"Manipulated Evidence," that's what the lawyer for former West Valley Police detective Shaun Cowley calls the evidence against her client.
I wonder if the evidence she refers to includes the supposed path the car took as the victim, Danielle Willard, attempted to get away. Willard was backing up when she was shot. Cowley contents that he felt threatened that the car could hit him.
Ian Adams, spokesman for the Fraternal Order of Police, noted it took the district attorney almost 600 days to make the decision to file a charge against an officer who had only seconds to make his decision to fire at Willard.
Good point. It does seem if the case were solid, District Attorney Sim Gill would have decided to charge Cowley quicker. If we are approaching 600 days since the shooting, that should be enough time to have prosecuted the case, with time left over, to say nothing of being way too much time just to file the charge of manslaughter.
I believe in a quick and speedy trial. However can you have that, though, if it takes a year and a half just to decide to press the charge?
With all this said, though, I still question whether Cowley should have shot and killed Willard. You don't shoot to kill another person unless it is absolutely necessary. Was it necessary to kill Willard? I guess we will see in court. Hope that doesn't take another year and a half.
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