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Black Mom Becomes A Better Detective in Her Son's Death Than Cops
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this post was submitted on 20 Oct 2023
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I am by no means a police apologist, but investigators deal with dozens of overdose deaths a day. When a person had a history of substance abuse and the coroner says there was “no trauma or obvious cause of death," ruling the case as another overdose isn't at all "racism," its just how bureaucracy works when you have limited time/manpower/money/etc.
The cop spent 15 minutes and closed the case. Where was the coroners report ever factored into that decision?
Just like the cop, you haven't done your homework:
"Per Doressia’s claims, Wilmoth refused to interview the neighbor who called 911 (and later recovered McKee’s phone and shoe) nor anyone else in the predominantly Black area because he said“all of them are on drugs and not worthy of telling the truth.”
"The lawsuit accuses Wilmoth of not looking into any suspicious circumstances surrounding the death like the missing cards from McKee’s wallet or even recovering the recordings from Gardner’s home cameras. McKee further claimed Wilmoth used racist language and made her out to be the stereotypical “angry Black woman” when she tried to inquire about the investigation."
Seems pretty racist to me..
Stop treating people with addictions a non-humans.
It's more of thinking horses instead of zebras.
Is it not possible to rule the cause of death as “unknown” if you don’t have enough information to make an accurate determination?
So... you can't do that. If you are a troll this is very sad. But if you are serious, as a public servant I could never do any harm like this to any family. Regardless of all the bullshit the public may be put out, you owe it to the society that pays your bills, (not just talking about tax dollars.) You become a public servant because you want to make society better. If that is not your reason you need to find a different occupation. The fact that I have to swear an oath to the Constitution, even though it may feel just symbolic, in order to be able to work. I guess what I'm saying is there are consequences to me doing a poor job affects the lives of entirely unrelated people's. Cops who wants be lazy can just be security guards.