"Colorado Cop's Defense: Placing Handcuffed Woman on Train Tracks Was an Accident"

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Source: The Root
"Colorado Cop's Defense: Placing Handcuffed Woman on Train Tracks Was an Accident"
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A Colorado police officer is on trial for leaving a handcuffed woman in a parked police car that was hit by a freight train. The officer claims she didn't realize the car was parked on active train tracks, but prosecutors argue that she walked over the tracks multiple times during the stop. The woman survived the collision but suffered extensive injuries, and the officer faces charges of criminal attempt to commit manslaughter, reckless endangerment, and third-degree assault.

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