Posted on 05/14/2023 3:55:26 AM PDT by marktwain
Prosecutors will not charge a 22-year-old man accused of fatally shooting a 46-year-old in East Germantown on Monday afternoon while both were canvassing for a political group. Authorities say the shooting was in self-defense.
Jane Roh, a spokesperson for District Attorney Larry Krasner, said Friday that both their office and the Police Department were in agreement about what happened between two paid canvassers for the progressive group One PA.
“This is nonetheless a tragic loss of life,” Roh said. “We extend our deepest condolences to the loved ones of the decedent.”
Meanwhile, family members of the victim, Eddie Brokenbough, were distraught to learn the father of 10 had been shot, and doubted police accounts of the shooting.
Reports spread that Brokenbough, who was shot once in the armpit and rushed from the 2000 block of Church Lane to a nearby hospital, had pulled a gun on the 22-year-old canvasser, causing the younger man to shoot in what he told police was self-defense.
Both men knew each other, police said, and the shooting stemmed from an “argument,” possibly over an existing dispute.
One PA has said guns are not permitted in its offices or during canvassing, and it has temporarily suspended its canvassing efforts.
The group is an independent expenditure committee that can raise and spend money to boost candidates but is prohibited from directly coordinating with them. This year, the group knocked on doors to promote mayoral candidate Helen Gym and a slate of left-leaning City Council candidates.
Weird, beczuse Kyle Rittenhouse CLEARLY was just defending himself, yet the left went out of their way trying to falsely imprison him for life no doubt for defending his own life agaisnt people that were shooting at him, running after him, yelling that they were gonna kill him!
Have to have some kids in reserve to make up for the ones that get dragged off by hyenas and lions
Go forth and multiply, or something like that from the Holy Bible.
If you research genealogy, you will find large families were common until the last few generations among whites.
We are now letting ourselves be "out birthed" by several groups who hate us.
Their descendants will destroy ours as we did the Indians.
This is the fault of those who have few, or no children in our group.
Watch the opening scene of "Idiocracy".
They were, weren’t they?
::...activist who was legally prohibited from owning a gun....:
~~~~~
Gee, how could this happen in a gun-free city like Philthadelphia? /sarcasm
Father of 10, huh? Was he married? How many mothers?
Which illustrates the illegal activity in election related ballot harvesting. Organized crime brings turf wars. Yesterday’s drug dealer is today’s ballot harvesting pusher.
Would they have shot a Trump supporter (if they found one)?
Ballot harvesting is not illegal in many states.
Paying people to harvest ballots is not illegal in PA.
You can thank Trump-endorsed Republicans for passing the vote by mail and ballot harvesting legislation during the Wuhan Flu.
At least he didn’t use a choke hold to defend himself...
Probably would be helpful if PA had a law that prevented someone from carrying a firearm, if that person was prevented from carry a firearm . . .
Umm, a win win?
Now different sects of the leftist cult are in fighting.
Shooting each other while supporting the banishment of guns.
Incredible...
10 KNOWN kids. May be some more out there from women who couldn't figure out who the baby daddy was.
And both were probably fervent gun grabbers. (Just not theirs.)
THey both were strapped. Making tyhis a scialist olefty shake down racket, hardly canvassing as we imagine.
A guy from the ghood shows up canvassing for money and foashes his piece on his belt, you gona give or what?
These baftards are sick. So much for freedom.
IN Phili the paid canvassers are extortion shake down artists.
So where is the democracy there?
Ain’t it amazing what progressives can get away with? Murder? No problem. But walk across the capitol lawn and you get 15 years.
Yes they were. I missed that detail but figured it would normal in Philly for both to carry.
No. What they are doing to harvest votes for $50 each is a criminal enterprise.
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