[Ol' Dan Tucker]

Although if IIRC, there were six cops involved in the beating.

Yes, you're correct.

I'm wondering why all six weren't charged equally under accomplice liability laws.

Or, is this yet another instance where some of the animals in the barnyard are more equal than others? </rhetorical>

[rolling_stone]

felony murder rule

[TankerKC]

I'm wondering why all six weren't charged equally under accomplice liability laws.

The DA was on the radio about an hour ago and he said he had to consider how a reasonable person would have assessed the situation when each one arrived.

Let's for get that he'd never make that statement about 4 gang bangers who walked up on 2 other thugs beating someone...and either helped, or didn't stop it.

These cops aren't supposed to be merely "reasonable"...they are cops. They are the people that get to walk into court and pull the "training and experience" card that makes their word better that an ordinary citizen's. These are the guys that walk into situation daily and instantly believe they know exactly what is going on and what needs to happen. Then they vigorously defend their actions based on their superior ability to assess a situation.

But now...NOW....NOW...they want you use the excuse that they couldn't really be sure what was going on.

[arthurus]

This one was so bad and the immediate witnesses so immediately recorded that I’m sure it was decided that someone had to take a fall but the idea of taking down six (6)criminal policemen was too much to contemplate and might dangerously have made it more difficult for officers to commit these acts in the future. That would be intolerable and the MSM and the people would be calmed sufficiently if only one or two were made to take the fall for the six.