Everyone is fallible and have made, do make mistakes
Might apply to you and me
Bell_ringer, but not
TC it would seem. He needs no explanation from those involved prior to hanging. Failed human factors? Even Chuck Yeager and Bob Hoover screwed the pooch and wrote off airframes, the first (F-104) through lack of instrument flying skill, the latter (Aero Commander) through refuelling a piston with jet fuel. Every accident has an explanation, there is more to the explanation than,
Dumb ass police pilot - not looking where they are going - simples
See the NTSB report, it spells it out pretty well.