Prosecutors seek to revoke bail curiously given to Philadelphia cop charged with first-degree murder

• Philadelphia prosecutors are seeking to revoke bail for police officer Mark Dial.
• Dial was charged last week with first-degree murder over the killing of Eddie Irizarry.

At a hearing early next week, Philadelphia prosecutors will argue for revoking the bail of a police officer charged with first-degree murder.

On September 8, Mark Dial, an officer with the Philadelphia Police Department, was arraigned on charges related to the killing of 27-year-old Eddie Irizarry last month.

Police initially claimed that Irizarry was killed after lunging at officers with a knife. But bodycam footage revealed that Irizarry never left his car — and was shot by Dial within seconds of the officer exiting his own vehicle.

Because Dial faces a murder charge, prosecutors will argue at a hearing next week that he should not have been granted pre-trial release, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. After Dial turned himself in, the local Fraternal Order of Police posted $50,000 to bail him out, the outlet noted; the union earlier issued a statement saying it would offer its "full support" to the officer, who faces termination after failing to cooperate with an international investigation, according to Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw.

That Dial was granted bail at all was "highly unusual," KYW Newsradio reported, noting that it is typically denied in Pennsylvania when the defendant faces the possibility of a life sentence. In addition to murder, the officer has also been charged with, among other things, voluntary manslaughter, aggravated assault, and reckless endangerment.

An attorney for Dial did not respond to a request for comment from Insider.

Dial is one of several police officers who have now faced charges related to on-duty acts of violence since Larry Krasner was first elected district attorney in 2017. Last year, a jury convicted former officer Eric Ruch of voluntary manslaughter over the killing of an unarmed man following a high-speed car chase.

A preliminary hearing, where prosecutors will outline their case against Dial, is scheduled for September 26.

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