Monday, January 31, 2011
TBD: No Charges in 2009 Joyner Shooting
TBD reports that no charges will be fired again Park Police officers in the 2009 shooting of Trey Joyner. Joyner shooting sparked high tensions and conspiracy theories. Some believed that Joyner had been shot in the back while unarmed. The Justice Department investigation, conducted by the US Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania after DC recused itself, has cleared all officers, and determined that Joyner aimed a loaded firearm towards an officer immediately prior to the shooting. Joyner was shot and died in an alley off Holbrook Street. Joyner was expected to be indicted only days after he was shot on charges related to a 2008 triple murder that also occurred on Holbrook Street.
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*dong dong*
Good to hear.
It's tragic that his life had to end with him getting shot by the police. But with the lifestyle he was leading the blame should be put entirely on him and/or his parents.
I'm relieved to hear that the police are off the hook with this whole mess. It's absurd to think they did anything wrong.
I remember that night and am pretty sure I heard multiple shots, fired in quick succession. I guess what they're saying is either the first shot spun him around or he spun around himself before the other shots were fired.
I'm glad this is over and that they didn't really shoot him in the back like it was rumored. But I don't think it's absurd to think police might've done something wrong. They're human and can make mistakes.
His death is a direct result of his life choices.
You do what you do, you get what you get.
If I remember correctly, he had a gun on him and he ran away. Who knows what he did in that alley. Had he just knelt and put his hands up I'm pretty sure he would not have been shot.
It's crazy that the police officers have to go through this nonsense after all their hard work and dedication trying to do their job in a somewhat violent neighborhood.
I can understand procedures need to be followed any time an officer fires his weapon, but the shit that he took from local community members and "witnesses" was really uncalled for and ABSURD in my opinion.
The same folks who "witnessed" him being shot in the back were also telling us what a fine upstanding member of society he was, how he was never involved in any kind of drama, and that he only carried a gun for self-protection--cause you never know who you're going to run into out there on the street.
Of course, now we find out "Joyner was expected to be indicted only days after he was shot on charges related to a 2008 triple murder that also occurred on Holbrook Street."
At least he's unlikely to kill anyone else now.
"It's tragic that his life had to end with him getting shot by the police."
There's nothing more refreshing than hearing about police officers being exonerated for unloading on a guy that was pointing a loaded weapon. I think of it as almost a civic duty -- they helped that guy escape the "cycle of violence" that has continued to plague our community. And did so without imposing an exorbitant burden on taxpayers like you and me!
live by the sword, die by the sword.
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