“Any police department (or university faculty, or military unit, etc.) is only as good as the worst psycho they tolerate.” ~ H/T RedStateRocker
Even if you're also a cop!
Posted on 12/20/2019 7:55:09 AM PST by BenLurkin
Mullis killed his friend, Sgt. Rod Lucas, on Oct. 31, 2016. The two were part of the sheriff’s Special Investigations Unit and were at their office near Fresno Yosemite International Airport when Mullis took his gun from his holster to show Lucas how well it held the gun, witnesses testified.
A shot rang out and Lucas was struck in the chest. He died at a hospital.
“There was no animosity there, Jared loved Rod,” defense attorney Roger Wilson said in his closing statement. “This was just a horrible tragedy and no one was to blame.”
The jury...reached a verdict after about 90 minutes of deliberations...
(Excerpt) Read more at ktla.com ...
I bet it was a Glock.
“no one was to blame”
Oh, so the shooter did not mistakenly point a loaded weapon at his friend and the trigger pulled itself.
I’d have to say no regular citizen would be given the same treatment. Sad that this happened, but you or I would get convicted if we did this. In particular if we shot an officer. Different rules for different people isn’t the way it is supposed to work.
ALWAYS follow the rules of firearms. This couldn't have happened if he did.
No kidding. In the Marine Corps there were no “accidental discharges,” there were only intentional or negligent discharges. We were professionals and professionals DO NOT have accidents. Anyone who had a negligent was headed to the brig and was losing rank. That is the very least that should happen to this officer.
Agree.
“ALWAYS follow the rules of firearms. This couldn’t have happened if he did.”
1. Always keep your booger hook ON the bang lever.
2. Frequently take it out and wave it around carelessly.
3. Don’t worry; be happy.
What else?
“Any police department (or university faculty, or military unit, etc.) is only as good as the worst psycho they tolerate.” ~ H/T RedStateRocker
Even if you're also a cop!
This was an accident due to gross negligence. But doesn’t the “involuntarily” in involuntary manslaughter mean just that?
“We were professionals and professionals DO NOT have accidents.”
B I N G O!
There’s the old saying “dead men tell no tales.”
It wasn’t an accident.
Something like this happened within the OC Sheriff Dept many years ago. It was a training session and a white cop shot a black cop when he thought he had loaded blanks. He also faced no criminal charges but the racial angle was all over the news.
You read my mind. Its always a glock.
I guess they need some new Legal definitions.
Negligent Manslaughter?
Accidental Manslaughter?
Oops Manslaughter?
Hold my Beer Manslaughter?
I agree, a regular citizen would have been convicted and sentenced to the maximum sentence. The officer is guilty of criminal negligence at the very least. But hey, cops get special consideration and their stupidity is ignored.
Whatever the Legal ramifications, the guy will be consumed with Guilt for the rest of his Life.
My 1980s gun manual said that 35% of officer shootings are self-inflicted & 40% of officer shootings are partner-inflicted.
> I guess they need some new Legal definitions. <
As mentioned elsewhere, this deputy probably got off just because he was a deputy. If you or I had been that negligent, there would have been serious consequences.
So maybe he should have been charged with a “Privileged Class Mishap”. That charge is always dismissed. You can ask Hillary about that.
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