Deliveryman Gets $4.4M for Mistaken Shooting by Philly Cops

Philippe Holland made his last delivery of the night, a cheeseburger order to a rowhouse near Kingsessing, when two plainclothes officers opened fire on his vehicle. Police Commissioner Richard Ross, first deputy commissioner in 2014, told NBC10 at the time that the officers were responding to a shooting.

"They're surveying the area and they see this male walking with a hoodie," Ross said at the time. "He's got his hands in his pocket and at that time, they order him to stop, and identify themselves."

Holland either didn't hear them or thought they were fake cops trying to rob him, according to reports from 2014. When he got in his car and started to drive, the officers opened fire. Holland suffered bullet wounds to his head and body.

There are no words...what the fuck? What kind of dipshits are they hiring? Yeah, I know...all kinds. But my mind is blown at the sheer stupidity of walking around at night, in plain clothes, and telling a guy who's minding his own business to stop, and then opening fire on his car as he drives away. Brain..it hurts...

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