It’s unclear to me that the officer actually hit the vagrant. If he did, and caused these injuries, he should be tried. My question is this. Could the vagrant have injured himself? Did this have to be an instance of brutality by the officer?
The grand jury seems to think so. I’m not sure how reliable the body is, if there was a good DA.
I would hate to see the officer have to stand trial unfairly, but would hate it worse to see the guy get off for killing someone.
What a mess.
Whatever the case with the dead vagrant, be he illegal or the habitual town drunk, he didn’t deserve the death penalty for his actions. If he is shown to have died at the hands of another, I want the perp taken down.
The DA is a Republican, to clear things up (she replaced the corrupt Jeanine Pirro). However, I think she’s about as conservative as David Souter, judging from her positions in her 2005 campaign.