She is not being charged with intentionally shooting the guy..re read the article you posted. She is a 26 year veteran..she definitely committed culpable negligence that led to a death. The guy was resisting away from her..not charging her or attacking her. He was trapped in the car. A trained cop could have taken half a second to reach for the tassr and fire it. She had plenty of time to yell Taser Taser Taser. Copa can kill you so their fuck ups are less forgiven..especially a 26 year veteran.
Not when cops can kill you....you want cops to be held to a different standard and that is exactly what is wrong with cops... above the law and no accountability. Cops spend 26 years with tasers on one side and guns on the other. Intent is irrelevant when culpable negligence causes a death.
Not the same....a syringe is not sitting around with 20 ccs of whatever....doctors call out instructions and nurses respond. Accidents happen but medicine is not 100% fixed...even a proper action can kill a patient and a mistake like misreading instructions is a civil case of pure negligence because a doctor and a nurse has implied permission to touch you and perform procedures. If negligence occurs during this it is professional malpractice. A cop does.not have permission to shoot you except in extremely limited cases and in this case the officer had no cause to shoot the guy at all.
I predict 2nd degree Manslaughter.... she might want to plea but she is going to face an uphill battle avoiding criminal punishment
Doubt it.She wont spend the rest of her life in jail as she should but I doubt she gets completely off.
Well the manslaughter charges dont carry long prison sentences so that was not really on the table anyway
2nd degree carries maximum of 10 which means if they find her guilty I could see judge giving her 2-3 years or something at the lower end since this was truly a case of criminal negligence.