Cheerleader’s mom slams cop for taking ‘coward’s way out’ after ‘killing daughter, 17, & friend, 16, in red light crash’
A MOM has slammed a local police department for accepting the resignation of a police officer who is charged with manslaughter for her teen cheerleader's death.
The officer allegedly ran a red light at 86mph during an ill-advised police chase and collided into Maggie Dunn, Liam Dunn and Caroline Gill’s car in a deadly accident.
The police officer, David Cauthron, was engaged in a police chase moments after the area's district attorney called off the chase.
He resigned from the force after that.
The city council accepted his resignation, angering the mother of Maggie and Liam Dunn.
"For them to just let [Former officer Cauthron] take the coward's way out, and for them to just take the cowards way out is bull sh**," Erin Martin, the mother, said to WAFB9.
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"I mean, first of all, just to be able to resign and be able to do this somewhere else is crap. I think he should have been terminated that day."
Martin has been highly critical of the police's handling of her tragedy.
"I think [the police chief] should’ve had the decency to come and talk to us at some point since the wreck happened," she said.
"I feel like the way we’ve been treated during this whole thing has just been wrong. I feel like our daughter deserves more dignity than that."
The crash killed former cheerleading teammates Maggie and Gill and severely injured Maggie's brother Liam.
18th Judicial District Attorney Tony Clayton said during a press conference that he wanted police to "stop the damn pursuit" according to WAFB9.
"...I cannot understand why the officer was driving at such a high rate of speed through a red light," Clayton said in a statement.
Former officer Cauthron was jailed following his arrest and posted his $100,000 bond.