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This is probably "felony murder". The rule here is that if you are committing some kind of felony, and someone dies as a result, then you are guilty of murder for that person. This bypasses all of the usual intent filters between first degree murder, second degree murder, and manslaughter.
Classic example: you and a friend decide to hold up a bank. It goes sideways and a bank security guard shoots and kills your friend. You are guilty of murder because your friend died because you both decided to commit a felony.
FTFY
FTFY.
Cop murdered no one. Shooting someone who's charging at you with a drawn weapon isn't murder.
if it isn't murder, then why is the kid charged with it?? that makes the entire thing even MORE ridiculous!
"Felony murder" is a different animal. It's kind of like how even though "rape" is generally defined by a lack of consent, there is also "statutory rape", which one can be charged with, even if the sex was consensual.
To summarize how "felony murder" works:
In this case, the "inherently dangerous" felony was armed robbery.
that's a ridiculous concept from start to finish:
"you stood near a cop when he killed someone, so now you're a murderer even though you objectively didn't kill anyone and we know who the actual killer is"
this is completely insane.
it's not "a different animal", it's insanity.
just insanity.
"you stood near a cop"
What disingenuous bullshit, lol. A bystander would never get charged with this, only other people actively committing the same felony with the criminal that died (and it doesn't matter if they were killed by a cop or died any other way, including accident, if it happened while committing a dangerous felony, all of the criminals committing it are responsible), fuck your goalpost move attempt.