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Looks like the dirty laundry is starting to smell. How long until Sheriff Zollman is forced out by his constituents?

News Story:
No Officers charged in Idaho fatal shootings since 2000


http://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/watchdog/article48289280.html

Jayco, the Facebook sleuth! Get 'em!

And these two won't be charged either....the fix is clearly in or the sheriff wouldn't be talking about putting them back to work...

Their civil liability (wrongful death lawsuit's) will be their demise though...and that includes the sheriff....the families lawyer ain't no joke....

Care to make a wager, FieldGrade?

I hope you're right friend but the fact that ID State Police investigating the shooting leaves me skeptical..you gotta admit...their reputation in these matters is less than stellar.....

In cases I have seen like this, the FBI civil rights investigation will wait until the state level investigation is completed.

Then they will compare notes and evidence with state and federal prosecutors involved.

If the feds find civil rights violations, they will offer a deal for the state to prosecute on the state level. It leaves the state no choice but to file charges.

If the state declines to file charges if the feds feel charges are warranted, then the feds will file civil rights violation charges themselves. Most of the time, state's prosecutors will prefer to handle the prosecution, and exclude the feds.

The trick is getting the two levels of govt. to agree as to whether charges are warranted. If evidence is overwhelming, then they pretty much play ball like I described above.

I was suprised when the Sheriff mentioned putting them back to work. It made me think there may be more to the incident than we are hearing from the family. Could be like FG mentioned, but I wouldn't think the sheriff would want them back unless he felt it was the right thing to do...but again, I'm thinking the way I would look at it, not the way he might be looking at it.

Still waiting to hear details from the officers.

Oh....you mean the same "Feds" that just gave Lois Learner a pass and can't seem to find anything wrong with Hilary sending out 1000 classified e-mails....or do you mean the "Justice" dept who's chief just promised to go hard against Muslim "hate speech" while turning a blind eye to BLO's chants to kill cops......sorry the Feds plus an already suspect law enforcement agency's combined efforts to investigate one of their own doesn't give a warm fuzzy feeling.....

Good, bad, or indifferent, I disregard whatever the Idaho Statesman reports. They're a bag of schitt. And yes, I've followed all the history of the various shootings over the years.

Did you hear that the Federal Attorney for Idaho has a separate investigation?

The two Deputies haven't been charged yet. And if they are, they're still innocent until proven Guilty. We're getting ahead of ourselves

True. The side we've heard sounds bad. Waiting to hear the other side.

One Deputy speaks out.

http://www.kivitv.com/news/deputy-involved-in-jack-yantis-shooting-is-speaking-out

Poor innocent victim in all this and people are being such meanies.

It was reported on ktvb(Boise) that ISP is wrapping this up and will be handed over to the Idaho Attorney's office within the next two weeks and that was last week, so I assume for this guy to be speaking out publicly as he has,that it is a done deal now.

Coming soon to a theater near you!

I'd like to know what the text above what can be read says. Wonder if it was intentionally left out or just a mistake when the screenshot was taken.

Edited to add: I wasn't directing the "intentionally left out" part at 700LH. It can't been seen on the site linked.

Opps....well, it can be read if flipped through on the linked site.

Friends,
The last five weeks have been the most trying of my life. I'd elaborate, but I've come to realize I don't need to because I'm not experiencing this alone, I'm not hurting alone. You have shown me that you love me, that you trust me, and that you are hurting with me.
It's pretty demoralizing to get several messages, calls, texts, and e-mails each day telling me I'm a murdering piece of _____, a baby killer, and everything in between. These people have no real clue what happened that night, but it still adds up to weigh a person down. That's why I'm so grateful for you.
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Cody, those who want to hate us always will, regardless of what the investigation shows. First, we were “Barney Fife rookies” and that was bad. When the opposite was proven true, we were evil for FBI sniper training or overseas service. No apology for being so completely wrong, just blind ignorant hatred. But isn't that the reason our profession exists? Law enforcement exists because there is a small percentage of people who aren't reasonable, who don't treat people fairly, who would rather harm innocent people than take the time to educate themselves, who hate good and glorify evil. I know what happened. You know what happened. Hopefully soon, the world will know what happened. In the mean time, know that MacKenzie and I are deeply grateful for you, for who you are, and for your actions.
We all learn in grade school that forming an opinion before hearing both sides is foolish (Proverbs 14:15, 18:13 and 18:17). This is constantly reinforced through personal experiences, as every person knows the pain of being lied about, and the frustration of watching people blindly believe those lies. To those who have expressed anger toward the people who are believing and repeating false information, remember that you, me, all of us, have done the same thing. It's so easy to hear one side and take it as fact, but it's stupid, and incredibly hurtful, so let's all resolve to never again do that to someone else!
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