ckless disregard for human life isn't needed for negligent homicide or manslaughter which ever the case maybe
Is that even what she's being charged with, i.e., negligent homicide? That's clearly not what happened here. That would be something like she went against department policy and deactivated the internal safety on her Glock, resulting in the death of an arrestee when her Glock went off after hitting the ground. That kind of legal analysis would not apply to a case like this where, under high stress, she simply grabbed the wrong piece of equipment resulting in death. That's called a mistake, and is within the purview of civil, not criminal, law.
Negligence: A failure to behave with the level of care that someone of ordinary prudence would have exercised under the same circumstances. The behavior usually consists of actions, but can also consist of omissions when there is some duty to act (e.g., a duty to help victims of one's previous conduct).
I got banned on another web site for a debate that happened on this site. That's a first
