Seems pretty light considering they basically killed a little girl. The fact that they dropped the manslaughter charges kind of upsets me too because the girl’s death was directly caused by the bus monitor’s actions. Or I guess lack of action and incompetence, but still.
Regardless, if she was texting and driving and hit a pedestrian you bet their ass they would find her guilty of that. The circumstances may be different but the underlying cause is essentially the same thing.
But no not really, the circumstances are different. The negligence is the fact that it was even possible for the strangulation to happen in the first place, that’s a bad harness situation.
Seems pretty light considering they basically killed a little girl. The fact that they dropped the manslaughter charges kind of upsets me too because the girl’s death was directly caused by the bus monitor’s actions. Or I guess lack of action and incompetence, but still.
Manslaughter wasn’t “dropped.” She was found not guilty of manslaughter, and guilty of child endangerment.
Regardless, if she was texting and driving and hit a pedestrian you bet their ass they would find her guilty of that. The circumstances may be different but the underlying cause is essentially the same thing.
But no not really, the circumstances are different. The negligence is the fact that it was even possible for the strangulation to happen in the first place, that’s a bad harness situation.