Philly lawyers blasted woman's screams at 5am, terrifying a neighborhood

[EllsworthToohey]

Originally published at: Philly lawyers blasted woman's screams at 5am, terrifying a neighborhood - Boing Boing

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[someguy]

Guess they proved their point, though.

ETA: Ugh, what a horrible case:

In the early morning hours of November 27, 2001, Mr. Hicks heard the screams of a woman being raped in an alley in South Philadelphia and went to her aid. Police arriving at the scene completely misread the situation, erroneously assuming Mr. Hicks was the assailant, and shot him three times in the back. Realizing Mr. Hicks did not match the description of the attacker provided by a neighbor to 911 and that he was unarmed, the officers embarked on a cover-up, which included:

A bunch of lies by cops under oath, including that he pulled a gun. (The gun they “found” on him actually belonged to a cop.)

I hope he gets a gazzilion dollars and every cop involved spends their lives in jail.

[Mister44]

involved playing a recording of a woman screaming at 122 decibels for over an hour starting at 5:30 a.m.

AN HOUR??

Why not like 5 seconds, you either heard a scream or you didn’t

@someguy

In the early morning hours of November 27, 2001, Mr. Hicks heard the screams of a woman being raped in an alley in South Philadelphia and went to her aid. Police arriving at the scene completely misread the situation, erroneously assuming Mr. Hicks was the assailant, and shot him three times in the back. Realizing Mr. Hicks did not match the description of the attacker provided by a neighbor to 911 and that he was unarmed, the officers embarked on a cover-up, which included:

Jesus H Christ!