After the I-95 Shooting, It’s Time to Stop Pa. State Troopers from Investigating Themselves

It’s fair to question whether the state police can field an unbiased investigative team to provide the public with answers about the shooting of Anthony Allegrini Jr.

Last weekend, Pennsylvania State Police troopers responded to a call reporting kids driving wildly on I-95 in Philadelphia, doing “burnouts” and racing. At the scene, a trooper shot and killed 18-year-old Anthony Allegrini Jr., who was in one of the cars. At first glance, nothing good can come out of this situation. A young man is dead, and a trooper is being investigated for a homicide.

But there is one clear opportunity for positive change because of this terrible event: Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro can order the state police to stop trying to investigate themselves when a trooper kills a civilian.

Continue reading the entire piece here at The Philadelphia Inquirer

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Tom Hogan is an adjunct fellow at the Manhattan Institute.

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