POLICE BRUTALITY CASES: WALTER SCOTT MURDER & MORE

[HairOfTheDog]

Lisa Mearkle is a cop in Pennsylvania who shot and killed a man after a traffic stop. He ran from her but apparently she tasered him and while he was face down on the ground she shot him in the back twice, killing him. There is video of it and it may be released today, her attorney/s are fighting it. She has been charged with criminal homicide.[/i][/size]

I understand that it's video from the stun gun cam; hope it's released to the public.

But, I think Mearkle will probably waive today's preliminary hearing. If the video is shown in court, the media would have access to it as a public record and her attorney doesn't want that to happen.

Police officer Lisa Mearkle ^


She killed unarmed 59-year-old David Kassick ^

Investigators said the 36-year-old Mearkle told them she fired after Kassick refused her orders to show his hands. She claimed she feared he was reaching into his jacket for a gun, they said. She fired two bullets, four seconds apart, into Kassick's back as he lay face down.

Mearkle, a 15-year veteran of the department, has been free on bail but is under electronic monitoring. She is suspended from the police department without pay.

The lawyer for Kassick's family has started a Facebook page and asked community members to report their complaints against Mearkle, turn in pictures of her drinking, etc... https://www.facebook.com/justicefordavidnow

Correction: Kassick family lawyers took out an ad imploring citizens to report issues with Officer Mearkle; a community member started the Facebook page.