geosocoSep 26, 2023

Charges dropped against Philadelphia officer who fatally shot Eddie Irizarry at traffic stop

A judge dismissed all charges Tuesday against a Philadelphia police officer who fatally shot a driver last month....

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4223799-charges-dropped-against-philadelphia-officer-who-fatally-shot-eddie-irizarry-at-traffic-stop/

Charges dropped against Philadelphia officer who fatally shot Eddie Irizarry at traffic stop

A judge dismissed all charges Tuesday against a Philadelphia police officer who fatally shot a driver last month.  Mark Dial shot 27-year-old Eddie Irizarry through the rolled-up driver’s side window of Irizarry’s sedan during a traffic stop on Aug. 14.  Dial and his partner, Officer Michael Morris, say they had been pursuing Irizarry for driving…

The Hill
Show threadsquirrelwithnutSep 27, 2023
If a police officer can’t tell the difference between a knife and a gun, they shouldn’t be a police officer.
Show threadHazdazSep 27, 2023

Why would some “innocent” person be lifting a knife at all, let alone to a cop?

We going to pretend that knives aren’t deadly? Especially at close range?

Show threadProcleusSep 27, 2023
I can tell you with certainty that a knife inside a car with the doors closed and windows rolled up is not immediately deadly or even dangerous to anyone standing outside of the car. Unless of course the doors opened and the knife was brought out of the car, THAT would be deadly to the officer. But that isn’t what happened. And unless I’ve missed something, no one here has said or implied that the man with the knife was “innocent”
Show threadHazdazSep 27, 2023
He’s got a deadly weapon. Cop had all the cause he needed to drop this piece of shit. The world has lost nothing.
Show threadi_amSep 27, 2023
It sucks we have to live on the same planet as people like you
Show threadHazdazSep 27, 2023
There wouldn’t be much of a planet if everyone was like you - defending or apologizing for thieves, rapists and murderers.
Show threadDkarma
There’s none of those in his situation. Nice strawman. This dude committed no crime. You’re a lunatic.
Sep 27, 2023 at 1:24pmWeb
Show threadHazdazSep 27, 2023
Then stop the fucken car and maybe, just maybe, don’t pull out a fucken knife on an officer. But yeah, let’s pretend this guy was some innocent person. The news media will show pictures of him in his sunday best when he was 10 and hadn’t become a total become a piece of shit yet. His grandma will be on the news crying about “my baby!”. Yawn. We’ve all seen this shit before and the excuses run thin.
Show threadRoyalEasySep 27, 2023

Reactionaries often love extrajudicial violence.

You’re in good company.

Show threadProcleusSep 27, 2023

“Then stop the fucking car maybe” - the car was stopped when the office approached.

“Don’t pull a fucken knife on an officer.” - he didn’t, as he was still in his vehicle

Show threadProcleusSep 27, 2023

“Stop the fucken car” - the car was stopped when the officer shot him (he was shot 7 seven seconds after the officer got out of his patrol car according to the official report).

“Don’t pull out a fucken knife on an officer.” - the man was still inside his car with the doors closed and windows rolled up and as per Pennsylvania law, it is legal to have a knife out and in the open in your vehicle. Assuming the man intended to use the knife against the officer, I beg you to give a scenario in which the man could stab his knife through the car door and injur the officer. If you say something like “well, he could have gotten it of his car and stabbed the cop hur dur dur.” Then just save your breath. We could argue all day about what could have happened. The fact is, it didn’t. The man didn’t get out of his car to attack the officer with the knife, and the officer wasn’t in danger. End of story.

Show threadHazdazSep 27, 2023

All charges dropped.

One less piece of shit on the streets. Goodbye.