A cop killed a woman while racing his car and speeding. This cop also drove faster than 90 mph at least 90 times in the month before McKay’s death and reached 118 mph twice on Interstate 595 and 114 mph once on A1A, where the speed limit is 30 mph. He got less of a sentence than Lindsay Lohan’s 90 day jail sentence for showing up late to court.
A Broward County jury acquitted Alexander Griss last month of vehicular homicide and convicted him instead of misdemeanor reckless driving.
What sickens me the most is the judge would not admit relevant evidence.
“What jurors did not learn was that Griss had a history of driving way above the speed limit.”
WHY IS THIS NOT ON EVERY NEWS CHANNEL 24 HOURS A DAY? Because it’s a cop and they are here to protect us protect themselves.
If it makes you feel better the judge gave him a $250 fine and 100 hours of community service for murdering this woman. The woman in a robe suggested his service hours be spent speaking to youth about the dangers of driving too fast.
Wow way to go, judge; if I killed someone, “Life in jail” would probably be the words coming out of your mouth.
Judge Ilona Holmes, I hope you hear the victim’s daughter’s words for the rest of your life:
“I don’t have a mom anymore,” she said. “I was 19 when my mom died. I have to live with this for the rest of my life.”
Uggghhhh… Sick stuff.
I’m all for throwing the book at this guy (and every cop who breaks the law), but let’s not abuse the term “murder”, which means the intentional killing of someone.
This cop is guilty of criminally negligent homicide.
…and he should be locked up for years.
Rob does not understand the rules of evidence. We cannot expect the rules to allow prior behavior for cops but not for other citizens.
There is no doubt that the penalty is much to light for the behavior but lets not push for bending the rules of evidence for a desired outcome.
Jim, I’ll respond and please don’t take offense. Police volunteer to be a cop, they also have months of training to become a officer. A lot of that training is dedicated to “the law”. So Police should be held to a higher standard when it comes to rules of evidence, because they have been trained on what is right and what is not. When a cop break they law I expect the government to hold them to a higher standard and make an example of them to show confidence to “us” that when they break the law they will be held accountable for their actions.
And I agree with you the punishment was way to light. He killed someone,
Rob
Rob,
No offense taken.
Once a procedural law is altered or not adhered to, the consequences will be devastating to many more citizens than police. The rule of law must prevail.
The call for admitting prior behavior smacks of ‘the ends justify means’ often practiced by LE. Lets not stoop to that level.
Consider that the jury in the above cited case, like many state assembled juries, may have nullified to protect LE regardless of the evidence presented.
Holding LE to a higher standard for the reasons you cited should happen. Sometimes it does, but often only through double jeopardy when the Feds retry the case. See Rodney King.
Jim I could not agree with you more.
I still think the USA is the best country and we have the “best” judicial system compared to other country’s. But it could be much better ,all I can do is vote and blog here to try and change that.
Now I don’t have much legal experience, but does’t this become common law for any other cop that drives recklessly to use ?
This outcome cannot be relied on by other LE at trial. It is a fact based decision by a jury. Every trial of violations by LE, or anyone, will have some fact variable that will distinguish it from this case.