Posted on 11/05/2015 6:21:24 PM PST by Wolfie
Pennsylvania officer acquitted in shooting of suspect lying in snow
HARRISBURG, Pa.- A Pennsylvania jury on Thursday acquitted a police officer of all charges in the fatal shooting of a suspect as he lay in the snow, knocked to the ground by her stun gun.
After deliberating for close to 11 hours, the jury acquitted Officer Lisa Mearkle, a veteran of the Hummelstown police department, of third-degree murder, voluntary manslaughter and involuntary manslaughter in the death of David Kassick, 59, of Hummelstown.
A centerpiece of the case against Mearkle, 37, was a videotape recorded by the Taser she used to bring down Kassick in February in the small town about 10 miles (16 km) east of Harrisburg, the state capital.
The jerky video played for the jury in Dauphin County Court of Common Pleas in Harrisburg showed Kassick face down as Mearkle is heard repeatedly shouting "Show your hands!", two gunshots ring out and then a red spot appears on his back.
In the courthouse lobby after the verdict was read, Mearkle told reporters she hoped to return to the police force that suspended her after the shooting. The police chief was not immediately available for comment.
"I've been to hell and back," said Mearkle, breaking into tears.
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May skate the legal system, but the Lord continues to know what’s right, and yes like every other person she is a born sinner. If she does not get THAT right then no, she is not back from hell.
She needs to go back to hell.
Go easy, don’t want the cops to stage another work slowdown.
Well, at least they didn’t plant a gun on the body.
The snow was cold and he was just trying warm his hands?
Apparently you’ve missed the cases where the non-cop does exactly what at least one cop tells them to do and they get shot anyway.
If I was in that situation, I’d have enough sense to put my hands as far out in front of me as they would go.
This guy, apparently not.
And still, the local commies are praising the bad guy and his beautiful facial tattoos. Meth Head, of course. Tattoo Artiste. Sub-human scumbag.
Interesting technique: he was shot while being tased. Both times.
‘Interesting technique: he was shot while being tased. Both times.’
From the article:
“Police later found no weapon on Kassick”
He was electrocuted and shot to death all over an expired vehicle inspection sticker.
Lysander Spooner said that, “Law is force.” If think about it every law that is on the books at the federal, state, and munical levels are all, in the end, subject you to the death penalty, if the state deems it necessary to do so. We should be more wise in the laws we craft and ask the question, “Should some one be killed by the state for not following this proposed law?”
once the state achieves an absolute monopoly on even the possibility of armed force, the answer to your question will be “yes” forever.
I ENJOY KILLING PEOPLE.
She looks like a real lot of fun at the Thanksgiving Holiday Table...
If I was in that situation, I’d have enough sense to put my hands as far out in front of me as they would go.
Have you ever tried doing this right after being Tasered?
Quit trying to make sense.
Sorry, I’ll do better (worse?) next time.
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