We’re Not Going to Get Much Justice From Cops Investigating Themselves
MINOT, N.D. — In early June, Todd Osmundson, then a deputy chief with the Fargo Police Department, made the astoundingly poor choice to infiltrate, in plain clothes, a rowdy protest inspired by the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
As part of is ill-conceived cover, Osmundson chose to carry around what he initially claimed was an empty beer can (he later admitted he was drinking beer) and shout expletives at his fellow officers.
I was the first to report on Osmundson’s conduct in a June 3 column, and by June 4, Osmundson had resigned.
The Fargo Police Department investigated Osmundson’s conduct. The resulting report found that Osmundson’s actions had “created significant risk to the public, himself and other officers.”
