Very bad, charges were merited. Let's hope the family take a mountain of cash from the city of SF. The rule in the US is - being in uniform more or less guarantees the miscreant a free pass for any level of incompetence.
I see you are taking a lot of heat for this factual statement.
You didn't say always, just more or less. In general people in uniforms are held to lower standards than people not in uniforms. Ask the 2012 Ohio Trooper of the Year. No way in hell had I done that I'd be walking around a free man.