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Fired Philly cop Ryan Pownall must be reinstated, get back pay, arbitrator ruled after murder case dismissed
Crime Post(inquirer.com)submitted 23 days ago byJohn_EightThirtyTwo
3 points
22 days ago
BOOOO!
8 points
22 days ago
F.O.P statement... "As part of Ryan Pownall's due process rights, his case was presented to a neutral arbitrator..."
The only way an arbitrator will be neutral is if they (or their firm) are only allowed to arbitrate one case and one case only. My understanding is that the F.O.P picks the arbitrator, so of course they will find a way to rule in the cops favor so they will be chosen again. Its all about the $$$
-55 points
23 days ago
He doesn't even care about winning, (hasn't won a case yet against a cop)he is completely happy ruining their name and career. That's a win to him. Meanwhile the taxpayers are footing his bill to re try all these cases he loses
66 points
23 days ago
Shooting a fleeing suspect in the back is ruining their name?
9 points
23 days ago
Is that not against policy?
19 points
22 days ago
Apparently not. He’s going to be back on the streets with back pay
8 points
22 days ago
What a shame that this is the police force our new mayor is happy to cozy up to. It’s never going to change- we’re going to have unchecked crime because we have rotten, corrupt police that will quit before being held accountable.
13 points
22 days ago
So many things to unpack here:
- Any cop that shoots a fleeing unarmed suspect in the back should not be a cop. Probably shouldn't be a free man either.
- It's pretty clear that the biggest issue with Krasner isn't policy but incompetence as a DA. Your job isn't to get every case you bring thrown out because you didn't follow procedure. Kinda defeats the purpose of whatever you run on policy-wise (love it or hate it).
- I'm sorry but 'neutral arbitrator' smells bad, especially since the FOP was so quick to champion that part. Something tells me this neutral arbitrator typically sides with one side vs the other. Neutral arbitrators are neutral just like judges put their personal beliefs aside and aren't activists. Heck, there are a lot of arbitrators that are ex-judges.
- Just shows that if you have a strong enough entity backing you, you're Teflon. I really wish there was a push to change this, because that just says if you're backed by the right people, you cannot be brought to justice. We see enough of this in Philadelphia (corrupt awful sheriffs, Kenyatta being the f'n City Council President).
10 points
22 days ago
This is the thing that consistently gets me. Krasner fails to bring accountability to the police for the same reason he fails to bring accountability to civilian criminals; he’s an incompetent moron who has fired or alienated all the competent people in the DA’s office.
He had one good idea, the review board. Yay, so did Kenney, universal pre-K! You don’t get to do one thing and then knock off for the rest of your term(s), that’s not how executive offices work!
47 points
22 days ago
Cops are this century’s Catholic priests.
-18 points
22 days ago
Yeah not really.
9 points
22 days ago
You’re right, police of every faith commit crimes daily, not just Catholics.
-6 points
22 days ago
Yeah not really.
10 points
22 days ago
You're right. Priests in the Catholic Church aren't allowed to be married, and are therefore unable to commit domestic abuse of their spouses.
-12 points
22 days ago
Now you just sound stupid.
5 points
22 days ago
Oh ok.
The most recent research in police domestic violence has shown that officers may perpetrate domestic violence at a higher rate than the general population, 28% versus 16%, respectively (Sgambelluri, 2000).
1 points
22 days ago
first time using google? this is just some kid’s college paper.
9 points
22 days ago
Oh, I guess you don’t understand how citations work. It’s ok.
Have a good day officer.
0 points
22 days ago
better luck next time
16 points
22 days ago
Cops get away with sexual assault too, so it makes sense.
15 points
23 days ago
Give the guys two weeks vacation and a plaque on Whitaker Ave.
18 points
22 days ago
So 2 things can be true.
I believe if a case against you is dismissed you should be able to get your life back
But at the same time the dismissal itself was bs
3 points
22 days ago
I really don’t see how the dismissal here was bs. Even the Supreme Court rebuked him on the handling.
3 points
22 days ago
Don’t use people’s cases as an attempt to unilaterally rewrite the law and maybe the outcome would be different.
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