How do you know he was driving carelessly? The girl might have darted out in front of him.
The girl was out with her 18 year old cousin.
Here’s how I see it.
Cop is on bike, and in a hurry, not paying attention.
kid and 18 year old care crossing the street, biker doesn’t see them, till he has to bail.
Cop bails, hits and injures kid who thankfully doesn’t die.
I’m a cop. I know I just made a huge mistake and I have a dad running at me.
The first response of the cop should be to call for emergency assistance. He may not have his phone on him because he ditched. His first thought, (and would have saved the life of the father), should have been, “hang on, let me call an ambulance”.
The cop doesn’t have very long, say a couple of minutes after ditching to make up his mind. He might not have even gotten up before the father was on him.
Tough situation here - but there has to be a better solution than shooting the father and shooting to kill.