Judge Dismisses Criminal Charges Against Fired Philly Cops Due To No Evidence

A judge dismissed charges against two former Philadelphia police officers who were suspended and later fired.

A judge dismissed charges against two former Philadelphia police officers who had been charged with an illegal stop and search in East Mount Airy.

Municipal Court Judge Thomas Gehret dismissed charges of tampering with the public record, obstructing the administration of law, false imprisonment, official oppression, and conspiracy that had been filed against former Philadelphia Police Officers Matthew Walsh and Marvin Jones, citing a lack of evidence.

After the judge’s ruling, the former police officers hope to get their jobs back with Philadelphia PD. (Blue Lives Matter, November 20, 2018)
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When departments suspend and terminate their employees without complete due process, it is likely that those actions may be found to be inappropriate. Whether it is Philadelphia, or as we saw earlier the ruling that a Seattle Officer Who Punched Handcuffed Woman Can Have His Job Back it seems that the actions of the department administrators were inappropriate when terminating these employees.

Not only should the officers be reinstated, but all back-pay and allowances should be paid. Furthermore, some degree of compensation should be paid to these officers who were wrongly suspended and later fired.

Should the administrators who suspended and fired these officers be held accountable for their actions and the negative effect it had on these officers' lives?

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