So IANAL, let alone a trial-lawyer, but I did spend weeks/days with 11 other people listening/deliberating after a cop-adjacent defendant non-fatally shot somebody.

> Attempted Second-degree Murder?

Hold up, what this means varies by state: Illinois law says that second-degree still requires an intent to kill [0], and I think the prosecution may have a hard time proving beyond reasonable doubt that the driver wanted to turn the victim into road-splatter.

In contrast, the next step down of (attempted?) "Involuntary Manslaughter and Reckless Homicide" seems much easier to prove, and explicitly draws in quite a lot of vehicular aspects.

[0] https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?MajorTopic=RIG...

would you?

I would certainly consider him guilty, if not of exactly that crime.

No, because it’s a law enforcement officer doing it.

Don't worry though, just like https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50090246 someone will be along to say "mistakes are inevitable, but we need to enforce immigration law, and this is an acceptable price, though not ideal".