“Every tragedy is not a crime,” McMonagle said defending a criminal murderer who totally done did a criminal murder.
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How is it possible that there is zero legal consequence for this: "Initial statements from the police department said Dial shot the driver outside the vehicle after he “lunged at” police with a knife, but the department later walked back these statements."
I highlight this because I would struggle to think of a controversial case where video confirmed police statements about what happened (the only one I can think of is that poor young girl with the knife in Ohio), but time after time after time we see police statements later proven to be blatant falsehoods and it seems to not matter whatsoever. (Walter Scott is the first example that penetrated my consciousness, but I know there have been many more.)
Why is there no consequence (ever, as far as I can tell) for police fabrication of events?
because cops have a literal history of rioting and murder when you try to hold them accountable.
So the only time anything ever gets done is when its caught on 3rd party camera and creates so much ruckus that the police officer is sacrificed to protect the greater corruption of the department and their political pawns.
It seems like the US is not a state of democracy anymore. Because if the law does not include the law enforcement you basically only one step away from dictatorship or similar.
What the actual fuck?! When I read this story a month ago I was furious because they claimed he was out of the car and lunging at them with a knife when they shot him through a closed car window. Mistaking someone for being out of the car and lunging at you when they are inside the car with the window rolled up is not the same as (claiming to) think a knife is a gun. So, you get to lie about what you were scared about and then revise your lie to something more plausible later on? So much fucking bullshit.
Also, it should be noted that the police only "walked back" the statement about him being out of the car when the family went door to door and found ring cam footage that he was in the car. And they had to do this because the police wouldn't share body camera footage with the family.
It's just accepted that they lie on police reports at this point.
I'm curious if there's a similar situation where a civilian shot an officer because he was scared for his life and ended being dismissed in court for self defense.
I do think theres been one or two cases where cops executed a warrant on the wrong house, and the home owner defended themselves, and not only survived but was found to have done no wrong, but I cant find the magic word combination to find anything but innumerable news stories about charges being dropped against cops.
Actually of all people Breonna Taylor's boyfriend.
I'm as F12 as you can get, but it does happen. Of course, you have to live first, which is unlikely when you defend yourself against cops.
Initial statements from the police department said Dial shot the driver outside the vehicle after he “lunged at” police with a knife, but the department later walked back these statements.
Departments lying about officer-involved shootings should be a separately-prosecutable crime.
Something about lying under oath, or making false reports maybe.
I’d call it Gross Misconduct in Execution of Government Duties - minimum sentence is a permanent dismissal from all government roles (at all levels) along with a major fine that can be taken from a government pension fund and goes directly to victims. Aggravating circumstances (lying about the death of a civilian, multiple lies compounded upon one another etc.) should come within minimum jail time. Cops should always be afraid of saying or doing the wrong thing. Only then do we get them on their best behaviour.
I hope any person who has to go to trial and this officer is called as a witness uses this as an example as to why they arent a good witness.
"Officer, in 2023 you fatally shot a man after you said he got out of his car and lunged at you with a knife. You later backtracked on this and said he was in his car with the windows up. How can we trust what you have to say if you can't remember what happened then?"
Alas, his lawyer and the judge would agree on how inadmissable this fact will be. Enjoy getting fucked. Don't forget to vote to make sure these assholes are the only ones people in town with guns!
If a police officer can't tell the difference between a knife and a gun, they shouldn't be a police officer.
It is worse than that. They can’t tell if a person is inside a car or outside a car lunging at them. They clearly lied to cover up their incompetence. This person should not be a cop.
No one should be (unless they want to violently uphold a white supremacist system while pretending they are "protecting" people).
Keep denying justice to people and they will start to take it upon themselves to see it done. I personally don’t want to see lynch mobs, but if a few pigs have to swing for them to get the message they brought it on themselves
Time for the Feds to swoop in & charge this asshole as they did for Breona Taylor's murderers.
I hope the prosecution files an appeal but I also won't hold my breath on that happening.
#ACAB
Growing up, I thought "street justice" would be more of a thing. Apparently people don't take an eye for an eye.
fuck that judge, fuck that cop
Holy fucking fuck! Fuck this shit and fuck that piece of shit pig!
FUCKING CHRIST! JUST FUCKING THROWING OUT THE CASE WHERE HE MURDERED A MAN THROUGH A CAR DOOR THAT FUCKING OPENS OUTWARDS?!! THEN FUCKING LIED AND LIED ABOUT FUCKING LYING!!
Fuck you Wendy Pew I hope he'll is real just so you rot in it and maybe I can meet you in it to make your afterlife a little bit worse.