A police officer has finally been charged with homicide for killing an unarmed person!

[gollygee]

Here's a picture of the victim:



I am glad a police officer is being made accountable, but it's frustrating that African Americans keep getting killed without accountability and when I finally see a police officer held responsible (yay!) of course the victim is a white person. Everyone's life is valuable and every police officer who shoots an unarmed person should be fairly and thoroughly investigated.

http://gawker.com/pennsylvania-cop-charged-with-homicide-after-shooting-u-1693492543

[pinboy3niner]

1. Replace broken link with this one:

http://gawker.com/pennsylvania-cop-charged-with-homicide-after-shooting-u-1693492543

[gollygee]

2. Thanks!!

whoops

[dixiegrrrrl]

6. Him?????

[Lee-Lee]

3. Of course it's not nearly the first time

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/09/24/ex-trooper-who-shot-unarmed-man-faces-charges/16178961/


http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Culpeper-Police-Officer-Charged-in-February-Fatal-Shooting-155502385.html

http://news.yahoo.com/ferrell-kerrick-police-unarmed-shooting-charlotte-191520307.html


http://m.nydailynews.com/news/crime/colo-police-officer-charged-murder-on-duty-shooting-article-1.2112278


http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/03/23/cleveland-police-officer-charged-in-137-bullet-shooting-wants-judge-to-preside/

http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/12/us/albuquerque-police-murder-charges/

Many more examples out there if you take a few second to look.


If you think this is somehow groundbreaking or new, you haven't been paying attention or have been listing to sources that want you to think cops are never held accountable- truth is they are quite often.

[FreakinDJ]

9. NOT TRUE at all - Very Rearly charged

And even more so convicted when they shoot an unarmed who was trying to surrender

[Malraiders]

4. The cop is a woman - Lisa J. Mearkle nt

[malthaussen]

5. I would suggest you change your post to "here is a picture of the victim,"

"Here's a picture of him" might cause the reader to think you were talking about the officer.

-- Mal

[gollygee]

10. Thank you

I did

[StopTheNeoCons]

7. Victim = white, cop = female, yeah, charges are filed, makes sense for this F'dU country

Let's see some white male cops get charged for murdering black males, then MAYBE, there'll be some progress....

[pinboy3niner]

8. Photos of her (the cop):