In March 2018, a cop driving at twice the speed limit crashed into an SUV killing a baby. Police charged him AND the baby's mother with negligent homicide, because they said she hadn't strapped her baby into her car seat properly. Now he won't face charges.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/11…
The cop's name is Christopher Manuel and he is still an officer with the Baton Rouge PD.
He is not even being charged with SPEEDING even tho he was driving 100 mph in a 50 mph zone.
He is not even being charged with SPEEDING even tho he was driving 100 mph in a 50 mph zone.
The DA said they didn't initially charge him with speeding because that would have interfered with the prosecution of the negligent homicide charge. Not at all clear how.
And conveniently the statute of limitations for prosecuting him on a speeding charge expired a week before they dropped the homicide charge.
Oh and the cop didn't just kill the baby. The baby's mother, Brittany Stephens, and her mother both spent 3 months in hospital. Her mother now needs help with basic self care.
A teenage passenger now uses a wheelchair and has a brain impairment and can't return to school.
A teenage passenger now uses a wheelchair and has a brain impairment and can't return to school.
The cop won't be held criminally accountable for any of it.
PS. I said the crash happened in March 2018. In fact it was October 2017.
At the time, Ms. Stephens was just 20 years old.
She was arrested at the very end of February 2018.
PS. I said the crash happened in March 2018. In fact it was October 2017.
At the time, Ms. Stephens was just 20 years old.
She was arrested at the very end of February 2018.
