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 threadDkarmaSep 27, 2023
There’s none of those in his situation. Nice strawman. This dude committed no crime. You’re a lunatic.
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 threadProcleus

“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

Sep 27, 2023 at 3:08pmWeb