Police officer executes Hispanic man during struggle over gun [Graphic]

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37. Had she ordered the bus driver off of the bus

she would have known that there was no one left on the bus but the other guy. She rushed in prematurely.

Not all police officers act rationally and when their actions result in either their death or the death of an innocent bystander, that death is then often charged against a defendant. Years ago there was a situation where some guy evaded a cop one night. I don't remember what the original allegation was but I don't think that it was anything was put the public in any grave danger. Another night the cop saw the guy and initiated an extremely high speed pursuit late in the evening. As the cop approached the area of Penn Square Mall there was another person approaching the intersection from the other road. In order to keep from taking out an innocent civilian the cop drove into a tree (I believe) and was killed. The guy he was chasing got away and was later charged in the death of the cop.

The cop exhibited extremely poor judgement in initiating a high speed pursuit under conditions that endangered the public. I persoally believe that he was pissed off that the guy had evaded him before and by golly gee whiz the guy was not going to get away a second time. His extreme negligence cost him his life. Had I been on the jury of hte murder trial I would have had a hard time voting guilty. I have a problem with charging someone else on a murder complaint when the dead person's poor judgement and total lack of common sense resulted in his own death.