Contractor charged in Philadelphia demolition deaths

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

AP 1:46 p.m. EST November 25, 2013

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The contractor who oversaw a botched building demolition that killed six people in a Salvation Army thrift store in Philadelphia on June 6 is being charged with murder, manslaughter and reckless endangerment.

Officials said Monday that Griffin Campbell is also charged with risking a catastrophe and criminal conspiracy in addition to the six counts of third-degree murder, six counts of involuntary manslaughter and 13 counts of endangerment. In the collapse, an unsupported wall crashed down onto the neighboring thrift store, trapping and killing shoppers inside.

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[JimboBillyBubbaBob]

1. I am pleased to hear this.

The dead demand justice.

[enough]

2. Absolutely, and I hope this doesn't mean that those responsible within Philadelphia

government at let off the hook.

[Mopar151]

3. Risking a catastrophe......

An anti-peckerhead statute if there ever was one. I'd be interested in more details....