St. Louis Police Chief Sam Dotson said in an interview this - TopicsExpress



          

St. Louis Police Chief Sam Dotson said in an interview this afternoon that he does not support the county police tactics in Ferguson, and has not sent officers to help them, aside from four officers to direct traffic. He said he made the decision earlier this week, long before the confrontation between police and protesters on Wednesday night that saw the St. Louis County respond to protests with armored vehicles, tear gas and officers toting cannons and assault rifles. One side, the chiefly side of me, wants to always be there to support law enforcement in the city or in the county, Dotson said. My personal side was concerned about the things I saw transpiring in Ferguson. My gut told me what I was seeing were not tactics that I would use in the city and I would never put officers in situations that I would not do myself, he said.
Posted on: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 20:27:27 +0000

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