Quote:Alright so my opinion is the cop was trigger happy. He should be terminated, and charged with either attempted murder, or felony assault with a deadly weapon.


The victim should also sue the Miami PD for 10 million for medical losses plus pain and suffering.

 

You can't charge him with attempted murder because you would have to prove intent.  I don't think that he intended to discharge his weapon.  Felony assault with a deadly weapon would also be hard to prosecute because again, you have to prove intent.

 

You can't just make a knee jerk reaction and conclusion without knowing all of the facts.

 

By the way, the article did say that the victim's attorney is already negotiating a settlement with the City of Miami regarding the incident.  To me that points more towards this being an unfortunate accident.

 

However, you do have the likes of TAM that have to automatically assume that it's racially motivated... even though we don't even know the race of the cop that pulled the trigger.

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