That's the point. The shooting should have been (at least) manslaughter, too. I bet it would have been different if the civilian and police officer were on opposite sides of the gun. There are times to be lenient and times not to be. If the police officer had accidentallywithoutmeaningto shot a hole through the guy's tyre, fine, give him a slap on the wrist and let the guy sue him. But he shot a hole through a person. Oops.