That was quick: Fired, and referred to DA for further action. If there were justice, that further action would be taken.
It’s sad, though, that between two other officers six feet away, and a journalist who posted photos thousands of miles away, that the latter is better at detecting possible criminal misdoing on the part of a another officer. It shows both the power of the new media (or, at least relative to the old media - where was the TN press?) and also the power of the Blue Wall of Silence.
I doubt we have heard the last of this story.
The young student will probably hire a lawyer and settle with the county.