A judge has rightfully reinstated all charges, including a murder count, against a former police officer who shot and killed a driver through a rolled-up car window.
The aunt of Eddie Irizarry, a Philadelphia man who was shot and killed by police during a traffic stop in August, said her family believes the "system failed" again after they learned the judge who dismissed all charges against Officer Mark Dial previously hired a divorce attorney who now works for the law firm that represented Dial.
When Municipal Court Judge Wendy L. Pew, at the conclusion of the Sept. 26 preliminary hearing, dismissed all charges- including murder, voluntary manslaughter, official oppression and other offenses- against white
A Philadelphia judge whose controversial ruling to dismiss charges against former police officer Mark Dial in the shooting death of Eddie Irizarry is now facing questions after it was discovered that a lawyer who represented her in a divorce proceeding now works for the law firm that defended Dial.
Judge Wendy Pew revived a well-known lie used by police when charged with violence, ruling that the prosecution did not have evidence that Irizarry's shooting was a murder and that it was justified due to the officers "reasonably" fearing for their lives.