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Police in a small Pennsylvania town launched a manhunt in 2020 for a suspect accused of shooting a fellow officer. According to a lawsuit filed against the department, the cops located their suspect only after harassing a bunch of innocent Black people.
A lawsuit claims Pennsylvania officers pummeled the Black community while looking for a shooter.
Share and speak up for justice, law & order... CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — Koby Lee Francis, the suspect accused of shooting McKeesport, Pa., Police Officer Jerry Athans and escaping custody, has been captured in West Virginia. The re-arrest occurred following a manhunt that involved multiple law enforcement agencies. Francis, 22, was taken into custody by U.S. Marshals at a Clarksburg, W.Va., apartment complex, the Allegheny County Police Department said in a news release. His arrest came just over a week after he was seen on video shooting Athans outside a police station, CBS Pittsburgh reported...
Wounded Officer Recovering, McKeesport police Officer Jerry Athans, 32, prepares to return fire Sunday after being shot three times by a suspect identified as Koby Lee Francis, 22. Francis is charged by Allegheny County police with attempted homicide. (Submitted photo via Allegheny County police) Holiday decorations in Kennedy Park on Lysle Boulevard spell out the words, “PEACE ON EARTH.” The scene captured by surveillance cameras on Sunday afternoon along Fourth Avenue — just behind those words — is anything but peaceful. Footage released by Allegheny County police on Monday shows a...