The cop and his mother are the parties who should be sued. And bankrupted. She worked for the city and put in his paperwork so that his past that would have disqualified him from the job was not seen before he was hired. Her (or their) fraud would either absolve or reduce culpability on the city’s part
Further, Mrs. Cook’s husband died shortly after her murder, so that would reduce the damages significantly. It’s a sad story. The fault,tho, goes back to the cop and his mother.
If this kind of shit is to stop then the the buck must stop where it gets handed out to the thugs DOING the harm, you hire a thug, you keep said thug on the payroll, that thug,IN YOUR NAME, acts like a thug, YOU GET FINANCIALLY EVICERATED!
“Further, Mrs. Cook’s husband died shortly after her murder...”
Poor man. I imagine the grief of losing his wife so horrifically was too much for him.