Grand jury to state police: Give up trooper shooting probes
Source: 6ABC Philadelphia (AP)
Tuesday, January 02, 2018 06:11PM
EASTON, Pa. --
The "arrogant" Pennsylvania State Police should stop investigating shootings by its own troopers to ensure such probes are transparent and "free from potential bias or conflicts of interest," a grand jury said in a scathing report released Tuesday.
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Northampton County District Attorney John Morganelli, who has been sharply critical of the state police policy, released the 38-page report. He sought the grand jury after state police refused to allow his detectives to take the lead on a probe of a fatal trooper shooting near Easton. Troopers shot and killed Anthony Ardo on May 20 after he ignored their commands and attempted to light the fuse of a firework mortar around his neck.
The grand jury concluded that Ardo's shooting was justified. At Morganelli's behest, the panel then began investigating state police procedure on trooper-involved shootings, concluding after months of study that one of the nation's largest law enforcement agencies is going about it the wrong way.
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Read more: http://6abc.com/grand-jury-to-state-police-give-up-trooper-shooting-probes/2852434/
More at link. This is what a Democratic District Attorney can accomplish. Unprecedented. Healthy sunshine on an established procedure that is surely perceived as thorough and fair, but would have even more credibility if it were independent.
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