“This verdict basically says that it is better that the officer get himself killed so as not to offend anyone.”
He did not offend someone, he KILLED someone. That is a slight difference.
Had he merely offended someone and was not following correct procedure he would have been at most sanctioned at work. But the killing part is sort of a big deal to most people.
The bullet ricocheted off of the stairwell wall and struck Gurley, who was on the seventh floor. Gurley, who was unarmed, died from a wound in his chest.<<
It was not an aimed shot, nor was the gun pointed at the victim. An innocent person is dead, but a little more complicated than others on this thread make it.
DK
People are way too quick to crucify police. Having read the reports it seems like the officer was not in the best of circumstances.
Ok. He killed someone. I would not jail him unless there was an intention to kill the guy. It seems like it was more of an accident than intentional.
This will only make the officers like in Baltimore where crime is up hundreds of percent. The citizens are telling police that they will be crucified at any excuse and the police in kind are saying they will do the minimum to police and the citizens can kill each other.
I don’t blame the police one bit.