ICE's Lies About a Man Officer Ran over Undone by Footage from CCTV Camera
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Don't worry though, just like https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50090246 someone will be along to say "mistakes are inevitable, but we need to enforce immigration law, and this is an acceptable price, though not ideal".
No, because it’s a law enforcement officer doing it.
Possible! Many police officers have gone to jail for murdering people.
So IANAL, let alone a trial-lawyer, but I did spend weeks/days with 11 other people listening/deliberating after a cop-adjacent defendant non-fatally shot somebody.
> Attempted Second-degree Murder?
Hold up, what this means varies by state: Illinois law says that second-degree still requires an intent to kill [0], and I think the prosecution may have a hard time proving beyond reasonable doubt that the driver intended to turn the victim into road-splatter.
In contrast, the next step down of (attempted?) "Involuntary Manslaughter and Reckless Homicide" seems much easier to prove, and explicitly draws in a surprising number of vehicle-related details.
[0] https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?MajorTopic=RIG...
A reasonable person would expect severe injury or death from running somebody over, and that is enough to satisfy 'intent.'
"Caaarl!! THAT KILLS PEOPLE!" "How was I supposed to know stabbing him 37 times in the chest would do that?"
It's quite possible, but if you're going to prosecute someone in a court case, you've got to have a lot more than just "it fits the pattern for these assholes."
would you?
I would certainly consider him guilty, if not of exactly that crime.
It wasn't even the guy they had a "warrant" for.
> ICE’s Lies About A Man Officer Ran Over Undone By Footage Captured By Nearby CCTV Camera