Father of handcuffed man who drowned at Missouri lake calls for federal investigation

[Jerry442]

14. There is a logical fallacy...

...usually unstated, that responsibility, like matter and energy is conserved. In other words, if actor A bears, say, 20% of the responsibility for a situation with a bad outcome, then actor B can, at most be 80% responsible.

Not so.

Brandon Ellingson was responsible to some degree because he became intoxicated to the point that law enforcement officials felt the need to intervene.

But Trooper Piercy was 100% responsible because he failed to protect an intoxicated and handcuffed person in his custody, regardless of the circumstances that led up to that situation.