I can tell you right now that issue is not guilt or innocence. Trials and juries never find anyone innocent and there is no doubt that the cop shot and killed the popcorn thrower. He might be found not guilty by self defense, but it is still homicide and he will never be innocent of that.
After the criminal trial there will be a civil wrongful death suit.
[[there is no doubt that the cop shot and killed the popcorn thrower.]]
You are right- a man was killed- what remains to be determined is whether it was justifiable homicide- or was it murder-
[[After the criminal trial there will be a civil wrongful death suit.]]
[[He might be found not guilty by self defense, but it is still homicide and he will never be innocent of that.]]
Depends on if it’s ‘justifiable homicide’ or not (likely it won’t be)
That’s a totally different issue- I believe civil lawsuits go more for ‘wrongful death’ convictions- and monetary compensation- but i don’t follow civil suits much so maybe they are about more than that too- if it was justifiable homicide- i believe it will be harder to win a civil suit- but again- i’m not too up on civil suit stuff-