Lima officer indicted

count 'em, TWO misdemeanors. Well, it's pretty clear that the government doesn't want to send the wrong message to the police department.

No one knows for sure what happened in that house. It's hard to imagine a veteran cop just trained his gun on a young woman holding a youngster and decided to fire. There were plenty of witnesses to the shooting, I'm sure, household guests and cops alike. Let's let this thing play out in the court and hope that justice prevails. It's bothersome that the cop was indicted only on negligence and would have only a few months behind bars if convicted. Perhaps he did aim and shoot to kill. But none of us were in the room with the grand jury. We don't know what non-cop witnesses were called to testify or what they told jurors. The whole thing is just g-- d--- tragic.

I am curious as to the subtext of your above posting. Would you mind clarifying?

Sorry, Westsider, I have to comment on this. I do believe MadJack was right when he said, "this shooting was the result of an accidental discharge." http://swampbubbles.com/67-days-later-and-now-waiting-2-weeks

Here's the latest from the Blade: "The charges allege Sergeant Chavalia "did negligently" cause Wilson's death and "did negligently" injure her young son, but they don't state why he fired his gun at the mother and child in the first place."
http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080318/NEWS02/803180367