Re: US Presidents; an outside view WAS: Any comments? (Evolution - was Answers to Pet

"Donald Tees" <donald_tees@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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> Oliver Wong wrote: 
>
> We all have such rights, provided we are willing to be judged for them.
> If I ignore a red light and kill someone as a result, I am resposible.
> So is a police officer.

I'm not a lawyer, so I don't know the exact wording of the law, but I
had presumed it was something along the lines of "if you ignore the red
light, you have to pay a fine, regardless of whether or not any harm
actually came from you ignoring that red light". Also presumably, most of
the time (e.g. when not in self defense), you're in trouble whenever you
kill someone, regardless of whether red lights were involved or not. I
figured you'd be charged with two crimes (manslaughter, and ignoring a red
light), rather than being charged with one crime (manslaughter while
ignoring a red light).

I suppose a police officer could loophole their way out of this by
having the police department pay the fine (to themselves) on behalf of the
officer.

- Oliver