Overview

• Four Miami-Dade officers face manslaughter charges in the deaths of a UPS driver and a passerby during a 2019 shootout with robbers.
• The police union claims the charges could deter officers from engaging in future shootouts with suspects.
• Prosecutors have not explained why only these four officers were charged among the 20 who fired at the scene.
• The robbers, who also died in the incident, are blamed by the union for the deaths of the innocent bystanders.
• This case marks a rare instance of Florida officers being charged for on-duty killings.