A cop I respect.....sortof.

[Tony Shelton]

Lew Roberts was the PR face of the Las Vegas Metro police department for a long time. His large appearance, gap toothed smile and his humble demeanor was an anomaly in the world of short person syndrome and superiority complex he represented.

Everytime we saw him on the news reporting on something that had happened we thought, "this guy doesn't fit in". We thought he was a good representative for the old people out there who think the police are here to actually "serve and protect".

Now he is retired and can speak. And he does so here: http://www.lvrj.com/news/retired-lieutenant-demands-inquiry-into-las-vegas-police-shootings-140467923.html

Roberts, who for the last six years served as the lieutenant overseeing the homicide section, would like to see the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division investigate shootings by the agency."I think it should happen. I think it needs to happen," said the 47-year-old Roberts. "We've had probably far too many incidents, and far too many questionable ones, to sit back and say that doesn't need to happen," he said about the agency with which he spent 24 years

In a series of candid interviews with the Review-Journal, Roberts discussed his tenure in the department, his time in the homicide section, and the officer-involved shootings he was charged with investigating. He is the only officer, current or former, to publicly call for a Civil Rights Division investigation.



With the hundreds of police officers in the Metro police department why is this retired "face of the Metro PD" the only one calling for investigations?

For that he earns some respect. I would have had to rethink my entire evaluation of the police as a whole if he had done it before he retired.


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[The Cleaner]

Exactly, that only makes him part of the problem, No Balls to stand up and call them out while still on the job !! So yes they all still suck !!

 

[bigchaz]

No doubt if he stays in the area im sure the standard practice of harassing and bothering anyone who dare question the police will continue

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[Ron Musgraves]

Lew Roberts was the PR face of the Las Vegas Metro police department for a long time. His large appearance, gap toothed smile and his humble demeanor was an anomaly in the world of short person syndrome and superiority complex he represented.

Everytime we saw him on the news reporting on something that had happened we thought, "this guy doesn't fit in". We thought he was a good representative for the old people out there who think the police are here to actually "serve and protect".

Now he is retired and can speak. And he does so here: http://www.lvrj.com/news/retired-lieutenant-demands-inquiry-into-las-vegas-police-shootings-140467923.html

Roberts, who for the last six years served as the lieutenant overseeing the homicide section, would like to see the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division investigate shootings by the agency."I think it should happen. I think it needs to happen," said the 47-year-old Roberts. "We've had probably far too many incidents, and far too many questionable ones, to sit back and say that doesn't need to happen," he said about the agency with which he spent 24 years

In a series of candid interviews with the Review-Journal, Roberts discussed his tenure in the department, his time in the homicide section, and the officer-involved shootings he was charged with investigating. He is the only officer, current or former, to publicly call for a Civil Rights Division investigation.



With the hundreds of police officers in the Metro police department why is this retired "face of the Metro PD" the only one calling for investigations?

For that he earns some respect. I would have had to rethink my entire evaluation of the police as a whole if he had done it before he retired.


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By the time Lew Roberts retired in December, he had overseen more than 100 investigations into shootings by police officers, likely more than anyone else in the history of the Metropolitan Police Department.And he had reached a conclusion: that federal officials needed to intervene.
Roberts, who for the last six years served as the lieutenant overseeing the homicide section, would like to see the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division investigate shootings by the agency.
"I think it should happen. I think it needs to happen," said the 47-year-old Roberts.
"We've had probably far too many incidents, and far too many questionable ones, to sit back and say that doesn't need to happen," he said about the agency with which he spent 24 years

Thats pretty cool he came forward with the problem

 

[Tony Shelton]

Meet the new boss......same as as the old boss.

So the scumbag District attorney who presided over the framing of Sandy Murphy for the phantom murder of the overdosed heroin addict, Ted Binion and the subsequent overturning of that conviction is now thankfully gone from our midst as he has quit in the middle of an elected term to go work for his true masters, the police union. He has spent years covering up for the police as they beat and murdered our citizens without any fear of reprisal.

In his place comes a new scumbag, Steve Wolfson. Here we have a brand new DA promising a new start for citizens and more accountability for the police.

Here is how he starts his term:

The Henderson police sergeant caught on video repeatedly kicking a man in the head during a traffic stop in 2010 will not be charged criminally for his actions, newly appointed Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson said Monday.Wolfson said that although he and other attorneys in his office seriously considered charging Henderson police Sgt. Brett Seekatz, who is at the center of the controversial video, too much time has passed since the incident was recorded Oct. 29, 2010."It's a troubling video to watch," Wolfson said. "I'm troubled by the conduct that was displayed in the video. ... I don't think it's in the community's best interest to file a charge because it's so long after the incident."

Source: http://www.lvrj.com/news/da-won-t-charge-cop-140684763.html


So if I understand this correctly, if I want to beat someone senseless I need to keep it quiet for a year and I'm all good after that because it wouldn't be in the community's "best interest" to prosecute me?

Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to Boston, 1774.​

 

[The Cleaner]

Meet the new boss......same as as the old boss.

So the scumbag District attorney who presided over the framing of Sandy Murphy for the phantom murder of the overdosed heroin addict, Ted Binion and the subsequent overturning of that conviction is now thankfully gone from our midst as he has quit in the middle of an elected term to go work for his true masters, the police union. He has spent years covering up for the police as they beat and murdered our citizens without any fear of reprisal.

In his place comes a new scumbag, Steve Wolfson. Here we have a brand new DA promising a new start for citizens and more accountability for the police.

Here is how he starts his term:

The Henderson police sergeant caught on video repeatedly kicking a man in the head during a traffic stop in 2010 will not be charged criminally for his actions, newly appointed Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson said Monday.Wolfson said that although he and other attorneys in his office seriously considered charging Henderson police Sgt. Brett Seekatz, who is at the center of the controversial video, too much time has passed since the incident was recorded Oct. 29, 2010."It's a troubling video to watch," Wolfson said. "I'm troubled by the conduct that was displayed in the video. ... I don't think it's in the community's best interest to file a charge because it's so long after the incident."

Source: http://www.lvrj.com/news/da-won-t-charge-cop-140684763.html


So if I understand this correctly, if I want to beat someone senseless I need to keep it quiet for a year and I'm all good after that because it wouldn't be in the community's "best interest" to prosecute me?

Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to Boston, 1774.​

This will never change, and it's a nationwide problem. Police corruption goes all the way back to the days of prohibition, and it's alive and stronger than ever !!