Democracy In Albany

Its sad, but the lovely tulip fades.

DIA- this story is going to stir up a lot of people because Wilcox was seen as a good detective and, in the minority community, a good cop.

The bartender and bar owner will not come forward and they should not because that will leave them open to civil action.  You cant serve someone who is drunk and if the BAC was .19, as you suggested, he should have been cut off.

Just one thing about the .03.....

As you know, Chief Tuffey is not on my list of people with integrity.

But I could have sworn I heard him at a press conference say that having a .03 after death raises the question of what condition he was in when he reported for duty hours earlier, and what kind of supervision he received when he reported.

Before an investigation could begin, Lyons sought to portray Wilcox as a "gangsta."  His sordid details of cognac and a fully accessorized Escalade were way over the top.  Lyons revealed his dislike of Wilcox to the world.  He didn't actually say "drunk" or "impaired", he just inferred it.  Once again we see a reporter trying to create news rather than reporting it.

I doubt if there will be a coverup because both the Albany police and the State Police are jointly investigating the incident.  Questions about consuming alcohol are legitimate, but why rush to judgment? Allow the investigation to move forward and give the family a chance to grieve.

Forgive my recent lack of communication.  That said.  Did you read today's Times Union and the article about our detective?  I'm sure I can count on you to illuminate the heart of such a scam article by the very people who created the spectacle that they're now trying to reverse.  

What a shame it is we don't have another newspaper in this town.   Today's reporting was nothing but a poorly executed retraction, and it has Mumms undone.  It really is too bad that being a black man in Albany is such a novelty at this point.  As opposed to questioning how his daughter went to a private school, or how he managed to drive a very expensive car, or that he was a business partner with a crook, the Times Union might have spent more time trying to fulfill its journalistic obligation rather than responding to last week's criticisms by providing us with a rather syrupy investigation into one-sided sentiment. They (clearly after the Mayor and rank and file police threatened to undo Mr. Lyonsthe ) { the Times Union} powers that be decided to serve up to us, the taxpaying public, this nonsense. They did not tell us how he afforded the tuition, the cars, the real estate, and of course the $900.00 for the bottle of cognac.  Rick Smith should spend less time on the "Media Project" and more time trying to instill in his employees a sense of duty related to journalistic ethics. Am I correct in this observation? An attractive (addicted no less) woman has sex with a legally consenting young man and she fodder for the Times Union yet an officer who dies in a rather fishy way (as reported before Jerry's wrath) get a rather gushy send off.

Well, I guess if the "glove does not fit one must acquit" logic holds true this far east.

As always I remain,