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and fear rules.
HARRISBURG, Pa. A small-town police officer who fatally shot an unarmed motorist in the back as he lay face down on the ground was acquitted Thursday at her murder trial.
A Dauphin County jury acquitted Hummelstown Officer Lisa Mearkle of third-degree murder and voluntary and involuntary manslaughter charges in a shooting captured by a camera attached to her stun gun.
Warning. Disturbing.
He died of his gunshot wounds.
randr
(12,414 posts)Law enforcement requires a professional approach not screaming hysteria.
KansDem
(28,498 posts)A Dauphin County jury acquitted Hummelstown Officer Lisa Mearkle of third-degree murder and voluntary and involuntary manslaughter charges in a shooting captured by a camera attached to her stun gun.
The video, which was played to jurors, showed Mearkle shocking 59-year-old David Kassick after he fled from a traffic stop before shooting him twice in the back as he lay face down in the snow in February.
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blackspade
(10,056 posts)There was obviously no threat.
Hell, she's fucking tazing and shooting him at the same time!
And she will likely get her fucking job back.
And she will kill some else.
This is why people hate cops. They are murdering assholes without conscience.
Comply or die.
Ed Suspicious
(8,879 posts)compelled to kill for fear they will be killed.
blackspade
(10,056 posts)and in public service.
SoLeftIAmRight
(4,883 posts)fuck them
jtuck004
(15,882 posts)kills him when he fails to do so.
It's an occupation of the territory, not policing.
passiveporcupine
(8,175 posts)As if your body is not lit up with electrical volts that make you want to curl up in a ball and hide.
Take away the guns. Take away the tasers. Start teaching cops how to talk to people first, and deescalate the situation. And stop killing people who run from cops...unless you know you are chasing a hardened and dangerous criminal with a gun, don't just assume everyone is a hardened criminal with a gun. Most people who run are just scared.
odd_duck
(107 posts)good are body cameras when visual evidence such as this does not work?
jwirr
(39,215 posts)on here. The other day I heard a good friend who was angry at someone say "I should shot her and say I was afraid for my life."
We hear that one sentence almost every time someone (usually unarmed) is killed.
If they claim that at a trial they almost always get away with what they have done - even with a 12 year old boy.
I think this country used to have self-defense laws that called for the defendant to prove there was any reason to kill other than fear. In other words every killing would automatically go to trial and would require the defendant to prove there was any reason for this fear. That should make shooting an unarmed person a crime. If the cameras show that indeed the victim acted as if s/he were going for a gun then there might be a question.
Otherwise I can shoot anyone coming to my door because my dog goes wild and makes me uneasy.
Marblehead
(1,268 posts)nt
NoMoreRepugs
(9,453 posts)Jack-o-Lantern
(968 posts)turbinetree
(24,710 posts)is this what a gestapo state looks like---------------this is insane in my humble opinion
And then this is what happens to someone on the ground -------------------pleading, I mean pleading................for his life.................
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2015/11/05/pennsylvania-jury-acquits-lisa-mearkle-the-first-police-officer-tried-for-a-2015-on-duty-shooting/
My question is, is it safe to go into the county now that she has been acquitted on her style of color of law protection-------------I think I will go around the town and ..............................
I wonder if its time to start wearing flack jackets ------just saying
Unknown Beatle
(2,672 posts)She's a fucking psycho. And she was acquitted?