Yep, I would have followed him too.
I was queasy about the dynastic thing, with all those Bushes, but Jeb stood up and was doing the right thing.
But then he caved completely, and inexplicably.
He keeps saying that he does not have the power, but that is not true. It's even craven. He has the power, he does not want to take the heat.
Neither do the guys who ride into real bullets in real combat, but they do, because they believe in a higher cause. For Jeb to do the right thing involved no physical danger to himself or anyone else. He would save a life, which weighs very heavily in favor of the action. What is the absolute worst that could happen? A lot of folks get very angry and huff and puff and try to impeach him. Perhaps some cops don't obey and you end up with a fight between cops following the orders of their chain of command, and cops obeying the judiciary. That's it.
At the end of the day, the worst possible thing would be that the Florida Legislature would impeach him and remove him from office. In which case he'd still be Jeb Bush, still be a multimillionaire, and have the honor and respect of millions (that's assuming they could actually impeach him: they don't have the votes to really do it).
Instead, he chose to wash his hands of an innocent woman's death, and claim - completely falsely - that he had no power to stop it. Pontius Pilate.
George Bush, with Executive power in the White House, has made the same decision.
Very unfortunate.
Reminds me of their father, caving on taxes. Just as inexplicable too.
Perhaps it is like that Captain in Band of Brothers who became ineffectual in actual or near-actual combat, yet who was superb in support and training roles.