People on the jury, who were kept from knowing what manner of man the agents were dealing with, upon hearing the entire truth afterwards, indicated they would not have voted to find them guilty.
If the shooting was justified in the least, and I believe it was, then what they did was a procedural and administrative mistake that should have been handled as such...and perhapos harshly in those terms...but these men should not have been sent to prison or been found guilty of felony charges.
The trial, in that regard, was a witch hunt by a politically charged prosecutor, IMHO.
The legal story here is not over and will not be until they have exhausted their appeals. We shall see how it stands at that point.
Should have reported discharging of firearms immediately and filed a subsequent written report.
People on the jury, who were kept from knowing what manner of man the agents were dealing with, upon hearing the entire truth afterwards, indicated they would not have voted to find them guilty.
A slimy tactic, but in truth has no bearing whatsoever on the the Officers' conduct. Officers don't get to pick and choose what to report no matter how slimy the criminal.
If the shooting was justified in the least, and I believe it was, then what they did was a procedural and administrative mistake that should have been handled as such...and perhapos harshly in those terms...but these men should not have been sent to prison or been found guilty of felony charges.
Agreed, it COULD have been handled administratively IF they had been truthful and forthcoming upon interview. However, they weren't, they misled the initial investigation, that's criminal in any book.
The trial, in that regard, was a witch hunt by a politically charged prosecutor, IMHO
If they wanted to be dealt with fairly, they shouldn't have tried to hide their crime. You can't choose your prosecutor and who doesn't know that some of them (most?) are zealous? I disagree with prison for them, because they could easily be murdered in prison. But they should NEVER be cops of any sort ever again, hence my support of criminal conviction.