It's not about sympathy. It's about acknowledging that no human being is a robot. Even the best have good days (when they are really on the ball) and bad days when they seem to have two left feet. There was apparently no mens rea on her part, which should put the matter outside the criminal courts.
And I agree that the ladies should be checking parking meters rather than interacting with dangerous felons as a profession.
Bold is true. Everybody makes mistakes, but when you kill someone, there's more that a letter of reprimand coming down the pike.
There are some things you absolutely at all costs can't f uck up. And mistaking you gun for a taser is one (unless you have justification for the use of deadly force...in which you won't go to jail, just look like a clown)
