[wideawake]

When you take phencyclidine and pull out a knife, your reasonable expectation of safely surviving the night drops to 100%.

Charging this as first degree murder is a political, not a legal decision.

[fingers_crossed]

Another reasonable expectation is going to jail, which is what should have happened in this case.

[TangledUpInBlue]

And if that’s true (political rather than legal) and the facts bear that out in court, all this is going to do is make the rioting that much worse once the case comes down.