Officer Cleared

Appearing on the FOP blog as the weekend began:

• An attorney representing an officer accused of an unjustified fatal shooting in 2015 says Superintendent Eddie Johnson has ruled the shooting justified.
  
  Joel Brodsky, attorney for Robert Rialmo, who shot a bat-wielding youth after responding to a domestic disturbance call, said Johnson “totally rejected COPA’s findings and has stated that Officer Rialmo was justified in shooting Quintonio LeGrier in self-defense.”

Seeing as how COPA paid for one, possibly two outside consultants with taxpayer money, then refused to release the findings to the public or the Superintendent, an intelligent person can only conclude that their "finding" was a railroad job from start to finish.

The FOP ought to be looking into legal options to reduce or eliminate cooperation with COPA as it has proven itself to be a thoroughly corrupt organization.