Outrage Part II

The incident below happened February 5, 2006- nearly a year ago.

Today the Kansas City Police department announced that the offers involved in the incident were on leave. With pay, of course.

Department Chief James Corwin declared the officers actions as "inconsistent with the values and policies of this department and inconsistent with the training they received in the police academy."

Huh. Interesting, no?

The police chief offered up the pithy quote at a news conference held this afternoon where no questions were allowed from reporters.

I suppose he was afraid* they'd ask things like, if their behavior was so outrageous, why are the officers being suspended a year after the incident? Why weren't they suspended in a timely manner? Why is it that this case only came to light after the victim filed a lawsuit against the police department? Why haven't the officers been fired?

Oh, and for those of you reading this not from the area: there are two Kansas Cities. Kansas City, KS and Kansas City, MO (they melt into one big metro area but that's beside the point). The incident happened on the Missouri side of the state line.


*Corwin cited pending litigation as the reason for not allowing questions. Whatever.