LAPD Apologizes For Displaying RFK Death Shirt
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Mar 3 2010, 6:03 PM
Ironically in a week where I declared that I thought the Smithsonian was not the right place for OJ Simpson's acquittal suit to be displayed (they also agreed), I find the decision to remove these RFK exhibits baffling. While I applaud the LAPD for their sensitivity, this was an educational event, primarily for the members of the CHIA. Their membership criteria is as follows:
The California Homicide Investigators Association is the largest association
in the United States that is devoted solely to the education and training of law
enforcement professionals who respond to and investigate homicide crimes.
Membership is not limited strictly to professionals in the United States, and
the cost is $10 USD annually.
In order to become a member of the California
Homicide Investigators Association (CHIA), you must meet the following criteria:
any municipal, county, state, federal agents and/or other publicly funded,
certified and/or reserve law enforcement officers may become
members.
This includes
• Any full-time employed law
enforcement technicians,
• Correctional officers,
• Forensic examiners,
• Forensic technicians,
• County coroners,
• Prosecuting attorneys
and
• Any of their investigative staff members who are involved in death
investigations and/or prosecutions.
Members who attend our training conference enjoy presentations from subject
matter experts on legal updates, homicide case presentations (occurring not only
California but all over the United States), investigative strategies,
technology, scientific advances and many other topics. CHIA has over 1,400
members worldwide.
I would've thought that the families of murder victims would support any effort that could prevent even one of these diabolical events from taking place in the future. I could understand people getting offended if this was a traveling fair, or an exhibition set up to profit from the crimes of others ... but this was far from that, as the CHIA website proclaims:
“Behind the Scenes” The detectives of the Los
Angeles Police Department will showcase an extensive display of the past 100
years of notable homicide investigations in the City of Angels. An
eight-thousand-square-foot room will be filled with photographs, videos, items
of evidence, vintage vehicles and memorabilia from the Los Angeles Police
Historical Society Museum. Highlighting the exhibit will be material from the
Bank of America shootout, Marilyn Monroe, O.J. Simpson, Senator Robert F.
Kennedy, Charles Manson, SLA shootout and Onion Field killing. In addition,
notable authors will make appearances for book signings. This display will be
open to CHIA members only on Tuesday, prior to a public viewing later in the
week.
Just another example of the super-sensationalism that plagues our world today.
The Los Angeles Police Department has apologized to the family of the late Robert F. Kennedy and removed items from a homicide exhibit in Las Vegas that included the dress shirt worn by the senator when he was assassinated in 1968, officials said Tuesday night.
The department bills the 8,000-square-foot display as a first-ever look at homicide evidence from some of the city's most notorious cases. "Behind-The-Scenes: The LAPD Homicide Experience" was publicized by the department as including materials that have never been seen in or outside a courtroom.
The showcased items were gleaned from the last 100 years.
via www.latimes.com
Ironically in a week where I declared that I thought the Smithsonian was not the right place for OJ Simpson's acquittal suit to be displayed (they also agreed), I find the decision to remove these RFK exhibits baffling. While I applaud the LAPD for their sensitivity, this was an educational event, primarily for the members of the CHIA. Their membership criteria is as follows:
The California Homicide Investigators Association is the largest association in the United States that is devoted solely to the education and training of law enforcement professionals who respond to and investigate homicide crimes. Membership is not limited strictly to professionals in the United States, and the cost is $10 USD annually.
In order to become a member of the California Homicide Investigators Association (CHIA), you must meet the following criteria: any municipal, county, state, federal agents and/or other publicly funded, certified and/or reserve law enforcement officers may become members.This includes
• Any full-time employed law enforcement technicians,
• Correctional officers,
• Forensic examiners,
• Forensic technicians,
• County coroners,
• Prosecuting attorneys and
• Any of their investigative staff members who are involved in death investigations and/or prosecutions.
Members who attend our training conference enjoy presentations from subject
matter experts on legal updates, homicide case presentations (occurring not only
California but all over the United States), investigative strategies,
technology, scientific advances and many other topics. CHIA has over 1,400
members worldwide.
I would've thought that the families of murder victims would support any effort that could prevent even one of these diabolical events from taking place in the future. I could understand people getting offended if this was a traveling fair, or an exhibition set up to profit from the crimes of others ... but this was far from that, as the CHIA website proclaims:
“Behind the Scenes” The detectives of the Los Angeles Police Department will showcase an extensive display of the past 100 years of notable homicide investigations in the City of Angels. An eight-thousand-square-foot room will be filled with photographs, videos, items of evidence, vintage vehicles and memorabilia from the Los Angeles Police Historical Society Museum. Highlighting the exhibit will be material from the Bank of America shootout, Marilyn Monroe, O.J. Simpson, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, Charles Manson, SLA shootout and Onion Field killing. In addition, notable authors will make appearances for book signings. This display will be open to CHIA members only on Tuesday, prior to a public viewing later in the week.
Just another example of the super-sensationalism that plagues our world today.
The Los Angeles Police Department has apologized to the family of the late Robert F. Kennedy and removed items from a homicide exhibit in Las Vegas that included the dress shirt worn by the senator when he was assassinated in 1968, officials said Tuesday night.
The department bills the 8,000-square-foot display as a first-ever look at homicide evidence from some of the city's most notorious cases. "Behind-The-Scenes: The LAPD Homicide Experience" was publicized by the department as including materials that have never been seen in or outside a courtroom.
The showcased items were gleaned from the last 100 years.
via www.latimes.com
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