Officer Indicted For Murder After Dept. Clears Him For Shooting Armed Suspect

A mentally Ill man just killed an AZ DPS officer and wounded two more. That DA is insane. If the officer is smart he will demand an immediate bench trial.

I guess its come to the point where the Police Officer must review a persons confidential medical records before responding? It would then be the families of thosethe perp kills in the meantime that will sue. What is going on in this country when we jump to charging our protectors, due to pressure by protesters whom just like to stir the pot? It won't be long and LE will just put up their hands and say, "it's all yours, folks! Defend yourselves!" After all, why would people put themselves in harms way. It sure as hell isn't the best paying job out there. While anyone would agree that there is, and has been incidents where Officers were negligent and clearly should be held accountable. But if one has a gun. He doesn't drop it when told to and defies authority ( while holding this deadly weapon), he is posing a serious threat to all in the vicinity and must be stopped. Why so hard to understand? Common sense is way too uncommon these days. The criminal has all the advantages.

Another miscarriage of justice. obviously a liberal democrat district attorney who hates cops. Indictment is one thing, he should never be convicted in a trial

Might want to ask those oh so concerned family members what the hell a mentally challenged individual from their family was doing with a firearm to begin with. I know in my family if we had a member that we considered mentally unstable we would take his firearms and not allow him near one. Jesus, what were those people thinking?

"they believe that mentally ill people cannot pose a deadly threat."

Are they serious?

I'm a use of force instructor at the state and federal level, the officer ABSOLUTELY can use deadly force regardless of mental illness. The decision is based on a person's actions and level of threat, not whether or not they may have a mental illness. The prosecutor is obviously doing this for political pressure or he is completely inexperienced in these matters. This is getting ridiculous that completely untrained people make decisions and have such strong opinions in something they know nothing about. Crazy

If someone is mentally ill and has a gun how in the hell can you say that the person isn't a threat...The family should be ashamed of itself along with the lawyer to base their lawsuit on this kind of BS!!!! He should and better be cleared!!!!

Hmmmph! That a mentally ill person cannot pose a threat is a big surprise to a lot of people, I bet . . . especially the ones who survived the psychiatric patient who went in the movie theater in Colorado and shot 82 folks!!

Unbelievable that the officer would charged when the individual had a gun in hand and refused instructions to put it down. The mentally ill can pose a serious threat to others not all do), and anyone acting irrationally with a gun in hand should be presumed to be a threat. The DA was not there and did not experience the tension of the situation.

"prosecutor and family attorney suggest that they believe that mentally ill people cannot pose a deadly threat."

You have got to be kidding me?! How insanely out of touch these people are!