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(60,536 posts) Sat Sep 27, 2014, 12:33 PM Sep 2014

DOJ Tells Ferguson Cops To Stop Wearing 'I Am Darren WIlson' Bracelets [View all]

Source: TPM

By CATHERINE THOMPSON Published SEPTEMBER 27, 2014, 12:21 PM EDT

The U.S. Justice Department has asked the Ferguson, Mo. Police Department to order its officers to stop wearing bracelets in support of Darren Wilson, the white officer who fatally shot an unarmed black teenager last month.

The DOJ wrote Friday in a letter to Ferguson police Chief Tom Jackson that the bracelets "upset and agitated" people and "reinforce the very 'us versus them' mentality that many residents of Ferguson believe exists," according to Reuters. The agency wrote that residents told its investigators on the ground in Ferguson that they saw officers who oversaw protest sites Tuesday wearing "I Am Darren Wilson" bracelets.

A letter sent to Ferguson police from the DOJ earlier this week also said investigators had noticed some officers either not wearing or obscuring the name tags on their uniform in violation of the police department's own rules, according to Reuters.

A photo purporting to show a cop wearing the "I Am Darren Wilson" bracelet circulated widely this week on social media:

Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/doj-tells-ferguson-cops-stop-wearing-darren-wilson-bracelets

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DOJ Tells Ferguson Cops To Stop Wearing 'I Am Darren WIlson' Bracelets [View all] DonViejo Sep 2014 OP

Those officers should be reprimanded for wearing such offensive bracelets while on duty 3rdwaydem Sep 2014 #1

Post removed Post removed Sep 2014 #28

You are getting a couple because you are white??? bravenak Sep 2014 #33

Sounds like an idiot, bravenak. I'm just going by your response 'cause Cha Sep 2014 #59

Name Removed - The Idiot. bravenak Sep 2014 #60

I hear ya.. Ferguson, MOPD will wear these stupid arm bracelets but they won't wear their name Cha Sep 2014 #61

I'm always wondering JustAnotherGen Sep 2014 #76

Once again, this is why cops have a bad reputation tularetom Sep 2014 #2

You're conflating issues or using this to justify an animosity. merrily Sep 2014 #29

Au contraire mon frère tularetom Sep 2014 #40

So, you were hiding an animosity and conflating issues. merrily Sep 2014 #41

I'm not hiding anything particularly "an animosity" tularetom Sep 2014 #43

Your reply #2 did use the OP to justify an animosity, as my reply 29 merrily Sep 2014 #44

Don't extrapolate nationally from your single local experience. kwassa Sep 2014 #63

Public unions are not less powerful tularetom Sep 2014 #64

the problem in those instances demigoddess Sep 2014 #70

You won't catch any sh!t from me... Bryce Butler Sep 2014 #30

Another selective supporter of unions rpannier Sep 2014 #57

Just police unions. ncjustice80 Sep 2014 #66

That's the argument the right wing uses against teacher's unions rpannier Sep 2014 #74

You sound like another police apologist friend. ncjustice80 Sep 2014 #75

Not an apologist rpannier Sep 2014 #77

I actually have a comprehensive plan, friend. ncjustice80 Sep 2014 #79

"Civilian police may not carry the following items as part of routine patrol- firearms, body armor" NickB79 Sep 2014 #80

When seconds count the police and their means to protect... Oktober Sep 2014 #83

They have pepper spray and physical training. Spray the guy and take the knife away. ncjustice80 Sep 2014 #84

So just to be clear... Oktober Sep 2014 #85

The police in the UK do a far better job and don t need guns. ncjustice80 Sep 2014 #86

I support intelligent discourse and rational thought... Oktober Sep 2014 #87

Man, going to the store without the fear of being murdered by the police is such a huge cost... ncjustice80 Sep 2014 #88

If that's how you live in NC, I suggest you find somewhere else... Oktober Sep 2014 #89

May I suggest you turn on the news? ncjustice80 Sep 2014 #90

I do.. Regularly... Oktober Sep 2014 #91

I know I'll catch a ration of shit... I don't share the same sympathies toward public unions rpannier Sep 2014 #56

The writer of the article contradicts herself in the headline and the first sentence.... George II Sep 2014 #3

Difference without distinction. Whats the difference between a Cop asking to get out of my car .... marble falls Sep 2014 #5

The distinction is huge. RiverNoord Sep 2014 #17

The biggest distintion is there is a process of bringing pd policies into line with Federal ..... marble falls Sep 2014 #26

If you're asked to get out, you have an option. If you're told, no option George II Sep 2014 #47

Is everyone in Ferguson's administration so totally tone-deaf? So much for the chief's 'apology'.... marble falls Sep 2014 #4

I think I prefer just cutting off all of Missouri's highway money until he is indicted bluestateguy Sep 2014 #6

Message auto-removed Name removed Sep 2014 #20

Is Wilson or his chief applying for FEMA money? merrily Sep 2014 #31

Sure - because making a point of refusing to help whopis01 Sep 2014 #71

So basically they're doubling down on the fascist thug mindset Populist_Prole Sep 2014 #7

Yes. You are correct. And until the citizens across the state rise up in anger and against this, kelliekat44 Sep 2014 #8

Or maybe, just maybe.... Populist_Prole Sep 2014 #9

Post removed Post removed Sep 2014 #18

Pretty much this. hifiguy Sep 2014 #21

And their 1% overlords. nt tblue37 Sep 2014 #23

Post removed Post removed Sep 2014 #65

In ways that truly matter, St. Louis is the most segregated, polarized city in the U.S. . ColesCountyDem Sep 2014 #10

What are the nationalities of most of people in St. Louis? Just curious. jwirr Sep 2014 #13

An educated guess: ColesCountyDem Sep 2014 #16

Latests data from http://www.city-data.com shows it as cstanleytech Sep 2014 #54

I'd agree with those numbers. ColesCountyDem Sep 2014 #55

Perhaps among the most, but Boston is pretty high on that list, too George II Sep 2014 #48

This is pretty much them saying "fuck you" to most of Ferguson. Chakab Sep 2014 #11

Message auto-removed Name removed Sep 2014 #19

Or as soon as it came to his attention, before public awareness applied pressure. nt tblue37 Sep 2014 #25

What a flock of assholes! That police department needs to be disbanded. That is WAY wrong. C Moon Sep 2014 #12

Homeland Security? merrily Sep 2014 #32

You all have it wrong! dickthegrouch Sep 2014 #14

However, a T-shirt would be ok cosmicone Sep 2014 #15

I wish I was surprised by this mimi85 Sep 2014 #22

this has nothing to do with the 1st amendment noiretextatique Sep 2014 #24

If the rule is "No bracelets on duty" then it's one thing. But "No bracelets on duty when the 24601 Sep 2014 #36

they are advocating a position in an on-going investigation noiretextatique Sep 2014 #37

I agree, do we want to DOJ under the next republican administration KinMd Sep 2014 #50

would you have the same response if they wore hoods? noiretextatique Sep 2014 #51

It's not equivalent. A bracelet making a statement in support or not supporting a position neither 24601 Sep 2014 #69

Police officers on duty do not share the same slate of first amendment rights LTX Sep 2014 #72

You're responding to the wrong post. My position is that the dapartment can prohibit the wearing 24601 Sep 2014 #81

You're missing the point. LTX Sep 2014 #82

Police officers do not have 1st Amendment rights Feral Child Sep 2014 #78

Can't they substitute rock Sep 2014 #27

They could change the message to... Kalidurga Sep 2014 #34

no kidding... Locrian Sep 2014 #39

Hey! There's a fire over there! Let's pour some gasoline on it! EEO Sep 2014 #35

exactly...totally inappropriate noiretextatique Sep 2014 #38

K&R...Thanks for posting red dog 1 Sep 2014 #42

the DOJ needs to shut the entire force down.. frylock Sep 2014 #45

They could make little ones to put around their peckers. candelista Sep 2014 #46

Like in other corrupt municipalities The Wizard Sep 2014 #49

apparently, the police chief agreed to the ban noiretextatique Sep 2014 #52

The cops will just get covert with it Doug.Goodall Sep 2014 #53

If they are Darren Wilson SwankyXomb Sep 2014 #58

Darren Wilson is not someone they want to advertise as being... from all I've seen he's a cop Cha Sep 2014 #62

The police should be fired. Sunlei Sep 2014 #67

The DOJ took the right action here Gothmog Sep 2014 #68

Could be seen as intimidation and harassment TomCADem Sep 2014 #73