It’s a matter of how different states define things in their legal codes. In Washington, for example, this would be 2nd degree murder because manslaughter is by either recklessness or negligence. Florida is one of the states that has seperate statutes for voluntary manslaughter and involuntary manslaughter, the former…

It’s the police union, really. Cops just can’t stand the idea of some black guy not being prosecuted so they have kept pushing this from day one. Neither mayors nor judges want that union coming for them at election time and will line up behind them on demand.  

WTF is going on in Florida?  Where did all these cop wannabes come from?

Cops do this kind of thing knowingly and intentionally. Staging a “probation search” during a party was deliberate, looking to create a chaotic scene and make someone object, thus giving them “cause” to bust heads. That’s how they get their kicks and show everyone “who’s boss.”  It’s nothing more than a legally…

Senile dementia presents first as incoherence and confusion toward the end of the day.  Joe’s handlers need to make sure he stops talking by mid-afternoon.

Except that she’s genetically male.  Her misidentification at birth is what started this.

While I sympathize with her plight, the fact is that competitors immediately suspected she was male and it turns out they were right. This rule applies to her only because she is 46XYDSD (male), something both the IAAF and CAS were explicit in addressing. She’s not “non-binary” that’s a gender identity term, she has a …

That’s how literally all rules that are likely to end up in court are written. You only address the specific complaints that have been made, not theoretical possibilities. The more narrowly written the greater odds of being upheld.

I... have nothing. I really wish I had something, anything, to say. I’m out of words and kind of nauseous and really wish I could say I was surprised. 

The caucastity in this is amazing.

Bold of you to assume america is a civilized country.

You're confusing individual morality with organizational behavior.  They are completely unrelated.

As I noted elsewhere, the cell phone camera is showing america white people a whole world they never knew existed. Cops will just keep doing what they have always done until heads start to roll.

Don’t hold your breath.  Much of what we teach people in various uniformed public entities is folklore, tradition, and mythology.  We tend to just pass on what we were taught as boots until it gets officially cut.

It’s actually what their chief said, which means he’s putting himself out on this. Now, that training for mounted cops almost certainly dates back over 150 years and was instituted for exactly the reasons you’d suspect. It doesn’t surprise me they never re-thought the matter because they haven’t caught any flack over…

I agree. What I find even worse is that this is what they were trained to do. Like WTF, Texas?

Terrifying but not surprising.  This was the script for hundreds of lynchings.

The law (and firearms training) does not accept the concept of warning shots.

Yep.

Not premeditated.  Hiding the body and such shows evasive intent after the fact, which helped to convict and will certainly get him a longer sentence.