He claims it was a freak accident. Did he know the victim? Was he aiming for her for some reason? The details aren't as straightforward as I thought.
I can understand not convicting him of murder. But pulling the trigger of a gun on a crowded city street surely qualifies as involuntary manslaughter, which only requires the death come thru an act a normal person would understand could be dangerous to others.
The pistol he fired requires a 10 lb trigger pull to fire the first shot. No one does that “accidentally” - although in SF, no one on the jury may have ever touched a gun before.
They intentionally charged him with murder knowing it would never stick and he would go free.
So let me get this straight a felon illegal alien who had stolen a gun from a Federal Officer. He was not supposed to have a gun because he was a felon but he only accidentally fired it once so that relives him of responsibility. That jury should be identified and shamed.
He claims it was a freak accident. Did he know the victim? Was he aiming for her for some reason? The details aren’t as straightforward as I thought.
What I read was that he was “playing” around with the gun and it went off. Supposedly the round ricochet before hitting the woman in the chest area.
Involuntary manslaughter would have been the correct verdict.
She was hit with a ricochet. There was no way to get him for first degree, probably not second degree. Intent was not to kill her. But firing a gun, on a crowded tourist pier??? Ridiculous he didn’t get some manslaughter conviction. Acquittal is jury nullification and unconstitutional.