Antone's Nightclub
Stop Erosion of Trust
RECEIVED Sun., May 16, 2010
Dear Editor,
The actions of our police chief and "a few" city officials insults our citizens [“The KeyPoint Report,” News, May 14].
1) Is it not a felony, Texas and federal, to withhold evidence which is important to a crime? (Here, the KeyPoint report.)
2) The excuse of withholding evidence (here the interpretation of evidence) based upon a contract provision with the police union insults the law and our citizens.
3) The police union is neither protecting our citizens nor the law. They protect their members – always!
4) For our chief to admit that he is involved in the cover-up is as disappointing as it is disturbing. The excuse of protecting the police union contract at the expense of our citizens is an insult. I thought better of Chief Art Acevedo. There is a significant disappointment factor.
It is up to our citizens to determine if our chief's credibility is so irreparably compromised that he should resign.
I would like to think that our chief is capable of learning from this gigantic mistake.
Solutions:
1) I suggest that a federal grand jury should investigate the shooting and what appears to be a cover-up.
2) The state and local authorities should also make their own investigation. However, it would be unlikely that they would be sufficiently independent to "fairly" investigate themselves.
3) I suggest that the investigations revisit the police (and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives) citizen killings (beginning with Daniel Rocha) to determine what cover-ups may have been involved in prior investigations.
4) Chief Acevedo should place himself on suspension without pay during the investigative period.
These and other actions should begin immediately to stop the erosion of trust of our "protectors" by our citizens.
The actions of our police chief and "a few" city officials insults our citizens [“The KeyPoint Report,” News, May 14].
1) Is it not a felony, Texas and federal, to withhold evidence which is important to a crime? (Here, the KeyPoint report.)
2) The excuse of withholding evidence (here the interpretation of evidence) based upon a contract provision with the police union insults the law and our citizens.
3) The police union is neither protecting our citizens nor the law. They protect their members – always!
4) For our chief to admit that he is involved in the cover-up is as disappointing as it is disturbing. The excuse of protecting the police union contract at the expense of our citizens is an insult. I thought better of Chief Art Acevedo. There is a significant disappointment factor.
It is up to our citizens to determine if our chief's credibility is so irreparably compromised that he should resign.
I would like to think that our chief is capable of learning from this gigantic mistake.
Solutions:
1) I suggest that a federal grand jury should investigate the shooting and what appears to be a cover-up.
2) The state and local authorities should also make their own investigation. However, it would be unlikely that they would be sufficiently independent to "fairly" investigate themselves.
3) I suggest that the investigations revisit the police (and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives) citizen killings (beginning with Daniel Rocha) to determine what cover-ups may have been involved in prior investigations.
4) Chief Acevedo should place himself on suspension without pay during the investigative period.
These and other actions should begin immediately to stop the erosion of trust of our "protectors" by our citizens.
Wordy Thompson