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In article <3A6979A0.29ED@hotmail.com>,
  ofr55666@hotmail.com wrote:
> Ken M. wrote:
> >
> > Jury acquits teen accused in death of police officer
> > Jurors attribute surprising verdict to conflicting testimony;
> > Gavin killed during chase
> >
> > By Caitlin Francke and Peter Hermann
> > Sun Staff
> > Originally published Jan 20 2001
> >
> > A teen-ager who killed a police officer when he crashed into a
> > patrol car during a high-speed chase was set free yesterday after
> > a Baltimore jury acquitted him of all charges - a verdict that
> > stunned police, prosecutors and even the defendant's mother.
>
> > The jury deliberated about four hours before clearing Eric D.
> > Stennett of murder, attempted murder and vehicular manslaughter
> > charges, even though his own lawyer admitted that Stennett was
> > driving the speeding Ford Bronco that killed Officer Kevon M. Gavin.
>
> What's the surprise? If a cop mows down someone, he walks.
>
> > "I'm speechless," said Assistant State's Attorney Lisa Goldberg,
> > who prosecuted the case in Baltimore Circuit Court over the past
> > two weeks.
>
> Cops deliberately put themselves in harms way to justify killing the
> person to stop him. They jump in front of cars then open fire.
>
> Change the policy.
>
> > Police Commissioner Edward T. Norris called the case a
> > "no-brainer" for conviction. He said the not guilty verdict
> > felt like "a kick in the stomach."
>
> Stop sniveling.
>
> > Even Stennett's mother, who leaped from her seat in the
> > courtroom pew to hug weeping family members when the verdict
> > was announced, acknowledged that she was surprised that he
> > had not been convicted on some charge because police pulled him
> > out of the car that crushed Officer Gavin.
> >
> > "He was there," said Stennett's mother, Margaret Beady. But,
> > she added, "I don't believe my child was driving."
>
> > The officer's widow, Lisa Gavin, was so distraught she was
> > escorted out of the back of the courthouse to avoid a media
> > throng. She had to drive to New York yesterday to attend a
> > funeral for her late husband's grandmother, who had died of cancer.
> >
> > Jurors declined to be interviewed at the courthouse, but some
> > later said prosecution witnesses gave contradictory testimony
> > that undercut the case.
>
> The police started the chase.
>
> Nice policy, geniuses.
>
> > Stennett was expected to be released from the city jail last night.
>
> This wouldn't even be an issue if it were an innocent bystander, which
> the cop wasn't. He was part of the hunting party.
>
> > ===================================================================
> > Read the entire story at:
> > http://www.sunspot.net/content/cover/story?section=cover&pagename=story&storyid=1150540207909
> > --
> > (ken)
> >
> > My Chihuahua sits quietly in her crate:
> > http://www.zyworld.com/maryland/sweetie.htm
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>  Please forgive OFR. He's still pouting because his heroe lost his ass and was proven to be a loser like him. OFR is sick.
              Sgt. Doe


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