There are a lot of murderers who didn’t do it on purpose. Your victim is still just as dead. You don’t have the luxury of making those kinds of mistakes without some kind of punishment. It’s not like you were driving a car and veered out of your lane....you pulled a gun and killed someone. If you’re that incompetent, you shouldn’t be walking the streets with a badge and gun.
“If you’re that incompetent, you shouldn’t be walking the streets with a badge and gun.”
Yes, incompetent. Yes, there’s no chance he’ll wear a badge again. But not “murderer”, as you suggest.
It sounds like they’ll come down with manslaughter, just as they would if someone were killed in an auto accident because of the driver’s negligence, inattention.
Yup. All the "sorry" in the world won't restore life to the dead man's carcass.
Personally, I'm amazed there is even a trial over this. Normally cops who kill citizens are given a few weeks paid vacation, the put bak out there to do it again, with more feeling.