Former officer Eric Ruch fatally shot Dennis Plowden Jr. after a car chase and crash in East Germantown.
Opening statements concluded and the first witnesses were called on Tuesday morning in the trial of a former Philadelphia police officer charged with third-degree murder in a December 2017 shooting.
However, defense attorney David Mischak countered that the prosecution did not paint the correct scene of the circumstances leading up to the shooting.Mischak said police initially pursued Plowden because he was driving a car that had been linked to a homicide, and that officers were cautioned occupants of the car should be considered armed and dangerous.Mischak also said Ruch arrived to "mayhem and havoc" created by the car chase after Plowden fled authorities.
"My son was 5 months old at the time. Now he's 5 years old," she said to Action News outside the courtroom. "It's not been an easy road."Due to COVID-19 protocol, the family has to watch the trial on video monitors from a separate courtroom. Bond took issue with that and said she wanted to be there in person.
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