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Originally Posted by retiredguy123
I could not have voted to convict. She was doing her job, and made a mistake. Surgeons make mistakes that result in death, but they never go to jail.
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Agreed, at least with the more serious charge, but I was not in the jury box.
This has a bad smell about it, of vigilante politics, and likely will be found to be a miscarriage of justice.
Hopefully in sentencing the judge will put an end to this racist lynching-in-reverse.
It also calls into question why a traffic cop has to carry lethal force weapons. In almost thirty years on the job she never had cause to use the pistol issued to her. Upon learning of the outstanding warrant it might have been better to have had backup available to better secure the arrest environment. It also calls into question why a felony warrant had not been acted upon with more diligence and speed by the county sheriff whose duty is to enforce such a warrant. Asking a traffic copper to deal with felony warrant enforcement is a bit much.