The more I think about it, I think MG meant why didn't he just walk away and say this is the end after his Monday meeting with the mayor.
I agree with cady's above post. I dont think this was a random or stranger homicide. IF this is a homicide I have no doubt it was commited by someone known to LT. CG. There is going to be controversy regardless of the decision on tne MOD if it is determined by the current investigators. IMO the investigation should be turned over to feds because everyone else is just to close and personally invested.
Finally caught up on reading this thread over a day or two and I totally agree with all of this.
A few thoughts: based on all we now know, the timeline, the weapon, the range, the GPR on CG's hands, the lack of defense wounds, etc. it appears to be *highly* unlikely he was shot by one of the three unknown people he was supposedly in pursuit of.
Regarding the description he called in, having listened to the tape: at first I was pretty angry that he may have put innocent people in danger of being hurt/arrested/tried for a murder that never happened, but I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt since his description was so sparse "two white one black" as to be nearly impossible to target someone with. Does it strike me as being (probably subconsciously on his part) racist? Yeah. *But* had he wanted to specifically feed the anti-BLM/war on cops by people of color frenzy, I think he would have chosen to tilt the racial make-up of the perpetrators in the other direction. (Not that it stopped a lot of the media from running with the "omg BLM terrorist" angle regardless) It's also entirely possible he's noticed three people earlier who fit this description and they were who he visualized when calling this in, but as a crutch, not because he wanted to pin it on them. In other words, people feel that adding a bit of truth to a lie always helps with sounding authentic.
I feel very badly for his family. They didn't ask for this tragedy and given the political climate the resulting media circus and national hero funeral wasn't anything they had control over. This isn't their fault and I don't blame them for feeling bitter, angry, etc when all of that public adulation and grieving is suddenly not only being pulled out from under them but also turning against them. Again, they are pawns in this and they've lost their loved one and their lives are never going to be the same. Having to come to terms with the shock, denial, and possible self-blame that your spouse or father may have killed themselves is hard enough. Doing so in the public spotlight is unimaginable, doubly so when it means acknowledging that the person you loved may have lied to and misled you, even if they thought they were doing so in order to make your life better without them. I think most people would crack under that pressure.
Lastly, this is the second recent case I've read about on here where the tragic death of a LE officer is immediately thrust into the national forefront by media and police organizations as being the inevitable result of anti-police brutality activism. Both of these cases were initially promoted with story lines carefully crafted to maximize public outrage and strengthen the "US (police) against THEM" mindset. Both cases have turned out to be far different than the initial reports would have us believe. I think this has caused unnecessary pain and suffering for the loved ones who have left behind in these two cases.
