Court documents show the charges were dropped due to a lack of evidence.
At least three sources of video of him committing murder, six shots worth of ballistics used to commit murder, and the body of the man he just murdered is a lack of evidence?!
I'm with you on this. I've seen the videos and Officer Numbnuts was nervous before getting out of the car. That's what happens when you follow someone for blocks and hype yourself up for a problem.
"The suspect obviously killed themself with the officer's gun, before the officer arrived."
There's also no mention whether the victim's fingerprints were on the two knives that the cops "found" in his vehicle. I going to bet there are NO fingerprints on either knife.
i was considering moving to philadelphia and now i'm glad i didn't and i understand that the corrupt police and courts are everywhere; i'm just glad i got to dodge this one bullet out of many.
I'm from the Philly region. While I have zero love for the PPD, we are lower on the injustice scale than most. The PPD commissioner response and prosecutorial response have been appropriate once the information came out. There hasn't been this overwhelming denial of justice that can be seen elsewhere.
And the killing of minorities is a systemic problem. Try not to judge the city based on a single incident by a scared white man.
"not the worst cops in the country" is a dubious distinction lol
We're not LA or Chicago, to be sure. There is a distinction. All police violence is a problem and it's endemic to policing with the current policies. It's unacceptable and unsustainable, but you nor I can do anything about it directly or alone.
Certainly not an attack on you, I just thought it was kind of funny
Try not to judge the city based on a single incident by a scared white man.
a scared white man; plus hundreds to thousands of people in an entire organization of people tasked with safety of the public protecting that white man; plus the hundreds to thousands of people in a judicial system that can openly sweep it under the run to protect that white man; plus the hundreds of thousands to millions of people that make up the plebiscite that doesn't give a rat's ass about it effectively protecting that white man.
yes, it happens anywhere else in the world too and the only indictment that matter is if any of philadelphia's organizations with clout doesn't at lest try to do something about it; lip service and/or promises don't count, that shit just for the dumbasses and texans who accept eating shit like democrats do and why i moved away.
I'm not going to argue your merit, but the argument in this case is just wrong and you clearly didn't read the article. The charges were dropped by the Judge alone and the prosecution is planning to refile. The commissioner has also spoken publicly and placed the officer on leave with intent to release (fire) after the 30 day union required suspension.
Yes, be frustrated. Yes be angry. But acknowledge good movements, no matter how small. Sometimes it takes a lot of grease and a lot of small movements to turn the gears.
