Letters on the Torrance Sgt. alleged hit-and-run
Last I checked, there were nearly 300 comments (not counting the ones we had to kill)following last week's story on Torrance police Sgt. Michael Mastick, who will not be charged for allegedly causing a collision and bailing - possibly because he had alcohol in his system.
Aside from what follows the article, I've received some responses in my email inbox, too. While most the user comments criticize the decision to not file charges against Mastick, and are overwhelmingly anti-police, the emails are a bit more balanced. For example, Lynda writes:
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"Denise, I also heard from Andrew, who counters some of the comments that this was NOT news: "Denise, Thank you very much for reporting on this issue. I will make sure to never set foot in that city again. Keep up the good work on reporting the real issues and not some stupid puff piece from fox news." What do you think? |
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I don't know much of the criminal justice system but this is probably the best decision in the end.
I'm assuming that if he is charged with a crime he's going to get a very nice (expensive) lawyer on the city's tab in a drawn-out "not guilty" plea which he will be, of course, acquitted of.
The public's display of such animosity towards the decision should be giving rise to protests, of which I'm not seeing so nothing to see here.
Oh well. Shameful all around nonetheless.
If this man had any balls or decency, he'd retire and get off the TPD. We have an excellent PD but he is giving it a big black eye.
He is a disagrace to the badge, the department and the city.
And his wife is an idiot for attempting to help cover it up.
Years ago, Ira Fistel (a long-time FORMER talk host on KABC) did the same thing and his wife tried to cover up the DUI accident by claiming she was driving.
His career went down the toilet after that.
I hope this cop suffers the same fate.