Comments on Advance Indiana™: IMPD Waits Two Days To Identify Gregory Slaven As Deceased Police Officer

What's wrong with the picture. I see two men i...

2015-06-20T00:18:34.983-05:00

What's wrong with the picture. I see two men in a bed. If it was two women would you feel the same way.

I know his ex boy friend of many years lives in Cl...

2015-06-16T15:07:28.697-05:00

I know his ex boy friend of many years lives in Cleveland Ohio...I bet he could tell some stories about him.....

All sexuality comments aside, Greg killed Aaron (&...

2015-06-08T15:59:55.532-05:00

All sexuality comments aside, Greg killed Aaron ("accidentally" or not), raised thousands of dollars "to help with funeral expenses" but that money NEVER went to Aaron's family (who PAID for the funeral), and could feel the investigation closing in on him so he took the coward's way out. There isn't a day that goes by that I don't miss Aaron. My friend did not deserve to die that way.

Greg killed aaron and then killed himself when he ...

2015-05-29T16:58:25.608-05:00

Greg killed aaron and then killed himself when he knee that shit was about to hit the fan

Thank you for this story, Gary. I dated Greg about...

2015-05-29T09:18:46.353-05:00

Thank you for this story, Gary. I dated Greg about 10 years ago and, though he didn't talk much about his feelings, I found him to love his job more than anything else. Honestly, whether that has anything to do with a sexual fetish is completely irrelevant. He did his job and he did it well. It wasn't until years after we broke up that he got into the leather community. You people who say those photos are disgusting are disgusting yourselves. These are people and this is how they choose to live their lives. Just because you don't understand it does not give you the right to judge. I have no idea if Greg was involved in Aaron's death, but now, possibly because of shoddy police work, neither do investigators. In the end, I think he probably just didn't want to see their names dragged through the dirt, and he couldn't stand not being a cop anymore.

Stop trashing these people. You don't know the...

2015-05-29T00:09:31.863-05:00

Stop trashing these people. You don't know them and there is nothing wrong with the lifetsyle. It is a choice between consenting adults. I don't think this puts a mar on the police force. To all of you sad folks who said that, shame on you. The officer fought to uphold our freedom to live and be sexual as we wish with a consenting partner. What is sickening is the total disrespect for the lives lost in this sad story. You negative nancy's should be ashamed of yourselves.

Anon. 10:56, If the story line doesn't comport...

2015-05-28T11:50:40.168-05:00

Anon. 10:56, If the story line doesn't comport with their agenda, the local news media isn't going to devote any time to the story no matter how much the facts cry out to shine light on the matter.

How many times has IMPD's story changed? Why a...

2015-05-28T10:56:16.458-05:00

How many times has IMPD's story changed? Why aren't reporters in this town doing their jobs and asking some tough questions?

His family might not be from this state. This hasn...

2015-05-28T08:47:46.528-05:00

His family might not be from this state. This hasn't made national news yet. So yes, it is relevant.

If a "straight" officer had ranted to th...

2015-05-28T07:45:02.672-05:00

If a "straight" officer had ranted to the governor like Slavens did, they would have immediately been disciplined, and possibly fired for "conduct unbecoming."
I guess certain classes of officers have more protection than others.

are Carmel cops as kinky and slimy as these 2?

2015-05-28T06:19:45.340-05:00

are Carmel cops as kinky and slimy as these 2?

Pete Boggs called it RIGHT! I'm repeating i...

2015-05-28T00:40:47.215-05:00

Pete Boggs called it RIGHT!

I'm repeating it: These TWO DEATHS are compounded by the oxymoronic sharia of political correctness, or journalistic malpractice of old media omission, driven by the tyrannic bigotry of orthodox statism which is anti-First Amendment, anti-Constitution & anti-Christian. There's significantly more breaking news on this blog than local, old media sources combined- going back several years. While these deaths are tragic; they are big news, ignored & conspicuously underreported. Irrespective of orientation; two people dying in the same house within a month of each other, as a result of drug induced "role play," is news.

Add to the story, published anti-RFRA, anti-Christian attitudes, & Governor offensive-nasty grams, in the shape of penis's, DOMINANT trait of SEX SLAVE-MASTER, with clue of drugs & hint of human trafficking.

Oh, The Official Response is: "All is well! Please stay calm! All is well!" brings back visions of Neidermeier in Animal House.....NO, all is NOT well. It's very disturbing and complex. -And most of all, in the USA, it's PUBLIC RECORD that must be published!!!

All indications are there is a COVER-UP of TWO DEA...

2015-05-28T00:33:28.445-05:00

All indications are there is a COVER-UP of TWO DEATHS!

This needs to be checked & verified by the media, because it's apparent The City will not tell the true facts.

These deaths are tragedies (!!!); unfortunately co...

2015-05-27T22:22:20.290-05:00

These deaths are tragedies (!!!); unfortunately compounded by the oxymoronic sharia of political correctness, or journalistic malpractice of old media omission, driven by the tyrannic bigotry of orthodox statism which is anti-First Amendment, anti-Constitution & anti-Christian.

The Indy-Hapless Scar does more views for dues than news. As a news product, the Scar sucks. There's significantly more breaking news on this blog than local, old media sources combined- going back several years. While these deaths are tragic; they are big news, ignored & conspicuously underreported. Irrespective of orientation; two people dying in the same house within a month of each other, as a result of "role play," is news. Add to the story, published anti-RFRA anti-Christian attitudes & Governor nasty grams written by public employees who are also police- it becomes a much bigger story. It's not welcome news but it's definitely news- those claiming otherwise are not being honest with themselves.

Anyone who follows line-of-duty death or injuries ...

2015-05-27T20:35:32.190-05:00

Anyone who follows line-of-duty death or injuries knows the department often releases the victim's name within a matter of hours. Notification of relatives hasn't delayed the department from identifying police officers shot or killed in the line of duty for two days. The identification is typically made public within a matter of hours, if not within the first 24 hours.

Anon. 8:13, His Facebook friends were discussing h...

2015-05-27T20:25:28.905-05:00

Anon. 8:13, His Facebook friends were discussing his death on Monday on social media. The police had already identified to the media within two hours of his body being discovered the fact he was a police officer, the city street and block on which he lived, a photo of his home and the fact that his body was found in the same home as Aaron Barnes. There's no way a relative would not have known from the media reports who the deceased was if they were concerned about relatives learning the information second-hand.

Facts aren't slander. And don't try to mak...

2015-05-27T20:16:18.700-05:00

Facts aren't slander. And don't try to make this issue about being a gay cop. There are plenty of gay cops employed by IMPD who are very professional, well-liked and respected by their colleagues. In fact, a story was shared with me of a conversation several gay cops had among themselves in which they discussed their surprise to learn about Slaven's background after Barnes' death. Some didn't even know he was gay. They were as shocked and appalled by the images they found on social media as their straight colleagues. If I had wanted to shock, there were plenty of images that were far more shocking. The media had no problem discussing the graphic details about Officer Justin Deaton's or Officer Johnathan Burger's domestic violence cases. The media had no problem splashing nude photos of Rep. Justin Moed that he sent to Sydney Leathers.

Names are normally held until family can be told. ...

2015-05-27T20:13:44.228-05:00

Names are normally held until family can be told. Would you like to find out one of your loved ones had passed via online or media?

I would like to say that airing people's priva...

2015-05-27T19:48:29.482-05:00

I would like to say that airing people's private lives after they have taken their own life is disgusting. You as an attorney should know this story is SLANDER. You all "think" it's disgusting because you don't understand the lifestyle. Why does he have to be known as "the gay cop" or "wanting to pretend"? Why can't he just be human? You failed to mention in this article about all the good he did for the community, How he was at every even to raise money to for the treatment of HIV / AIDS (just to let you know more straight people are infected than gay people. I personally think that you need to get more facts and you really had no right posting those photos. You're making him out to be a freak, a monster, a Christian Grey. He was NOTHING like that and you really have no right to post stories as such. How would your friends and family feel is someone posted a story like this about you? I think My pastor is right, People DO NOT THINK BEFORE THEY SPEAK

"I said 'foxhole' goddammit!" Wh...

2015-05-27T19:20:04.914-05:00

"I said 'foxhole' goddammit!" What good is a safe word if it's not respected? All of this could have been avoided. Treat your gimps better, people!

We need to keep looking into this. This cop obviou...

2015-05-27T16:04:03.604-05:00

We need to keep looking into this. This cop obviously has something wrong with them. I don't care what people do on there own time. But if it leads to someone dying. That is when we need to be concerned! I am surprised the kink community hasn't inundated you with hate mail! Keep it up Gary!

To anony 11:55: I agree that many cops have a smal...

2015-05-27T15:41:41.448-05:00

To anony 11:55:
I agree that many cops have a small member issue amd have found a great way to compensate....

For everyone else, please remember that a lot od straight cops take bribes, coerce women into BJs and other sexual acts and do a lot of other illicit things we civilians can't do. Many other cops are great people who uphold the law and protect us from the barbarians.

My point, I think, is so what? The police force is a fairly accurate mirror of our society. Live with it. What's wrong with gay cops, male or female? What's wrong with overweight cops? Asshole cops? Great cops? Slacker cops? Overachiever cops? They are humans like the rest of us with the same strengths, weaknesses, fears and perversions (define that) as the rest of us. Perhaps some of this righteous anger might be better spent doing something positive.

Just my thoughts.

Roberto

Is two (2) days unusual to wait until the police r...

2015-05-27T15:37:15.608-05:00

Is two (2) days unusual to wait until the police release the name of a dead person?

Well, folks...the liberals, leftists, progressives...

2015-05-27T15:13:35.088-05:00

Well, folks...the liberals, leftists, progressives, ACLU, ICLU, NAACP, etc. etc. etc. screamed for YEARS demanding that IPD better reflect the makeup of the community.

Congratulations!

The posting of those disgusting images in public f...

2015-05-27T13:41:59.529-05:00

The posting of those disgusting images in public forums brings the Police Department into disrepute. How can one with the honor and trust of being a police officer post such pictures and disgrace the department? -It seems to reflect on a lack of leadership to address it.