“Are you saying these officers intentionally acted to kill this man? Isn’t INTENT part of proving murder?”
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There’s what’s called “depraved heart” murder - from Findlaw cuz I don’t trust my memory right now:
“Often the intent to kill (or malice aforethought) element of murder can be satisfied by showing that the defendant showed extreme indifference to human life. These are also known as “depraved heart” murders.
Acting with extreme recklessness and knowing that act is dangerous to human life (i.e., firing through the floor of your third-story apartment) and ending a human life may satisfy this intent element, even if the person never intended to kill anyone. This has been argued in fatal DUI cases in which the driver was far too intoxicated to form any intent.”
“Often the intent to kill (or malice aforethought) element of murder can be satisfied by showing that the defendant showed extreme indifference to human life. These are also known as “depraved heart” murders.
Acting with extreme recklessness and knowing that act is dangerous to human life (i.e., firing through the floor of your third-story apartment) and ending a human life may satisfy this intent element, even if the person never intended to kill anyone. This has been argued in fatal DUI cases in which the driver was far too intoxicated to form any intent.”
Would forcing nursing homes to accept patients infected and still infectious people while safe alternatives were available (Javits Center, USNS Comfort) be an act of a "depraved heart"?
SO all these cops had “DEPRAVED Hearts”?
IF the man complied with their direction he would be alive today! This man chose to put his safety and life in jeopardy by RESISTING ARREST. HE was the PRIMARY contributing factor in his own demise. ALL the legal mumbo jumbo in the world doesn’t change that fact.