Quote Originally Posted by Meddle View Post

Him being a 'highly trained officer' is exactly why he should be convicted. They should not be making such mistakes, even if she did grab it, which another officer testified she did not.
Quote Originally Posted by Meddle View Post
^ With a firearm, there's no such thing as an accident in the sense you're referring to. Especially in the hands of a trained police officer who is required to maintain control of the weapon at all times. There is only negligence.

Meddle, I'm not sure where you got the idea that training somehow makes someone superhuman and impervious to mistakes or accidents. Officers need to be held to a high standard, but considering the difficult work they do to expect that nothing will ever go wrong is not a reasonable expectation.