Cop kills passerby - and goes free

19th March 2011

The officer has yet to face charges for the killing

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A police officer who shot dead an innocent man is still walking the streets, having faced no charges for the killing.

28-year-old Andrzej Swoszowski was caught in the crossfire when police opened fire on a driver who failed to stop at a roadblock in the southern town of Tuchow on January 12 this year.

Mr Swoszowski, who was passing by, later died from head wounds as a result of the shooting, but according to Polish news, nobody has been arrested for the death.

According to reports in Gazeta Krakowska, authorities stopped the vehicle and, suspicious that the driver was under the influence of alcohol, directed it to the nearby town of Tuchow, where they would be able to carry out a br ...

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