The Coalition Against Police Crimes and Repression released the following statement regarding St. Louis County police officer Ryan O’Conner being changed with brandishing his gun at a city parking attendant:
The Coalition Against Police Crimes and Repression is seriously concerned that a County police officer remains on duty despite charges of assault. City prosecutors have charged Ryan O’Conner with pointing his weapon at an innocent parking attendant. The attendant had merely told the off duty officer that he could not park in a restricted zone during the St. Patrick’s Day parade.
Allegations of racial slurs have also been made. Clearly this officer’s out-of-control temper puts citizens at risk.
Does the County not have confidence in the judgment of the city’s Circuit Attorney?
At the very least this officer should be placed on desk duty or suspended until the County Police have completed their own investigation. To do any less is to ignore the safety and well being of our citizens.
The racial overtones of this case can also not be ignored. It should be unacceptable behavior for any officer to exhibit the biases which Officer O’Conner indulged in. When will the police departments of this metropolitan area be willing to stand up for the impartial administration of justice by setting the
standard that such language will not be tolerated?We are further concerned that rules are being bent to protect Officer O’Conner. His father is Police Chief of Maryland Heights, and must therefore have a close relationship with County officers. Specifically, the elder O’Conner is reported to have ties to County Police Chief Jerry Lee. Colonel Lee should recuse himself from any involvement in this case, and the County Police Board must
step up to the plate to guarantee the integrity of this investigation and the County Police as a whole.Our organization will immediately seek a meeting with County Police officials in an effort to make sure that this case is handled appropriately from here on out.
April 4th, 2008 at 2:59 pm
The law that exempts police officers from being charged with a felony for brandishing a weapon while off duty needs to be repealed! This officer appears to have committed a serious case of abuse of power with his racial slurs and pointing the gun at the lot attendant’s head! I wonder how he treats blacks he encounters when he is on duty? How many times has his loss of his temper affected black citizens he encounters? This pig needs to be fired!There were many white witnesses that saw this incident and made reports to the St. LOuis police! Will this incident be “whitewashed” by the county police? Are police officers given preferential treatment when they committ crimes? It appears so in the St. Louis County police department?
April 4th, 2008 at 8:10 pm
This sorry excuse for a law enforcement officer needs to be permanently relieved of duty and barred from working in this field. Star Jones people of all race need to take issue with his actions not just the black citizens.
April 5th, 2008 at 10:50 am
A “charge” is just that, not a conviction. Dont be so quick to throw him under the bus. Why is this a race issue?
April 5th, 2008 at 3:10 pm
John,it’s a race issue because the cop called the African lot attendant all types of racial slurs as he held the gun to his head in his abuse of power! It’s a race issue because Bill Monroe,an off duty Pine Lawn police officer (and retired SLPD police officer) was arrested in a similar situation where he brandished a gun at a security guard in a parking dispute and he was handcufed,held in jail for 13 hours and charged with a felony! The St. Louis circuit attorneys office charged the black police officer with a felony while charging the white St. Louis county cop with a misdemeanor! Mr. Monroe went to trial on that felony charge and fortunately was acquitted of the charge! The circuit attorneys offfice claims it made a “mistake” in charging Mr. Monroe with a felony,the circuit attorneys offfice sems to go to great lengths to charge whites after careful deliberation and research on what they will be charged with as opposed to a “rush to judgement” when blacks are charged with a crime! Another example of the circuit attorneys offices’s double standards is the case of the white doctor/researcher couple that left their child to die in their car as the husband rushed to play tennis after dropping his doctor wife off at work in comparison to the young black female that left a child unattended for a few minutes in a van! The white couple was never arrested or their photographs shown like the black female was!
April 5th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
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April 6th, 2008 at 9:29 pm
HOW MANY WILL JOIN ME IN CASTING A WRITE IN VOTE WHEN IT COMES TO THE RE-ELECTION OF Jennifer Joyce
@ None of the above for Circuit Attorney of the City of St.Louis
April 7th, 2008 at 8:44 am
On Election Day in the slot reserved for Circuit Attorney I will write in
@None of the above when it comes to the re-election of Jennifer Joyce.
I think that John Q. Public made a rightous suggestion please join Bill Monroe with this write in vote on Election Day and I do hope and encourage some Attorney that is fair minded to run for the Office of Circuit Attorney in the next election.
April 7th, 2008 at 11:41 am
“None of the above” will give black citizens more equal justice than the circuit attorney’s office under Jennifer Joyce Hayes management!
April 7th, 2008 at 11:51 am
To Star Jones,
It is my hope that registered voters voice their displeasure with the actions of the Circuit Attorney and vote
@None of The Above regarding Jennifer Joyce
Please be a part of sending this message to the office of the Circuit Attorney
From Bill Monroe-whose life was negatively impacted
by people with bad intentions.