Wednesday, December 29, 2021

The Letter of the Law

 To the extent that Potter ought to bear responsibility for unintentionally killing Wright, that responsibility is at worst based on negligence, the unknowing creation of an unjustified risk, and subject her to merely civil liability.  Absent a conscious disregard of risk, for which no evidence exists in this case, her conduct cannot qualify as recklessness raising criminal liability. [More]

Sounds like there was plenty of incompetence to go around.

[Via Michael G]

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Clearly, more die-versity training, and more incompetent Affirmative Action copchicks who don't know the difference between a gun and a taser, will fix this.