I hope the father feels like the POS he is.
That’s terrible, but the father pointed a gun at the officer- what’s he supposed to do?
I used to be a landlord- people who don’t pay are one thing, but people who don’t pay and you have to force to leave are a whole different story
Submit to authority when you are in the right, and especially when you are in the wrong. It's like driving a motocycle, you may have the green light, but you're still dead when cross traffic runs the red.
Now it’s he-said/he-said. Was the father really pointing a rifle at the officer?
Unfortunately, generally speaking, law enforcement officers have less credibility in my eyes these days.
But at the same time, I know good cops and have never had a bad interaction, ether getting a ticket, as the victim of a crime, or professionally while at work. Seems contradictory, I know.
Bullet went thru Meyer, did not kill him but continued on to kill the girl. I wonder if the cop was using hollow points?
I too hope Meyer admits to himself this is his fault. You know the cop will feel bad.
we have 300 million people in this country, to9ns of crimes occurring every single day- I’m guessing many thousands per day, all across the country- every single day, day in day out 24/7 365 days a year- and never do we see the stories about the successful outcomes, the stories of police helping others, saving lives- and instead the media gloms onto a EXTREMELY RARE incidents where accidents occur, mistakes are made etc-
I’d like to see headlines along the lines of “Police across the country stop 10,568 burglaries today, 2,900 attempted murders, 700 rapes, and helped 12,000 little old ladies across the road when no one else would. They also dodged nearly 500 bullets today, while 7 officers were injured while on duty” Etc.
Daddy is a thug and his daughter is dead.
Tragic. God bless the child and bring her close.
Assuming this is indeed a true version of what happened, I do not blame the cop in this instance.
It's simple; it was never yours to begin with.
Not taking sides in this tragedy but Pennsylvania constables aren’t exactly the police.
This sounds like a freak accident and it wasn’t the cop’s fault. I’m sure this will eat at him for the rest of his life.
The cop did not kill the girl. Her father’s actions killed the girl.
From personal non felonius, innocent bystander experience, the Pennsylvania State Police are a pile of jack booted moron, official oppression under color of law c*** rags. Delete at your pleasure.
Headline is misleading. The constable killed the girl by accident in the course of a legitimate self-defense shooting (if the news accounts are themselves accurate).
“Accident” would have been if the constable was shooting at another person, missed and hit the young victim.