He pulled the trigger. While pointing the gun directly at another human being.

That's not an accident. It's criminal negligence at the very least, more likely involuntary manslaughter. And it should mean he never holds a gun again.

"will have to give justification why his gun was unholstered" is total BS. He should be going to trial.

life in prison!

Where was the good guy with the gun to stop him?

Where only the rich and connected can get a CCW?

WTF was his gun in his hand, finger on the trigger when all they were doing was a routine check?
And why would he point his gun at someone who is no threat, not presenting any threat?

That's why my bullshit meter is pegged.

Improper training is what I think is wrong with Law Enforcement in this shooting. People need to learn how to use weapons properly and keep them under control.

and to keep them under control. He and his partner simply chose to do otherwise. They were probably getting a real charge out of creeping around with their guns drawn, fantasizing about shooting a Bad Guy, and then the victim surprised them. Oops.

I think law enforcement needs to revist the policy of not hiring people with too high of an IQ.

were together. Unless I read that wrong?

Two rooks.

Lynchings are now different in the USA. It by cops. And they are getting away with murders of hundreds of blacks.

That tends to happen whn you take the safety off and pull the trigger.

NYPD carry Glock 19's. There's no safety. It's likely he had his gun out with his finger on the trigger, when he encountered the victim he got scared and jerked the trigger and fired. Glocks don't fire accidently. They have been dropped from 2 stories and haven't fired. Still doing a vertical patrol in any NYC housing project is scary and dangerous. It's true that often times lights have been smashed and elevators don't work people have to use the stairs, but it's also well known the criminals often victimize people in the stairwells. I once came across a man raping a teenager in a housing project in the Bronx. I hesitated because I though it might consensual in which I would have just told them to leave, but after a second, the girl started to squirm and scream. The man jumped up and ran down the stairs and I gave chase and transmitted a description. He was caught when a marked car ran him over.

I'm certain this cop will be fired. He is a rookie and probably on probation. You can get fired for any infraction when on probation.

I doubt there will be a criminal prosecution though. There's no criminal intent. The shooting is "accidental" because it will be hard to prove he intended to fire the gun, I'm certain he was scared an jerked the trigger.

The family's course of redress will be a civil suit which they should receive millions.

For fuck sakes.

Any examples of it going down like that?

you are a cop with that silly answer.

DUI murder is not criminal intent. Text while driving murder is not either. But people go to jail all the time for that.

Fruitville Station was not criminal intent? Jail time.

You don't seem to know much for being a cop.

the safety is on the trigger, but what pegs my bullshit meter is that NYPD issued Glocks have a 12 lb trigger pull, which means you have to apply considerable pressure compared to other depts. that carry Glocks, so how is this an accidental shooting?

That doesn't sound very safe.

needs to be upholstered.

It's so 20th century

excused is disturbing.