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Did you read the entire article? I case you did not:
The Sheriff's Department conducted its own probe and forwarded the results to the district attorney's office Feb. 10 without a recommendation on whether charges should be filed.

WITHOUT a recommendation? On whose orders? Have you watched the video?

At the time, the sheriff said the videotape "arouses a lot of suspicion" about what occurred, but he added that the tape is fuzzy and contains gaps, making it difficult to put the entire chain of events in clear perspective.

A lot of suspicion? I saw nothing suspicious-just a bad cop shooting an unarmed man lying on the ground three times! Fuzzy? Maybe. Gaps? What gaps?

"In any type of investigation it is the responsibility of the Sheriff's Department to put together all the facts. ... The district attorney's role is to take those facts and determine whether there is sufficient evidence to issue a criminal complaint. Obviously that was their choice in this investigation," Penrod said Tuesday.

Are you aware the videographer was stopped by cops 3 times in twelve hours after the incident and had his vehicle thoroughly searched each time? What was the reasoning behind that? If this sheriff was any kind of decent human being the cop would have been fired WITHOUT any pay and charges brought or at least recommended. Look, my father worked 27 years with a large police force,and I was raised to have the utmost respect for good cops who put their lives on the lines for all the rest of us. But there are indeed bad cops and I have NO respect for these scumbags OR the ones who protect them and alow them to continue preying on the rest of those around them just because they have a badge and a gun.

If the San Bernardino Sherriff wants to investigate, I guess that's their right, but I feel much better about the shooting being investigated by the FBI.

Since the shooting I have seen reports that the vidiographer and the driver have been harassed. That is outrageous nd unacceptable. First, the videographer is responsible for this whole thing coming to light. We would never have known about it otherwise. It would have been the airmans word against the cop, and the cop would say anything to justify his actions. For the driver to be harassed is also outrageous and irresponsible. Why isn't his sorry butt in jail? He led police on a high speed chase, that ended in a crash for crying out loud! He could have killed the airman or some other innocent person. The airman lived through the crash only to get shot, but it all started with the actions of the driver. The cop was wrong to shoot. This was a bad shooting, period. Harassing the videographer was wrong under any circumstances, but what in the heck is the driver doing breathing the air of freedom?

Are you aware the videographer was stopped by cops 3 times in twelve hours after the incident and had his vehicle thoroughly searched each time?

Are you aware that he was subsequently extradited to Florida for his own traffic violations?

Sounds like LEO was trying to destroy evidence and obstruct justice.

First off I'd like to be clear that I am not defending the officer involved except to say that his actions do not fit the classic definition of attempted first degree murder. The DA should charge him with the crime that best fits his actions and one that would result in a conviction from the jury. Same goes for a DUI driver that kills another motorist with his vehicle. He is not charged with first degree murder but manslaughter. By the way, manslaughter is second degree murder.

The answer to Sheriff Penrod not making a recommendation was answered in your own post

"In any type of investigation it is the responsibility of the Sheriff's Department to put together all the facts. ... The district attorney's role is to take those facts and determine whether there is sufficient evidence to issue a criminal complaint. Obviously that was their choice in this investigation," Penrod said Tuesday.

It is procedural for an officer to be placed on paid administrative leave because if the jury does not convict the officer he may get his job back and the department must give him back pay plus all benefits and the department would be subject to a law suit. And you can thank the liberal judges in California for this.