Answering the call of duty, 29 Philadelphia Police Academy recruits graduate and join the ranks, amid controversy after officer-involved shooting of Eddie Irizarry.
29 recruits graduated from the Philadelphia Police Academy Friday amid the support of their families and friends while controversy swirls around a police killing in North Philadelphia nearly two weeks ago.
The sound of bagpipes fills Temple’s Performing Arts Center as the police recruits graduate from the Police Academy and move to the cusp of their new careers. 25-year-old Azieme Lindsey, supported by his mom and sister, says police work is "a calling." Asked how he’ll face the ongoing challenges of big city policing, Azieme Lindsey said he’ll take the challenges, "day by day. I don’t have any experience. Everything that’s going to happen on the streets is based on experience I gain."
The joy and beaming pride of the graduation is tempered by the swirling controversy of the police killing of 27-year-old Eddie Irizarry as he sat his car in North Philadelphia nearly two weeks ago. The release of security camera video on Tuesday shows officer Mark Dial shooting and killing Irizarry within seconds of arriving after his partner seems to yell Irizarry has a knife.
for failure to take part in the department’s probe of the killing as an attorney for the Irizarry family promises a wrongful death lawsuit against the city and officer.
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