Why is the officer being charged?

[appalachiatiger]

Seems like he home invader would be held responsible for these deaths, not the guy trying to help.

What is going on in this country?

Louisiana officer arrested for role in deadly car chase

A police officer has been charged over his role in the death of two teenagers during the high-speed pursuit of a home-invasion suspect in Louisiana

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[coop#]

Cops have to use better judgment conducting high speed chases through crowded roads pursuing suspects. I'm not sure charging him with homicide is fair , but it's not worth killing two innocent people over a stolen car

 

[appalachiatiger]

Cops have to use better judgment conducting high speed chases through crowded roads pursuing suspects. I'm not sure charging him with homicide is fair , but it's not worth killing two innocent people over a stolen car

It's not his fault.

They should be charging the home invader.

America has been taken over by a bunch of pu$$ies it appears.

You grab the home invader and show him what he has caused the two deaths of teens and he should have been hung before the sun set .

Criminals would think twice about invading a home again

 

[Casa_del_Tigre]

It's not his fault.

They should be charging the home invader.

America has been taken over by a bunch of pu$$ies it appears.

You grab the home invader and show him what he has caused the two deaths of teens and he should have been hung before the sun set .

Criminals would think twice about invading a home again

Truck drivers get charged all the time. For some reason people want tax collectors to be immune from any and all actions.

 

[PAWrocka]

sooooo they did charge the "home invader".

He will be charged with two counts of manslaughter, as well as home invasion, theft of a vehicle and aggravated flight, police said.

The two counts of manslaughter would be for the two girls, and that charge makes sense.

Officers need to be held to a higher standard than the common citizen. Sorry, but its true ... I dont know the details of where this happened, but Im "guessing" it occurred in a populated area and the officer knew better, knew that it was incredibly dangerous, to get into a high speed chase (in excess of 110mph). If it were on the interstate that is one thing ... but in what appears to be a residential area? additionally Im "guessing" local police policy and training instructs responding officers to not chase if in a highly populated area (quite common nowadays). Soooooo if the above is true, the officer certainly was "negligent". The charging of "homicide" over "manslaughter" is interesting, but Im not familiar with LA law.

With that said "charging" and being "convicted" are two totally different things. If I had to guess, considering this was a officer, this will never go to trial and we will never hear another word about it.