[Discuss] [Peace-discuss] Re: Schwieghart's quote to WDWS

[Marti Wilkinson]

I understand that it appears that people are very quick to rush to judgment
without having all of the 'facts' - Karen I think articulated this pretty
well in that Finney has a history of taking actions that have undermined the
publics trust. Additionally, he was present when an unarmed suspect was shot
and that alone compromises his authority and his position. Plus - I'm
inclined to believe that it's really bad policy for a police chief to
respond to calls unless it is absolutely necessary.

Personally I think it's time he resign.

On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 1:59 PM, Karen Medina <kmedina67 at gmail.com> wrote:

> > Personally, I'd like to see Mayor Schweighart resign.  I think we already
> > have enough evidence against HIM.  :-)
>
> Mayor Schweighart would rather die than give up his thrown. But
> impeachment would be a worthy thing to look into.
>
> > RE: Chief Finney
>
> Chief Finney was at the scene when the child was killed.
> If the shooting was wrong, and I believe that it was, then the officer
> should be fired.
> If Finney did nothing to stop the shooting, then he enabled it. As an
> enabler, he is also guilty.
>
> One should also ask why the Chief of Police was out there.
>
> Over the last year, Finney and the city council have been told
> repeatedly that there was a major problem: The teens in Champaign do
> not trust the police. Repeatedly, they ignored the public comments,
> the readily visible signs, and Finney continued supporting the
> activities of his officers that degraded the trust even more. For
> these alone, he should be fired.
>
> But even beyond all, he was there that day.
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