he/she committed a crime. This has been pretty much universal for years among depts. across the U.S. Now, many local municipalities are bucking their own depts.' internal rules.Limited IQ Redneck in PU said:
Your questions was why one officer was revealed and the other was not. One was a local policeman and the local police district followed their policy. It was written well before the incident. The other was a federal officer and they followed their policy, which was written well before the incident. There was no double standard.
Both cases wee tried in court.
So the question remains a legitimate one: why are local municipalities violating internal policies and procedures to identify those who kill black people, but this police officer at issue remains unnamed.
It does make anyone with a hint of intellectual honesty wonder if this would be different if the victim had been black, and the officer white, instead of just the opposite.