DAC, then why didn't you just try to present a valid point rather than calling me "pro-criminal"?

The SVSU student was not a criminal. No charges there. Burden of proof is on the police, not the other way around.

Thanks for proving my point.

Cows jumping over the moon are more likely than police to treat innocent citizens with respect.

And then there's this gem:

http://www.wxyz.com/news/local-news/inv ... e-is-naked

DAC, thanks once again for proving my point. You say the norm isn't pretty. Neither is the "non-norm" that you describe as police behaving badly. If you weren't speaking about the specific case, which one or ones were you talking about? I just want to make sure I note who you are calling a criminal....

DAC, why would you call the minority, unarmed, innocent SVSU student from Detroit and everyone else that I have described having a bad experience with cops a criminal? The police and prosecutor tried to make the SVSU student a criminal, but he stood up for his rights and won. If you want to take the...

To answer the first question, the proof I have that Bill Harris does not scrutinize anything police do is the same proof that I have that pigs can't fly. There's no evidence of either. When Bill does a police story, it's only to promote a department, the way they do things, highlight one of the offi...

And then there's this: http://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw/index.ssf/2015/07/charges_dismissed_against_svsu.html A Detroit student studying in a masters program at SVSU gets pulled over for no reason, gets cuffed and charged with felony fleeing and alluding simply because he pulled into a lit parking ...

This is to answer audiophile's question. The problem with being "pro-police," even occasionally, for a journalist is that it is tipping the story in favor of the police and being biased rather than being balanced. Simply reporting what police say, without scrutiny, is journalism malpractice. See thi...

We may never know if something was hidden. When a person is the spokesperson/consultant for the police and a journalist, there's no way to know. There's no check and balance, just one side.

That's the problem. When he's acting as a public information officer for the police department, as he has in the past, he is speaking on behalf of a police department. Any good public information office will paint the organization it works for in the best light. Therefore, working for the police and...

Jack "ad hominem" Attack, See your first post for the proof you so allegedly desire. Attacking a person rather than the argument is the basis of your conversation. If you checked Bill's bio page, you'll find 17 of 34 stories are positive pieces on police. Zero stories of any criticism on anything re...

Welcome back, Jack "ad hominem" Attack! Seems like you're having difficulty refuting logic. Here it is again: When a journalist is getting paid by an organization and then does positive stories on said organization, that's called payola (See George Stephanopoulos). Feel free to defend this practice.

I'm saying you won't find stories critical of police or police departments on Bill Harris' page because he won't do them. Feel free to pitch those kinds of stories his way, but don't expect him to cover them. His bio shows a clear conflict of interest: "Bill has also distinguished himself in the are...

A journalist should be objective. He/She should tell a fair and balanced not only in the selection of a story, but in the telling of a story. I don't see that with Bill Harris. Look at his bio and the majority of stories he has covered is about police. The stories are pro-police. http://www.minbcnew...