text: The killing of Jordan Edwards by a police officer is a clear case of police over-acting that lead to a death.  That needs to be addressed for justice for young Mr. Edwards family.
  
  But there was also another attempted cover-up.  All those who participated in the attempted cover-up need to be fired.  I don't even know if it is a crime for a person who witnesses a crime to lie to the police about what he/she witnessed.  But to any extent a non-police officer is accountable for lying in the same situation, then any other officer present who lied should also be charged.
  
  Covering up wrong doing is endemic to institutional culture - that sense that it is important to "protect one of our own" and to protect the reputation of the institution.  We see it everywhere - God knows we see it in the Catholic Church.  But this cover-up mentality, this lying and evasion that puts others at risk, that has to end.