A distinction without a difference. If his intent was to pin the car to the gate, and he could see a person standing between the car and the gate, he's on the hook. If he didn't see the guy, he could argue that his intent was to hit the car and the injury and death of the perp was an accident.
Nonsense. There is a “distinction with difference” here. He was stopping a fleeing criminal. Period. It wasn’t HIS fault the guy ran between the fence and the perp’s own car.
He stated he accidentally hit the gas. Truthfully, I don’t think there is a chance in hell Reid is going to be charged with anything.
It’s very OBVIOUS the guy died accidentally.
Even so, the guy was BREAKING the law, stealing, trespassing, and who knows what else? Who is to say he didn’t have a weapon on him? Not me, not you. No one has said yet. Whether he did or didn’t *I* am going to assume someone with the balls to enter my property to take something is ARMED. He’d better be.