On Unequivocal Support for Law Enforcement

True. Nothing unusual about flawless professionalism in police work.

Remember, we owe our law enforcement unequivocal support. You know, unlike the anti-American proscutor in Pennsylvania with the temerity to charge a police officer who executed an unarmed man as he lay on the ground at her orders:

Authorities said Mearkle had attempted to pull over Kassick for expired inspection and emissions stickers before he sped away. She caught up to Kassick near his sister's home where he had been living for a short time.

He got out and ran before Mearkle incapacitated him with a stun gun, held in her left hand. He was on the ground when she shot him twice in the back with the gun in her right hand, police said.

Mearkle, 36, told investigators she fired because he would not show her his hands and she thought he was reaching into his jacket for a gun.

The offense of criminal homicide encompasses a range of charges, from misdemeanor involuntary manslaughter to felony first-degree murder. Prosecutors often narrow the charge later in the process, about the time when defendants are formally arraigned.

The stun gun recorded portions of the encounter, and District Attorney Ed Marsico called it the strongest evidence in the case.

He said it appeared Kassick had been trying to remove stun-gun probes from his back.

"At the time Officer Mearkle fires both rounds from her pistol, the video clearly depicts Kassick lying on the snow covered lawn with his face toward the ground," according to the arrest affidavit. "Furthermore, at the time the rounds are fired nothing can be seen in either of Kassick's hands, nor does he point or direct anything toward Officer Mearkle."

(Scolforo)​

What an asshole! How dare he charge that officer with a crime! Her perfect professionalism is the sort of outstanding work we owe our unequivocal support, lest America itself be lost.
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Notes:

Scolforo, Mark. "PA Officer Charged With Killing Unarmed Driver Who Was Lying Facedown". Talking Points Memo. 24 March 2015. TalkingPointsMemo.com. 25 March 2015. http://bit.ly/1OzxNcK

 

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