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.
So you are explicitly denigrating the whole manslaughter charge, which is predicated on lack of intention?
And some people are way to quick to justify anything the police do. He shot an unarmed man who posed no threat to him or anyone else and who had made no threatening action of any kind. If that is not wrong then what is?
Ok, well if you here a disturbance, ran into a darkened stairwell with a drawn gun, were startled or bumped or anything and the gun went off and you killed someone, what do you think would happen to you? If a regular citizen would have been not charged or not convicted on the same set of facts, then my perception is wrong. If not, then the jury and my perception is right.
When you do something wrong and someone ends up dead, the consequences in modern America tough. That you are wearing a badge to me says you are more required to have your weapon under control than if you not wearing a badge.
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.
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Your reasoning and others who deny the guilt of the officer is very flawed.
The officer is not being punished for intentionally shooting anybody but it is NOT an accident. When a drunk driver kills someone by running over them it is NOT an accident. When someone decides to practice shooting targets in his back yard and one of the bullets hits a person and kills them it is NOT an accident.
When a police officer who is afraid of being where he is keeps his finger on his hair trigger and shoots without meaning to it is NOT an accident. When the shooting or running over above results in death it is “manslaughter” pure and simple.
Why anyone would think a police officers life is worth a penny more than the person he shoots without meaning to is beyond me. I would think just the opposite, we trust the police, give them power over us, they should not be haphazardly killing us. That is what happened here.
Cops get paid for taking chances in unsafe situations, not for killing innocent people so they can go home at night.
I am sickened at the attitude of many here on the cop's side. It is not an accident!
“It seems like it was more of an accident than intentional.”
So, you think it is OK to shoot into a darkened place without knowing what you are shooting at is a threat??
After Barney accidentally shot the guy, what did he do?
Perform CPR? (Nope, his CPR training was bogus)
Call 911?
Nope. He and his partner let the guy bleed to death while they called their union rep!!!!!!
While the victim’s girlfriend frantically knocked on doors begging for help, these cold blooded goons were begging their union rep for protection while the innocent man bled to death.
Pathetic sissyboys. They should BOTH go to prison.