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re: Jeanerette cop dies in chase while not wearing seatbelt - Manslaughter charges
Posted on 4/14/15 at 2:39 pm to bodean45
Posted on 4/14/15 at 2:39 pm to bodean45
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No, the car crash is a direct result of the cop being unable to maintain his vehicle during a high-speed chase.
Again,
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Glad to know you know there were no extenuating circumstances causing the cop to crash.
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Posted on 4/14/15 at 2:39 pm to boom roasted
quote:Not at all. If you run a red light and kill someone, but the death is attributed to their lack of wearing a seatbelt, you wont face manslaughter. There have been many cases that follow this same path
Y'all have to be trolling.
This post was edited on 4/14/15 at 2:40 pm
Posted on 4/14/15 at 2:40 pm to lsupride87
quote:Read the statute.
Not at all. If you run a red light and kill someone, but the death is attributed to their lack of wearing a seatbelt, you wont face manslaughter. There have been many cases that follow this same path
Posted on 4/14/15 at 2:41 pm to slackster
if he hadn't ran the cop would be alive, it should be a murder charge.
Posted on 4/14/15 at 2:42 pm to lsupride87
Look at the Donte Stallworth case. Most legal experts believe he would have beat the manslaughter charges had he went to trial, even though he was proven to be driving drunk.
Posted on 4/14/15 at 2:44 pm to lsupride87
What does that have to do with this case at all?
Posted on 4/14/15 at 2:46 pm to LNCHBOX
quote:Read it. If it doesnt make sense to you I cant help you. I am currently looking up cases where people beat manslaughter charges due to the victims lack of seatbelt
What does that have to do with this case at all?
Posted on 4/14/15 at 2:47 pm to lsupride87
The guy walking in the road was wearing a seat belt?
Posted on 4/14/15 at 2:48 pm to lsupride87
Have you read the Louisiana statutes yet?
quote:Hopefully you're including aggravated flight from an officer in your search criteria.
I am currently looking up cases where people beat manslaughter charges due to the victims lack of seatbelt
Posted on 4/14/15 at 2:48 pm to slackster
An officer
1. initiates a stop.
2. chases suspect without his seatbelt
3. apparently just lost control of his car as it "veered" meaning he may have been driving just as reckless
Cop dies because he wasn't wearing seatbelt = someone else's fault
Another cop
1. Illegally enters the wrong home in a no-knock warrant
2. Inappropriately fires into a poorly lit room while the homeowner defends his property
3. Blows a little girl's head off
Innocent kid dies = innocent homeowners fault for daring to legally protect his own property
I see how this works.
1. initiates a stop.
2. chases suspect without his seatbelt
3. apparently just lost control of his car as it "veered" meaning he may have been driving just as reckless
Cop dies because he wasn't wearing seatbelt = someone else's fault
Another cop
1. Illegally enters the wrong home in a no-knock warrant
2. Inappropriately fires into a poorly lit room while the homeowner defends his property
3. Blows a little girl's head off
Innocent kid dies = innocent homeowners fault for daring to legally protect his own property
I see how this works.
This post was edited on 4/14/15 at 3:11 pm
Posted on 4/14/15 at 2:48 pm to LNCHBOX
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Yes, the cop should have been wearing his seat belt. But I have absolutely no issue with this. The cop's death is a direct result of these guys' decision to run.
I;m generally well onto the side of the cops on these issues, but I can't see this charge.
The police are trained to know when to chase, how to chase and when to cut off a chase if it gets too dangerous.
His death is 100% on himself.
Posted on 4/14/15 at 2:49 pm to Meauxjeaux
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The police are trained to know when to chase, how to chase and when to cut off a chase if it gets too dangerous.
His death is 100% on himself.
I'll post this to you as well:
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Glad to know you know there were no extenuating circumstances causing the cop to crash.
Posted on 4/14/15 at 2:49 pm to lsupride87
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Um actually we most likely will
Seatbelts don't make you invincible.
If he was wearing his seatbelt and still died this guy would probably be charged with vehicular homicide.
Posted on 4/14/15 at 2:50 pm to boom roasted
quote:I am looking up drunk drivers/ running red lights. To get a specific case exactly like this seems impossible
Hopefully you're including aggravated flight from an officer in your search criteria.
Posted on 4/14/15 at 2:50 pm to Meauxjeaux
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His death is 100% on himself.
Posted on 4/14/15 at 2:50 pm to LNCHBOX
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The cop's death is a direct result of these guys' decision to run.
it's costly to engage in high speed pursuits and more police departments should stop allowing this behavior
Posted on 4/14/15 at 2:50 pm to boom roasted
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Read the statute.
I understand that the manslaughter charge is within the letter of the law.
I'm commenting on the spirit of the law, so to speak.
Honest question - if a cop is speeding down I-10 in order to get behind someone and pull them over, and he ends up in an accident that cost him his life, does the speeder get manslaughter charges?
Posted on 4/14/15 at 2:50 pm to lsupride87
Why not just read the statutes. It's all there for you.
Posted on 4/14/15 at 2:50 pm to lsupride87
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If you run a red light and kill someone, but the death is attributed to their lack of wearing a seatbelt, you wont face manslaughter.
Posted on 4/14/15 at 2:50 pm to lsupride87
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I am looking up drunk drivers/ running red lights
I'm going to ask you again, how is Stallworth's case in anyway similar to what happened here?
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