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-War on Police-
Eight police officers involved in the fatal shooting of Jayland Walker following a traffic stop in Akron are brought back to work following a three-month suspension by the police chief to help with 'crisis' staffing shortage
2022-10-13
  • Jayland Walker, a 25-year-old black man, was shot and killed after he fled an attempted traffic stop and fired a shot from his car during the vehicle chase

  • Police in Akron, Ohio, fired a barrage of gunshots at Walker on June 27, and he had 46 bullet wounds in his body

  • The eight officers involved - who have never been named - were suspended, but on Tuesday Akron police announced they were returning to work

  • Steve Mylett, the city's police chief, said they were being brought back due to a staffing shortage which threatened to leave Akron without services

  • Mylett said he appreciated that some in the community would be concerned, but the officers would be on desk duties, and not in uniform
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Posted by:Skidmark

#3  If I was one of those cops I think I would stand well back from actually enforcing law, at least against people who didn’t shine bright in the dark.
Posted by: Glenmore    2022-10-13 15:10  

#2  I tried to go to church in downtown Akron on Sunday this past summer, but changed my mind when I found the police had put up roadblocks all around the church, which is very close to the police station. Haven't been back there since. Ca. 1900 a would-be Akron lynch mob burned down on of the courthouses there.
Posted by: Gromble Dribble4342   2022-10-13 10:40  

#1  Because cops are rarer than Jaylands.
Posted by: Dron66046   2022-10-13 03:50  

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