Posted on 12/23/2007 5:15:36 PM PST by Sir Gawain
cop targets wrong house for home invasion
In what I hope is just an isolated incident, an eleven year veteran Philadelphia police officer has been arrested after allegedly participating in a home invasion in nearby Montgomery County, then leading police on a 130 m.p.h. chase:
Malik Snell, an 11-year veteran of the police department, was the alleged getaway driver after the home invasion turned violent, Ferman said yesterday. Ferman said Snell led Pottstown police on a chase that reached 130 m.p.h.
Philadelphia police said Snell was suspended for 30 days with intent to dismiss. Snell has been a police officer since 1996, according to city payroll records. He is assigned to the 18th District in West Philadelphia.
The break-in took place after midnight on Rowland Street in Pottstown, Ferman said. Snell waited in an SUV while his brother-in-law, Tyree Aimes, also of Philadelphia, and Stephon Gibson, forced their way inside the property, she said.
Ferman said the men were looking to retaliate against someone they thought had stolen money from a friend of theirs who was a drug dealer.
Apparently, the men picked the wrong address and broke into the apartment of a couple who were not involved, Ferman said. Aimes and Gibson beat the couple at gunpoint and fled, Ferman said. Snell and Aimes left in the SUV; Gibson was left behind, she said.
Pottstown police were soon in pursuit of Snell's vehicle, traveling north on Route 422. The high-speed chase spilled into Berks County, where Exeter Township police tried to lay out spike strips to stop the SUV. More here. While it's bad enough to think that the cop was the getaway driver, absent from both reports is a more chilling detail which found its way into Fox News:
The victim of a home invasion and robbery tells Fox Philadelphia a police officer was one of the men who tied his girlfriend up with an iron cord.
Investigators say Philadelphia Officer Malik Snell was an active participant in a robbery and break-in in Pottstown over the weekend. It's also believed he drove the getaway car for two other men involved in the crime.
Homeowner Stephen Stackhouse spoke first with Fox's Sharon Crowley.
"They came in, grabbed me by my throat, pushed me to the wall and told me to get down," said Stackhouse.
Stackhouse eventually broke free and called police. He says while he did that, Snell went to upstairs and tied up his girlfriend with the cord from an iron.
"They belong in jail. I don't care if he's a cop," said Stackhouse. And suppose he'd not been caught. How many other crimes might the man have committed? Will we ever know how many of them might have been committed under color of police authority?
This is the sort of thing which typifies police in Third World countries.
I'm ashamed to see it in Philadelphia, and I sincerely hope it's not a trend.
(Of course crooked cops and the war on drugs go hand in hand.)
Actually, it was more of a “I want my Guardian Civic League Rep”.
The Guardian Civic League is a black police officer organization that has much power in Philadelphia politics.
No.
Knowing Philly there wasn’t one anyway.
No. It's "We’re the police and we’re here to help ourselves".
Wow, that's never happened. (/s)
This POS needs be eat the business end of a forty caliber. Worthless dirt bag. I guess you cops are there are proud of this one to.
Cops are humans also with all the defects.
There are good cops and bad cops just as there are good and bad people.
They should be held to a higher standard, just like politicians and judges and religious leaders because of the trust they are given.
Time off with pay=vacation.
“What gets a cop fired immediately?”
LOL
“They should be held to a higher standard, just like politicians and judges and religious leaders because of the trust they are given.”
Dave Letterman is still looking for writers.
I hope it's very uncomfortable to sit down for a very long time...
Sharpton and Jesse are packing a bag -
Elect Obama - see/hear it on a national level
Obama is not a Michael Steele, a Clarence Thomas, etc
Seems more like a case of bad cops involved with an argument with their druggie cohorts
Now we know the ‘real reason’ Fast Eddie Rendell and his bro’s from Philly want to “get the guns” away from decent folk who are still in the filthy hole of a city—Vote Demonrat and get the same treatment in your town
I already know what I’ll be called for saying this, but....
Show me one well-run city that is led by a black mayor.....or one well-run country led by a black leader. Just....one.
I was in Philly once several years ago and got a cab ride to the airport from a guy who claimed to be a retired cop (white guy in his late 50's). He told me some stories that still make my blood run cold about abusing and beating suspects. "I ought to be in jail for some of the things I've done", and then laughed. God that was scary.
“Malik”?
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