Friday, April 11, 2008

"Is this going to be a day of bashing us or are we going to get to the points of the situation at hand?"

That is a direct quote from KC PD officer, Kevin (how is your miscarriage my problem) Schnell, when asked by the The Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners, why he resigned from the Military and the Highway Patrol. The actions of this Officer played a role in someone not receiving medical attention, while in his custody. A decision that may well have contributed to the suspects subsequent miscarriage, I might add. So the boards questions pertaining to his military discharge were pertinent and germane to the hearing. How so you ask, well I'll tell you, here's why.



The single most important aspect of a cops personality is their character. When a cop screws up and violates codes of conduct or ignores policies and procedure , it shows a lack of character. Sure cops are only human, and I believe that most cops do their job for the right reasons. But there is a fair number of them who are no better and often worse than the people they arrest. Cops carry guns, they wield power, they make decisions that are often matters of life and death. That is some pretty fucking strong MOJO, and it takes a person with a high degree of character and perspective to handle the power that has been entrusted to them. Take away all of the damning evidence on record pertaining to the Salvo case, erase the video that shows these two ass clowns repeatedly ignore the suspects request for medical attention, forget that they ignored police department policy, ignore the fact that the suspect miscarried her fetus, lets pretend none of that happened.



Now imagine that officer Schnell sits in front of the police board for some other infraction that could cost him his job. And the board asks him about his resignations from the military and highway Patrol, and he arrogantly refuses to answer the question. First of all his response is defensive and evasive. He is hiding something. Secondly, he is arrogant and trying to control the hearing. In giving his response and refusing to answer the questions , he sealed his fate. Stick a fork in him, he is done. And while you have your multi pronged eating utensil handy, poke his fall partner Melody (You just need a tampon) Spencer as well. These two incompetent misanthropes know they don't stand a chance of regaining the jobs they never should have had in the first place. They are simply going out kicking and screaming so they can come back and sue the KCPD down the road.

And lest we forget Mother of the year Sofia (Im heading to the hospital after I forge some new license plates) Salvo. She should be charged with reckless endangerment resulting in the loss of her unborn child. She has at least one protective order filed against her for adult abuse/ stalking and a conviction to go with it. She has had more than a few brushes with child protective services. She was breaking the law and dicking around at a liquor store when she should have taken herself to the hospital. In short Salva didn't give a rats ass about her child. Her lack of any real concern for the baby she was carrying is exemplified in her actions leading up to her arrest.


None of that changes the fact that these two cops were as wrong as Liberace headlining Lollapalooza. If you go over to the Stars piece on today's hearing you will find in the comment section of the article, comments that maintain the cops were just doing their job and Salva was a criminal. What these tools fail to take in to consideration is the innocent victim in all of this. The victim wasn't Sophia Salva, and it sure as hell isn't the two cops. The victim in all of this is the kid who never stood a chance. Before the child ever had a chance to breath air he was dealt a shitty hand from a stacked deck. He had a piss poor mother and the misfortune of running across two morons who didn't do their job, they failed to serve and protect.

5 comments:

  1. MM,

    You nailed again. I'm linking to this post.

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  2. I'd say you summed it up nicely.

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  3. Damn... I might have a crush on you MM. GREAT WORK!

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  4. I am still split on this. The cops are clearly assholes and the woman is evil,but I can see how cops run into this "I need to go to the hospital" act many times a day and may not necessarily buy it every time.As our president said "fool me once- shame on you..."

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  5. His leaving the Highway patrol and the military had nothing to do with his personality or anything that related to the case. The department, I believe was grasping at straws. In fact if they were concerned with those things why didn't they ask him when they hired him in the first place. By the way it is Kevin Schnell not Mark. Way to get the facts in order when you look to smear someone.

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