Police Weig about shootings speaks volumes

The problem is not the fault or innocence of the man or the charges with which they were exposed to or whether the police did the right thing when shooting Lyle Cessna.

This is the most recent example of the fact that information about a police pleasure is held back.

It was only on February 18, in which the details finally came to light in a Munhall prison cell on February 10, on February 10, on February 18.

This follows for months after the district prosecutor of Allegheny County, Stephen A. Zappala Jr., in the name of Swat officers who shot a mentally ill man in the Upper St. Clair in January 2024. This was not the only case in 2024 in which the name was kept confidential.

But with the fatal shootings by Austyn Cousins ​​in the same month, Charles McGrath and Selwyn Brown in June 2024 and Gregory Carlson in July 2024 it was the police officers who were kept calm.

That shouldn't happen. People have the right to know who held the weapon who shot someone – whether the actions were confirmed or not.

But if the name of the name is that of a person, it feels more questionable. In the cases of Munhall and East Vandergrift, these were people who were arrested. This brings them to the system and creates a paper lane of interaction with the police. In addition to the information about Docket, there are affidavits for likely causes that cause the background story and the circumstances of the arrest.

How can a law enforcement authority justify shooting a person and keeping the name under lock and key?

“Whether it's good, bad buy, it doesn't matter,” said John Rago, deputy professor of law at Duquesne University. “It must be responsible for that.”

The provision of information is not an indictment against the victim or the officer. It is simply information.

And silence is always more suspicious than answering a question.