Sounds to me like he ran a stop sign and ran into a car.
He did not have malicious intent. He was not intoxicated.
He made a moving violation as anyone else would do. Except this time, tragically, another car was in his path.
It could have happened to anyone...
"It could have happened to anyone..."
Only to idiots who run stop signs. Just cause you run stop signs all the time, don't think that everyone does.
Only to fools who run stop signs.
Treat the cop as you would any other driver.
Two counts of negligent or vehicular homicide.
isn't that the definition of manslaughter????
vehicular manslaughter n. the crime of causing the death of a human being due to illegal driving of an automobile, including gross negligence, drunk driving, reckless driving, or speeding. Vehicular manslaughter can be charged as a misdemeanor (minor crime with a maximum punishment of a year in county jail or only a fine) or a felony (punishable by a term in state prison) depending on the circumstances. Gross negligence or driving a few miles over the speed limit might be charged as a misdemeanor, but drunk driving resulting in a fatality is most likely treated as a felony. Death of a passenger, including a loved one or friend, can be vehicular manslaughter if due to illegal driving.
Blowing through a stop sign is illegal driving.
"He did not have malicious intent. He was not intoxicated.
He made a moving violation as anyone else would do. Except this time, tragically, another car was in his path.
It could have happened to anyone..."
That may be. The only point I am making is that these days the law is applied differently to police officers in most cases. If this had been you or I then they would have already thrown the book at us without further need of investigation. But you are right that accidents do happen. There are times when one might miss seeing a light or stop sign for whatever reason. Not seeing that a car is comming the other way it harder though.