Ashley Fallis was killed on New Years Day of 2012 after the couple had hosted a New Years Eve party for their friends at their home the evening before. Her husband had consumed a large amount of alcohol but became enraged when someone had brought marijuana to the party and threw everyone out of the house.
According to witness testimony, neighbors overheard Fallis yelling at his wife, and her pleading with him to get off of her. One neighbor said that he overheard the former officer confess to the killing, and one of the couple’s young children even gave eyewitness testimony to police, and stated that her father had killed her mother.
The 6-year-old little girl heartbreakingly told detectives that she saw “daddy getting the gun ready” and “saw daddy shoot mommy.”
Dream job ! Hang out with your bad ass German Shepard.. smoke blunts..play some fetch, go for high speed drives through the shitty side of town...sweet
police above the law? Case after case where police refuse to charge fellow officers certainly makes it seem that way.
Now, in Contra Costa County, California a Richmond police officer who was found with marijuana in his home earlier this year is not going to face charges.
The police and Contra Costa County District Attorney both confirmed that it is unlikely that they will charge the officer, but they are not sure if he will continue on the police force.
While the prohibition on the marijuana plant is clearly a key issue of State incursion on personal liberties and decision-making of citizens, Veteran K-9 officer Joe Avila is receiving special treatment that no ordinary individuals caught with the same quantities of the plant would be afforded. This brings up a broader issue of police over-prosecuting citizens and refusing to charge members of their own forces.