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It looks like the officer grabbed the wrong weapon, nothing more. It happens. The idea of charging him with murder is ridiculous. There should certainly be some sort of disciplinary action for the officer and lessons learned exercise for the department. Civilly, the the victim's family should pursue a wrongful death claim but compensation should be made with complete regard to the facts of the case. Meaning that if the facts show the victim resisting arrest (which looks likely) and he was committing a crime which resulted in the confrontation with the police (which also seems likely), compensation should be much, much lower.
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grym
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