re: Jeanerette cop dies in chase while not wearing seatbelt - Manslaughter charges

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This situation is called unfortunate, it is not called manslaughter.

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Scruffy agrees.

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So if a cop makes a traffic stop and accidentally shoots himself while getting out of the car does that also result in charges? I mean, his or her death would be directly related to the traffic stop.

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That's a very poor analogy. In your example, the citizen wasn't fleeing from the officer, nor was he engaging in dangerous activity.

I think a reasonable person would conclude that evading police at high speeds that ends in a crash (with apparent attempts to physically cause a crash during the process) significantly led to the high speed accident and thus the death of the officer. The fact that the officer wasn't wearing a seat belt probably contributed to his death, but it doesn't change the fact that the suspect fleeing at high speeds also significantly contributed to his death.