  For anyone not familiar with the case, three years ago an Omaha Police Officer shot and killed a man in the line of duty. He was originally charged with manslaughter, the grand jury acquitted him, the charge was dropped and not refiled. That's it in a nutshell, but obviiously there was more to it than that. Last week Jerad Kruse (the officer) was in court AGAIN because the family of the criminal was suing him in civil court for wrongful death. Please. Notice I didn't say the shooting victim's family, I said, the criminal's family. He was a criminal. He wasn't a victim of circumstance. A victim of circumstance trips and falls off a curb in front of a bus. A man who with a police record (who was recently released from jail) who steals a car, leads the police on a chase for more than 30 minutes, and then acts suspiciously, acts as if he is reaching for something and then raises his arms, is asking for whatever he gets.
I just do not have sympathy for his family because of how he died. I have sympathy for his mother, just as I would have sympathy for any mother who lost a child, however, if he hadn't done the things he did, he wouldn't be dead today. I don't care if he was red, black, purple or white, I don't care about the officer's race either.
I think it's ridiculous that they continue to harass this officer and his family because their criminal son is dead. I am also sick to death of hearing how he was "turning his life around". People who are "turning their life around" are not out driving stolen cars and leading the police on chases through town. There. I've had my say about it. 
