12-18-2014, 09:16 PM
(12-18-2014, 08:57 PM)sally Wrote: In the end it's their fault that they didn't do their job which was to take him to jail since he was clearly intoxicated.
People would be outraged if he killed someone else and it got out that the cops let him go because they were buddies.
That's a good point. If he'd killed someone else after being dropped off by police that night, I'd consider the officers partly liable for the other person's death.
I still don't think Fedden's mom deserves any money from the police force since Fedden was, IMO, a victim of himself. But, I could see a judge agreeing with your logic if Mrs. Fedden's case makes it to civil court.
In any case, there's no question in my mind that the officers who let Peter Fedden off the hook that night were negligent in their duties and deserve disciplinary action.
And, I agree with you that Ruby Tuesdays (and its bartender) isn't responsible at all.