Philly Cop Charged With Manslaughter for Hitting and Killing Pedestrian While Speeding
Source: NBC News
by AVALON ZOPPO
APR 27 2017, 8:57 PM ET
A Philadelphia cop was arrested Wednesday after speeding alongside another officer led to the death of a 50-year-old pedestrian crossing the street earlier this year.
Adam Soto, 24, has been charged with involuntary manslaughter and homicide by vehicle for the Jan. 31 incident in which he hit and killed Philadelphia resident Daniel Dimitri.
Authorities said Soto was "recklessly driving" at the time. He was driving over 80 miles per hour in a school zone with a 30 mph speed limit, the district attorney's office said.
Another off-duty officer, 25-year-old Tony Forest, was driving at high speeds in the same direction as Soto at the time of the accident, police said. Forest has not been arrested, but was charged with violating the department's policies.
Read more: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/philly-cop-charged-manslaughter-hitting-killing-pedestrian-while-speeding-n752071
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I grabbed another article from today to replace it, as I hadn't seen any reply on the thread, yet!
Here's the one here originally:
South Carolina Republican: scrap slave memorial if Confederate monument goes
Sheri Few blames ‘weak politicians’ for taking down Confederate flag
Pastor calls Few’s ad citing Charleston shooting ‘completely distasteful’
Adam Gabbatt in New York
@adamgabbatt
Wednesday 26 April 2017 14.28 EDT
A South Carolina candidate for US Congress, who has been criticized for using the 2015 killings of nine black church members in a campaign advert, has said the removal of a Confederate monument in the state should be matched by the removal of a memorial to African American slaves.
Sheri Few, who is running for South Carolina’s fifth congressional district, was condemned by the pastor of the Emanuel AME church last week for a “completely distasteful” advertisement in which she criticized “weak politicians” for removing the Confederate flag from South Carolina’s statehouse in 2015, while wielding a semi-automatic rifle.
Few has made the flag’s removal, and the preservation of Confederate memorabilia, a central part of her campaign. On Monday she told the Guardian she stood by her controversial ad, and said if elected she would focus on “fighting the destruction of every bit of Confederate memorabilia in our country”.
Few’s comments came as New Orleans began to remove four Confederate monuments in the city. A number of statues celebrating the Confederacy have been removed across the country in recent years, and some streets named after Confederate generals have been renamed.
More:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/apr/26/south-carolina-republican-slave-monument-sheri-few
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She would probably love it if he fondled her gun!
Sorry about my post switch.
