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Mr. Laz · 03-25-2015, 09:24 AM

Cop Arrested After Video Shows Her Shoot Unarmed Man in Back Lying Face Down in the Snow
By Cassandra Fairbanks on March 25, 2015

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Harrisburg, PA– Hummelstown police Officer, Lisa J. Mearkle was charged with criminal homicide on Tuesday in the shooting death of 59-year-old David Kassick on February 2.

Mearkle shot Kassick as he laid face down on the ground in the snow, unarmed, during a routine traffic stop gone awry.

Mearkle had attempted to pull Kassick over for an expired inspection sticker, but the situation escalated when Kassick attempted to flee from the officer.

Eventually Mearkle caught up to the motorist close to his sister’s home where he was staying, but Kassick got out of the vehicle and fled on foot. As he was attempting to run away, he was incapacitated by the officer’s taser which she held in her left hand. With her right hand, she unnecessarily pulled out her service gun and shot the unarmed man twice in the back as he lay face-down on the ground.

The 36-year-old officer claims that she shot the unarmed man because he would not show his hands and she was concerned he may have been reaching in his jacket for a weapon, but the recording from the deployed taser paints a different picture.

District Attorney Ed Marsico has stated that it appeared from the recording that Kassick was simply trying to remove the stun gun probes from his back before his life was taken.

“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, 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,” the arrest affidavit reads.

A syringe was found near his body, and there were unspecified drugs as well as alcohol in his system when he died. His family has admitted that he has struggled with addiction, a personal problem which should not have cost him his life.

“Mr. Kassick is now dead as a result of a traffic stop, a routine traffic stop,” one of the family’s attorneys, Christopher Slusser, told the press. “He should not be dead. He should not have died as a result of that traffic stop. And the manner in which he was shot — you can infer from that what you will.”

Mearkle is currently free on $250,000 bail. She faces potential charges ranging from misdemeanor involuntary manslaughter to felony first-degree murder depending on what the prosecution decides when she is formally arraigned.

Read more at http://thefreethoughtproject.com/pa-...v0jtryAGBAF.99

**The Franchise** · 03-25-2015, 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Just Passin' By

This kind of thinking is a huge part of the problem in this country. Assuming the story is correct, at no time did the 'dipshit' do anything that warranted lethal force being used against him.

If he died from the tazer....would it be his fault?

Just Passin' By · 03-25-2015, 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Dicky McElephant

If he died from the tazer....would it be his fault?

Of course not

**BigMeatballDave** · 03-25-2015, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Just Passin' By

This is 100% on the cop.

**The Franchise** · 03-25-2015, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Just Passin' By

Of course not

How so?

**LoneWolf** · 03-25-2015, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Just Passin' By

Of course not

You've got to be trolling.

**Old Dog** · 03-25-2015, 11:23 AM

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Originally Posted by LoneWolf

You've got to be trolling.

this

but he's getting a lot of bites

**BigMeatballDave** · 03-25-2015, 11:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Just Passin' By

That kind of thinking is a huge part of the problem in this country. Assuming the story is correct, at no time did the 'dipshit' do anything that warranted lethal force being used against him.

GTFO You're ****ing stupid if you truly believe this.

IF HE DOESN'T FLEE, THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN.

I've already said what should happen to her, but his action is partly to blame for his death.

**BigMeatballDave** · 03-25-2015, 11:25 AM

Have people completely forgotten what personal responsibility is?

jd1020 · 03-25-2015, 11:27 AM

Have people forgotten what it takes to constitute lethal force?

This guy deserved to be tazed. This guy deserved to be arrested. This guy deserved to spend at least the night in jail. This guy did NOT deserve to be shot.

Just Passin' By · 03-25-2015, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by BigMeatballDave

Face palm all you want. It doesn't change the facts of the case.

**The Franchise** · 03-25-2015, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by BigMeatballDave

Have people completely forgotten what personal responsibility is?

Do you even have to ask that? We live in a time now where it's not your fault.....it's everyone else's.

**The Franchise** · 03-25-2015, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Just Passin' By

Face palm all you want. It doesn't change the facts of the case.

Not going to answer my question?

If he was hit with the tazer and he died....how was it not his fault?

Just Passin' By · 03-25-2015, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by BigMeatballDave

GTFO You're ****ing stupid if you truly believe this.

IF HE DOESN'T FLEE, THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN.

I've already said what should happen to her, but his action is partly to blame for his death.

His flight didn't warrant a bullet in the back. How ****ing tough is that for you to wrap your mind around?

**The Franchise** · 03-25-2015, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by jd1020

Have people forgotten what it takes to constitute lethal force?

This guy deserved to be tazed. This guy deserved to be arrested. This guy deserved to spend at least the night in jail. This guy did NOT deserve to be shot.

And if he died from the tazer.....would it be his fault?

jd1020 · 03-25-2015, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Dicky McElephant

And if he died from the tazer.....would it be his fault?

How does dying from a tazer equal getting shot in the back with a bullet?

A tazer is considered non lethal. Is a bullet fired from a gun considered non lethal?

03-25-2015, 09:24 AM
Mr. Laz Don't Tease Me Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: KS Casino cash: $11047037	Chase,Taser,Shoot Cop Arrested After Video Shows Her Shoot Unarmed Man in Back Lying Face Down in the Snow By Cassandra Fairbanks on March 25, 2015 image: Harrisburg, PA– Hummelstown police Officer, Lisa J. Mearkle was charged with criminal homicide on Tuesday in the shooting death of 59-year-old David Kassick on February 2. Mearkle shot Kassick as he laid face down on the ground in the snow, unarmed, during a routine traffic stop gone awry. Mearkle had attempted to pull Kassick over for an expired inspection sticker, but the situation escalated when Kassick attempted to flee from the officer. Eventually Mearkle caught up to the motorist close to his sister’s home where he was staying, but Kassick got out of the vehicle and fled on foot. As he was attempting to run away, he was incapacitated by the officer’s taser which she held in her left hand. With her right hand, she unnecessarily pulled out her service gun and shot the unarmed man twice in the back as he lay face-down on the ground. The 36-year-old officer claims that she shot the unarmed man because he would not show his hands and she was concerned he may have been reaching in his jacket for a weapon, but the recording from the deployed taser paints a different picture. District Attorney Ed Marsico has stated that it appeared from the recording that Kassick was simply trying to remove the stun gun probes from his back before his life was taken. “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, 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,” the arrest affidavit reads. A syringe was found near his body, and there were unspecified drugs as well as alcohol in his system when he died. His family has admitted that he has struggled with addiction, a personal problem which should not have cost him his life. “Mr. Kassick is now dead as a result of a traffic stop, a routine traffic stop,” one of the family’s attorneys, Christopher Slusser, told the press. “He should not be dead. He should not have died as a result of that traffic stop. And the manner in which he was shot — you can infer from that what you will.” Mearkle is currently free on $250,000 bail. She faces potential charges ranging from misdemeanor involuntary manslaughter to felony first-degree murder depending on what the prosecution decides when she is formally arraigned. Read more at http://thefreethoughtproject.com/pa-...v0jtryAGBAF.99
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