Ahh, gotcha. Perhaps she should have been cited for felonious tresspassing. I mean, being in the wrong place, at the wrong time, but on purpose
The facts as presented at trial are as follows:
Trooper Harper pulled the car in which she was riding over for a broken taillight. (wink wink)
She was told to get out of the car which she did with her hands up.
After a scuffle with another defendant who was actually found guilty of shooting the officers, she was shot with her hands up, and wounded, climbed back into the car.
Trooper Harper testified that Assate never shot at him or Trooper Foerster.
Because she was a passenger in that car she was charged under NJ law as being an accomplice to the crime.
What is strange is that Trooper Harper did not report Trooper Foerster as having been shot for almost an hour after he walked into the Trooper station to report the incident. Trooper Foerster was discovered lying dead on the ground by a third Trooper who independently went over to examine the crime scene.
Very strange story. I think BSB may be right. I think this may very well have been a coon hunting expedition gone bad. And i wouldn't be surprised if Harper actually was the one who shot Foerster trying to cover up his own ineptitude in shooting an unarmed woman, in her process of surrendering.
