This is truly horrendous. If, as doyll mentions what we can see from the footage that we did get to see is accurate, then there are no excuses for this gross incompetence. I was under the impression off the bat that the girl must have been covered in foam, that's why she wasn't seen and run over......
A PPRUNE member here pointed out the actual scenario within days of the crash, by analyzing HD video of the crash scene. He was pretty much ignored. I was excoriated by another member for agreeing with him in perhaps more direct terms. The SFPD made many statements absolving themselves of blame, or putting it into the "mistakes were made" category. It's a trend - cops beat a homeless guy to death or kill an unarmed bystander and are routinely exonerated. "Mistakes were made." If we want mistakes not to be made, then we have to start by being honest. Fewer heroes, more professionals.