• @Buffaloaf
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    211 year ago

    30 months supervised probation for reckless endangerment and assault. How the fuck was it not attempted murder??

    • KFDirector
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      111 year ago

      Because the DA charged her with “Attempted Reckless Manslaughter”, which the judge acquitted her of because “Attempted Reckless Manslaughter” is an almost incoherent crime. (Reckless Manslaughter doesn’t require intent, Attempted [anything] does, this made the mens rea basically impossible to prove, and indeed it wasn’t.) One would almost suspect that the prosecution felt the need to charge the cop with a serious crime but didn’t want one that could possibly stick.