1 year later, Eddie Irizarry is remembered in poetry
On Aug. 14, the anniversary of his shooting by Philadelphia police, an anthology of poetry about police violence is published.
9 months ago
File - Hundreds of people protest in Philadelphia on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023, against former Philadelphia police officer Mark Dial's charges being dismissed in the shooting death of Eddie Irizarry Jr. Charges were reinstated in October, then last summer, the first-degree murder charge was dropped. Dial is currently facing a third-degree murder charge. (Cory Sharber/WHYY)
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The jury trial for former Philadelphia police officer Mark Dial is scheduled to begin on Monday.
Dial is facing third-degree murder in the death of Eddie Irizarry in August 2023.
Dial was initially charged with first-degree murder, but the district attorney withdrew that charge in August.
Dial has been out on $200,000 bail ever since.
The defense had argued that prosecutors did not turn over an expert witness report on Pennsylvania’s use-of-force law. That pushed the trial back until this month, to give Dial’s team time to respond to that report.
Dial shot Irizarry multiple times through the driver’s side window during a traffic stop, which was captured on his body camera footage.
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