A Partial List of Pundits, Politicians and Media Outlets Who Used Joseph Gliniewicz's Death to Push The 'War On Cops' Narrative

By Radley Balko
Washington Post
Nov. 06, 2015

We now know that Fox Lake, Illinois police Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz killed himself in what local officials are calling a "carefully staged suicide," likely to cover up the fact that he had been embezzling public funds for years. But in the days following Gliniewicz's death, pundits, new outlets, and advocates quickly lumped his death in with that of Houston Dep. Darren Goforth to blame police critics, Black Lives Matter, Eric Holder, Barack Obama, and just about anyone else who was worried about police brutality for fostering and encouraging a "war on cops."

We now know that not only was Gliniewicz's death a suicide, but the man who killed Goforth, Shannon J. Miles, has a history of mentally illness, and once nearly killed a man over an argument over what TV show to watch, but no connection to Black Lives Matter or any other anti-police brutality activist group.

Here's a partial list of people and outlets who used Gliniewicz's death to push a "war on cops" narrative.

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