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Originally Posted by timalkin
Don't be a retard by comparing a police officer to a civilian driver. Civilians don't respond to calls for service. A more accurate comparison is a firefighter or EMS responder to a police officer. If a firefighter or EMS responder hit the kid in the same situation, you'd probably get the same result.
Even if this guy would have had his lights and sirens on, he would have probably still have struck the kid. What kind of parent lets their kid ride their bike on a street at night? Let me guess, kid wasn't wearing a helmet or displaying proper illumination equipment? Funny how you don't hear that side of the story.
Guess who makes up the grand jury? That's right, normal everyday people who may or may not like cops. I don't see the problem.
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Blame rape victims for "asking for it" too, I bet?
It's not who makes up the grand jury - it's how it is presented. So political pressure says the AG has to put it before the jury - but it's pretty easy for him to present such that nothing is ever going to happen to the cop.
They put light bars on the cars for a reason. I don't think anyone would be kicking up a fuss if it had happened with the cherries on.