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Wed Feb 28, 2018, 04:20 PM

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Off-duty cop kills baby in car-accident. Mother gets charged with homicide. (Yeah, she's black.) [View all] DetlefK Feb 2018 OP

ABSOLUTELY DISGRACEFUL! TheDebbieDee Feb 2018 #1

If both actions led to the kid's death, then both should be charged mythology Feb 2018 #9

Gotta love DU somedays kcr Feb 2018 #15

LOL!! pangaia Feb 2018 #26

Sounds like bullshit...straps were not adjusted correctly...sounds like a cop cover up...I hope Demsrule86 Feb 2018 #28

I'm sure his Union will allow him to be tested. In six to eight weeks... Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2018 #49

Whether he's a cop or not is not relevant to me. WillowTree Feb 2018 #2

Something sounds fishy. You really think a white mother would've been charged with something... brush Feb 2018 #3

I don't read race into everything. Sorry. WillowTree Feb 2018 #7

I can only imagine the convenience of simplistic thought that decision affords you. LanternWaste Feb 2018 #10

Have a pleasant day. WillowTree Feb 2018 #11

Seven times better than I'd hoped. LanternWaste Feb 2018 #12

You don't have to read race into everything to be aware race plays a difference when it comes uponit7771 Feb 2018 #16

I agree on all points. Spot on. nocalflea Mar 2018 #51

Well I do...and white mothers can shoot their babies accidentally with impunity in some Demsrule86 Feb 2018 #30

Wow. I never heard of a case where the mother, regardless of race....... WillowTree Feb 2018 #33

I am missing the word accidental...I will revise...I am referring to the accidental shooting of kids Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #60

By the way, I take it you didn't follow the link and get a look at the police officer's picture. WillowTree Feb 2018 #13

Doesn't matter the color of the police officer matters the color of the non law enforcement uponit7771 Feb 2018 #17

I didn't bring up the race of the cop. Or the mother, either, for that matter. WillowTree Feb 2018 #20

We care that its specious to argue that someone would KNOW without a doubt that the uponit7771 Feb 2018 #21

Have you installed a child seat in a car recently? WillowTree Feb 2018 #23

They said it was not adjusted for height which is bullshit...and this is after and accident that Demsrule86 Feb 2018 #31

No, it couldn't. WillowTree Feb 2018 #37

I am betting the are basing that on the autopsy results Lee-Lee Mar 2018 #44

The autopsy can tell Lee-Lee Mar 2018 #46

The problem is the word "exactly" which no parent on a jury who's ever dealt ... uponit7771 Mar 2018 #47

If you follow sources you will find she didnt even have the seat buckled into the car Lee-Lee Mar 2018 #58

"speeding, white cop's ass" EL34x4 Feb 2018 #22

Thanks for the info. That changes things. Makes one wonder even more why they don't think... brush Feb 2018 #38

I recon one needs to hire engineers nowdays angstlessk Feb 2018 #4

But he is being charged. WillowTree Feb 2018 #5

With Homicide? angstlessk Feb 2018 #6

Did you read the OP to the end? WillowTree Feb 2018 #8

I did. I think most did not. The title of the article is misleading. The cop WAS charged, too. nt Honeycombe8 Feb 2018 #40

RIGHT !!! How in the hell are they going to tell the straps didn't move or anything after 2 tons uponit7771 Feb 2018 #18

See post #23 WillowTree Feb 2018 #24

OK, WT ... read the first line and its BS. Anyone with any experience with child uponit7771 Feb 2018 #25

It isn't a matter of measuring the straps. WillowTree Feb 2018 #29

Yeah and who is to say the evidence wasn't tampered with after the accident...sorry cops have no Demsrule86 Feb 2018 #32

OMG.. Now you really are reaching. WillowTree Feb 2018 #35

+1, she's got witness's saying she strapped the baby in according to regulations the cops ... uponit7771 Feb 2018 #41

There are high rates of car seat misuse kcr Feb 2018 #19

Sorry, but very few backseat car seats would withstand a 94 MPH car sinkingfeeling Feb 2018 #14

+1, there's no one in their right mind who's going to argue they know where the car uponit7771 Feb 2018 #27

but but she is Black and they could be in trouble. (sarcasm) Demsrule86 Feb 2018 #34

I sure as hell hope the ACLU is on this one, what an absolute disgrace arthritisR_US Feb 2018 #36

Why? She legally had a responsibility to ensure the child was properly secured Lee-Lee Mar 2018 #43

Another expected post from you! Nt USALiberal Mar 2018 #48

The officer was charged, too. Article title suggests only the mother was. Honeycombe8 Feb 2018 #39

When I was a deputy one of the things that NEVER let pass was kids not secured Lee-Lee Mar 2018 #42

How many fellow cops did you let slide for speeding or DUI or other traffic offenses? Tell the truth Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2018 #50

None Lee-Lee Mar 2018 #52

It's funny. I've known dozens of cops in real life. Cops who never met or knew each other. Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2018 #55

There is no 90+ mph crash safety rating on these seats. NCTraveler Mar 2018 #45

Story on the incident from a different source than raw story... PoliticAverse Mar 2018 #53

Thank you. nt. NCTraveler Mar 2018 #54

The biggest problem is....... WillowTree Mar 2018 #56

I think you might be right about the state of the seat. I'm not completely sure. NCTraveler Mar 2018 #57

Would be interesting to know Egnever Mar 2018 #59