Past Employment

[FormerOstrich]

Has there been any discussion or information about Wilson's employment history, specifically at Pine Lawn?

From the transcript:

Q Okay. In your, well, first of all, you have been a police officer for how long?

A Five years.

Q Five years. You started out with Jennings?

A Correct

Q Why did you leave Jennings?

A Whenever Jennings was disbanded, I wasn't officered (sic) a position by St. Louis County.

Q Did you apply for a position?

A Yes, I did. I just wasn't one of the ones selected.

Q All right. So you went to Ferguson?

A Correct.

Q Those are the only two department you have been?

A I actually worked for Pine Lawn for about eight hours.

Q Eight hours?

A Yes.

Q Okday. Did you leave voluntarily?

A Yes, I did.

Q After eight hours?

A Yes.

[cyberswede]

1. A: What/where is Pine Lawn?

...and B: were there follow-up questions about why he worked there for only 8 hours?

Weird.

[AndyTiedye]

2. Sounds More Like a Cemetery than a Town

But I see there is a "city" in Missouri by that name, population around 3K.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine_Lawn,_Missouri

[cyberswede]

7. oops...my town is around 3500 people

...but at least our police officers stick around longer than 8 hours.

[AndyTiedye]

11. I Live in a Much Smaller Community Than That

The name "Pine Lawn" sounded more like a name for a cemetery.

[cyberswede]

13. Ahh - I get it now...

You're right!

[nc4bo]

3. Haha go to Facebook and you will find a Dissolve City of Pine Lawn police dept.

Then look up Pine Lawn police station on Facebook. You'll be led to this story.

http://m.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/family-wants-answers-in-case-of-fatal-shooting-by-pine/article_198c5bff-be00-5195-8639-0d33df03594a.html?mobile_touch=true

I can't copy and paste but can say the story has to do with the killing of unarmed black man by a white cop in July and that the family wants answers.

You're going to have to be patient and read the entire story before rushing to judgement.

I'm still reading myself.

[cyberswede]

4. What? A cop killed an unarmed black man?

Color me shocked.

Thanks for the link.

[FormerOstrich]

5. Pine Lawn is another small MO community very near Ferguson

There was a officer involved shooting earlier this year. Plus, there was an effort to impeach the mayor. I really don't know much just what I learned with a quick Google.

I don't believe there were any follow-up questions but I would have thought there should have been. I have a pdf copy of the transcript which I can't search for text. I did read way past the part I included in this post and there wasn't any more questions about it.

[cyberswede]

8. Thanks

...I should have Googled it - excuse my laziness! Thanks for the info!

[FormerOstrich]

9. No problem!

Happy Turkey Day!

[Recursion]

6. I pulled crab pots on a skipjack for exactly one shift

And quit immediately (boss wasn't pissed; that's actually why he always pays your first shift in cash that day because so many guys say "screw this&quot .

[FormerOstrich]

10. truth be told

I quit a couple of jobs after the first shift, too.

Those and other skeletons in my closet are why I don't run for public office.

Personally, I don't think such actions should automatically viewed as negative. However, I think they are eye-brow raising and sometimes should be explained.

I always thought I'd love to go out on a fishing boat (shrimping) at least it always sounded great.

[bemildred]

12. I used to have a job like that.

Many tried, few chose to stay. Good union jobs too. More than one told me "you guys are crazy."