the MIND SET of the cop is debatable. Murder, strictly speaking, requiresI have posted my view on this so called mistake. The Cop was aiming at that area and gunned her down. She had not done a thing to him.
MENS REA <<<fancy phrase meaning preconceived evil intent. A very
interesting fact is that this feature as a requirement for the charge of
"murder" is biblical law. It somehow made its way into English common
law and we inherited it. It is huge step beyond the "CODE OF HAMMURABI"
into CIVILIZATION . Murder is a capital crime. A gun in the hand of a cop
ON HIS FEET in a riot precludes a finding of mens rea ---IMVO