'It was appalling and it hurt because I feel like they were cheering, rooting him on, for a death he caused,' her daughter, Annekquah Knight, said. 'They knew he was wrong. I think it's just because he was a trooper, and they look out for each other.'
Today I ran across yet another situation where a police officer killed someone, yet because they were on the job, faces absolutely no criminal charges. This time it's a 51 year old woman who's car was rammed in to at 90 miles per hour and whose granddaughter was flung through the windshield. The police officer who was on the way to a call without having his emergency lights on was fired, yet when brought to trial the officer who gave him the citation at the scene didn't show up, so the case was dismissed. WHAT?! This cop gets away with murder because one of his fellow cops decides not to show up to court that day? According to informationliberation:
On February 10, 2012, McClellan, 34, was responding to a call about someone throwing rocks from an overpass as he drove through Gadsden County.
As he drove to the scene without his emergency lights on, he reached speeds of more than 100mph and lost control as he travelled around a bend, where the recommended speed was just 35 mph.
He smashed into Michelle Campbell's vehicle, throwing her 12-year-old granddaughter through the windshield and injuring her niece. Ms Campbell, 51, died hours later.
As if that wasn't enough to enrage one against the police, just guess how the other officers in the court house reacted when McCellan's case was dismissed.
A newly-released video of Detrick McClellan's court hearing shows how troopers in the court room laughed as a distracted judge dismissed the case, before they shook the officer's hand.
Congratulation on getting away with murder. We're all so excited for you! At the very least the officer lost his job, but is that really justice?
He was fired and cited with three traffic violations, careless driving, speeding, and failure to use his emergency lights.
As he drove to the scene without his emergency lights on, he reached speeds of more than 100mph and lost control as he travelled around a bend, where the recommended speed was just 35 mph.
He smashed into Michelle Campbell's vehicle, throwing her 12-year-old granddaughter through the windshield and injuring her niece. Ms Campbell, 51, died hours later.
As if that wasn't enough to enrage one against the police, just guess how the other officers in the court house reacted when McCellan's case was dismissed.
A newly-released video of Detrick McClellan's court hearing shows how troopers in the court room laughed as a distracted judge dismissed the case, before they shook the officer's hand.
Congratulation on getting away with murder. We're all so excited for you! At the very least the officer lost his job, but is that really justice?
He was fired and cited with three traffic violations, careless driving, speeding, and failure to use his emergency lights.
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