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Quote:The Milwaukee Police Department let loose on local news station WISN 12 on Friday, calling their posting of a story about a fallen officer “tasteless, classless and insulting.”

In a press release posted to Twitter in the early hours of Feb. 8, the police department called out the local ABC affiliate for an inappropriate story they ran 28 hours after Milwaukee Police Officer Matthew Rittner was murdered in the line of duty.

Officer Rittner, a Marine Corps veteran with 17 years on the force, was fatally shot while serving a warrant with the department’s Tactical Enforcement Unit on Wednesday morning.

The title of the article posted to the WISN website and Facebook page on Thursday was “Fallen officer named in federal civil rights lawsuit filed after carjacker’s violent arrest.”

The Milwaukee PD argued that while that was factually true – Officer Rittner was on the scene of that 2017 incident – the fallen hero had already been cleared of wrongdoing by the department’s Internal Affairs Division before he died.

In fact, police bodycam showed that Officer Rittner was one of the first to render aid to the defendant who was suffering a medical crisis at the scene, the press release said.

The police department’s press release said the article “has no academic value and was created to stir up controversy where none exists.

Just another example of the left's war on law enforcement.

(02-08-2019 08:00 PM)Kaplony Wrote:  

Quote:The Milwaukee PD argued that while that was factually true – Officer Rittner was on the scene of that 2017 incident – the fallen hero had already been cleared of wrongdoing by the department’s Internal Affairs Division before he died.

In fact, police bodycam showed that Officer Rittner was one of the first to render aid to the defendant who was suffering a medical crisis at the scene, the press release said.

Just another example of the left's war on law enforcement.

Yep. There should be a war on fake media. They keep doing crap like this and it will happen.

(02-08-2019 11:36 PM)UCGrad1992 Wrote:  

(02-08-2019 08:00 PM)Kaplony Wrote:  

Quote:The Milwaukee PD argued that while that was factually true – Officer Rittner was on the scene of that 2017 incident – the fallen hero had already been cleared of wrongdoing by the department’s Internal Affairs Division before he died.

In fact, police bodycam showed that Officer Rittner was one of the first to render aid to the defendant who was suffering a medical crisis at the scene, the press release said.

Just another example of the left's war on law enforcement.

Yep. There should be a war on fake media. They keep doing crap like this and it will happen.

Sounds like its good for a boycott and a lawsuit. Lawsuit might not win, but it would bring attention to the boycott. Maybe they get a retraction and resignation of the person authorizing the story. Boycott all local advertisers of the news broadcast.

Who these clowns gonna call when someone is giving them a good ol carjacking? Their editor?

These hammerheads make me sick

(02-09-2019 02:10 AM)bullet Wrote:  

(02-08-2019 11:36 PM)UCGrad1992 Wrote:  

(02-08-2019 08:00 PM)Kaplony Wrote:  

Quote:The Milwaukee PD argued that while that was factually true – Officer Rittner was on the scene of that 2017 incident – the fallen hero had already been cleared of wrongdoing by the department’s Internal Affairs Division before he died.

In fact, police bodycam showed that Officer Rittner was one of the first to render aid to the defendant who was suffering a medical crisis at the scene, the press release said.

Just another example of the left's war on law enforcement.

Yep. There should be a war on fake media. They keep doing crap like this and it will happen.

Sounds like its good for a boycott and a lawsuit. Lawsuit might not win, but it would bring attention to the boycott. Maybe they get a retraction and resignation of the person authorizing the story. Boycott all local advertisers of the news broadcast.

Sad when a law enforcement officer so much as sneezes on a suspect and it's all over the MSM. On the flip, the MSM can manipulate headlines and embellish/sensationalize/fabricate stories and nuthin' happens to them. As we've seen time and time again, guilty by association or guilty until proven innocent. You're right, lawsuits are an option but often take time, require high legal fees, and end in a mixed bag of results. Probably why law enforcement departments should have a good public relations/information officer on staff to help handle these situations.

(02-09-2019 02:41 AM)JMUDunk Wrote:  Who these clowns gonna call when someone is giving them a good ol carjacking? Their editor?

Ghostbusters?

Maybe if the FCC didn’t renew WISN’s license, the media would start paying attention.