It reminded me of the bad police department I worked for. They had lots of SOPs – the vast majority of which you had never read nor were trained on. But, if you got sued, which happens to cops from time to time, the city would whip out an SOP to justify firing you thus freeing them from Liability – because Liability was far, far more important than crime to the city. Costs were second. You could get fired for a having a single vehicle accident – and when you are driving around 8 hours a day, 5 days a week policing, chances are you might have an accident at some point.

This also reminds me of the OJ trials. In the American system, you can be found innocent in a criminal court of stabbing a woman to death by your own hands but turn around to be found financially liable for the same stabbing of a woman to death by your own hands in a civil court…

I understand there is the natural tendancy to want o bridge the gap between the incredible fury of the Korean people and the US presence in Korea, but offering sacrificial lambs is not the way to go.

If reckless neglect was involved, then I am sure it fits the statutory definition of one or more serious criminal laws involving deaths.

Of course there were many contributing factors as to why the event took place. There are for any event that takes place. The question is whether or not you believe this or that or a combination of factors reached the level of a breach in law – if we are going to use terms like recless neglect.

I’m in TDC, what is the highway number of that road? I wanna go up and see the memorial.

Thanks

Bones