Comments on: Acquitted officer Frank White returning to duty

By: Chuck

Chuck — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 04:00:38 +0000

The double standard is so obvious here. The only conclusion one can make from White’s acquittal, especially when held up against another citizen who is not a policeman, is that a policeman’s life is more valuable than a civilian’s. After all, you or I would be in jail for drawing and discharging a gun in California, even when we felt our life was in danger. The obvious logic chain here leads directly to the modern American philosophy that policemen’s lives are worth defending, and ours are not. Is this liberty and justive for all? Or just a few? I agree with the earlier post - What makes us any better than Iran, or even North Korea, or any repressive regime when such a stark imbalance exists between those in power and the rest of us right here?

By: Carl Drega

Carl Drega — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:57:39 +0000

Cry me a freaking river… “White spent many nights thinking about other methods he could have used….” Really? He should have “thought” about it during the incident. “The off duty use of his pistol has cost him tens of thousands of $….” So so sad. If White was a civilian instead of a tax-feeding jackboot gang in blue member, this “dangerous criminal” would be prosecuted for attempted murder, felonious assault, child endangerment and who knows what other charges would be piled on. And since this is the people’s socialist republic of california, he would have be presented as a pariah, public menace and justification for more gun control. But alas, White is an anointed law enforcement officer who unlike normal citizens, must be given the “benefit of the doubt” whenever they abuse athority, shoot at motorists on the way to the doughnut shop or otherwise cause harm. This is not isolated, but rather a pandemic around the country.

The mindless boot licking authority worshipers on the jury should be ashamed of themselves. They might as well be German citizens of the third reich to the extent they believe armed agents of the state can do no wrong. The outrage here is that cops around the country literally get away with murder because of dipshit juries like this.

By: alan

alan — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 05:45:41 +0000

Yeah, he’s a criminal. Any right thinking person can see beyond the propaganda. We really need to question the mindset that releases thugs like this back on the street, and furnishes them with guns and authority under the color of law.

Sigh.

By: geo8rge

geo8rge — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:39:31 +0000

Frank White should not be a cop, but he is not a criminal. The Government of San Diego made a bad decision in hiring Mr White. Mr White is just not suited to being a cop. The government of San Diego gave him a badge and gun, and determined his competence to use them properly. 100% San Diego’s fault. They should offer him out placement services to help his transition to another field. I cannot say I would be a better cop than Frank White.

By: Police officer Frank White acquitted in road-rage case

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By: Bugs

Bugs — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:52:34 +0000

I’m sure Frank White has spent many nights thinking about other methods he could have used to get away from the crazy Ms. Silva while the local cops were responding to the road rage incident. The off duty use of his pistol has cost him tens of thousands of dollars in criminal defense fees and even more $ in the future to defend himself in a civil case.

By: Sage or Seer

Sage or Seer — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:26:32 +0000

It’s just one more example of the cops being able to have a much different standard than the commoners. Most employers would have required a drug & alcohol screening of Wild West Officer White, which was not done. Plus, they would have eliminated him from their “force” to reduce the exposure to future liability as a result of demonstrated poor decision-making and behavior, contrary to police training, procedures, policy and protocol. Instead, Uncle (Chief) Billy Landsdowne Syndrome, will reinstate White to the department with pay. We the PEOPLE (and taxpayers) seem to be getting less and less a say in these travesties. When an off-duty cop can shoot up a vehicle in road rage, lie about being threatened, strike and almost kill an eight year old innocent boy, strike the unarmed driver-mother, and then a not-guilty verdict is fixed, and the public thinks this is fair, what difference is this from Iran?