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Originally Posted by John Mercier
If you have been reading... we are speculating why the resignation?
It wasn't because he was homosexual. So what was it?
If he knew... or even suspected... do to interaction with any of the parties... his duty is to move it to the Alton Chief and the AG.
And no, a police chief can not state ''I was off duty when the crime happened''... ''I was off duty when suspicion of a crime was happening''... ''I heard the rumor when I was off duty''.
The law does not allow for that.
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"We" are not speculating. I am speaking of known facts and pointing out where your speculation does not agree with the facts.
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Originally Posted by John Mercier
Possibly the off chance that a charge of Official Oppression could be registered.
If further investigation revealed that the Chief was doing as the accused stated and setting aside complaints rather than investigating them.
None of us will really know for some time as cases take a while to make it through the court system.
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You are the only one speculating, and doing so with a lack of information and distortion of the actual facts. Among other errors, the accused (Murray) never stated that the Chief was setting aside complaints. Murray said that there was no point in going to the police because of his relationship with the Chief. You turned that into the accused stating the chief was setting aside complaints, and added the possibility of official oppression.
At this point, what is known is the Chief may have had a relationship with Murray. That is all. There has been no public accusation of anything illegal on the part of the Chief. Turning that into liability for the town is, at this time, a stretch. More information will certainly come out as the legal process continues.