You just pull on strings you think will p1ss people off. The officer you're referring to was remorseful over the accident that happened 8 years ago, admitted bearing some of the fault and the city paid out $700,000. Her intoxication prevented him from being prosecuted. If it had happened out in the country and been handled by a Sheriff with mirror sunglasses and his 2nd cousin the judge, then maybe he'd have been charged with manslaughter. However the people of this county vote in judges and prosecutors