Officers corrupt evidence in Immigrant killing

Standing trial before a jury not of the dead victim’s peers are Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, police officers Nestor, Moyer, and Hayes

Editing by Carolyn Bennett

In her opening statement at trial in the case of three police officers accused of abuse of power, altering evidence, obstructing justice in the 2008 killing of immigrant Luis Ramirez, federal prosecutor Myesha Braden said —

Like teachers and doctors, police officers are intimately connected with American culture. They are expected to protect and serve.

This is a case of police officers who decided to do the opposite of what they were expected to do.

Characters in this case —

Killers and/or accomplishes accused in killing Luis Ramirez (July 12, 2008):

Derrick Donchak
Brandon Piekarsky
Colin Walsh
Brian Scully

Accused conspirators and/or co-conspirators after the fact of the killing Luis Ramirez (July 12, 2008):

Former Shenandoah Police Chief Matthew Nestor
Lt. William Moyer
Patrol officer Jason Hayes

Federal charges against accused conspirator and/or co-conspirator police:

Conspiracy and obstruction of justice: orchestrating what prosecutors say was a swift cover-up of the circumstances of Luis Ramirez’s death.
Altering official statements of witnesses
Concealing evidence
Helping suspects and families [lie] create a story to hide the racial nature of the attack
Shift a measure of the blame from Brandon Piekarsky and Derrick Donchak to Brian Scully

Patrol officer Jason Hayes was dating Brandon Piekarsky’s mother on July 12, 2008. The couple has since become engaged.

Lt. William Moyer is accused of contacting Brian Scully’s parents and instructing them to get rid of the sneakers their son [had worn] on the night of the attack.

Lt. William Moyer and Patrolman Jason Hayes are accused by investigators of mischaracterizing a witness’s account in an official report to make it appear that Brian Scully had a greater role in the attack than he actually did.

“Relationships combined with privilege,” the prosecutor said, “overthrew the rule of law.”

Source
“Conspiracy Trial Opens for Pennsylvania Cops in Immigrant’s Killing” (Anti-Immigrant, Extremist Crime, Ryan Lenz, Southern Poverty Law Center), January 14, 2011, http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/01/14/conspiracy-trial-opens-for-pennsylvania-cops-in-immigrants-killing/?ondntsrc=MBQ110170HTW&newsletter=HW012011
Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), 400 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, AL 36104

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