Officer Shoots Partner (Who Was Also Former Lover) in the Back During Apartment [5:02-10:05]

her complaint was ongoing, Carlos allegedly called the bar, looking for surveillance video of the incident. So he was trying to investigate an incident that allegedly involved him. This is not permitted by the police department. Carlos lost his police powers, but he is still technically an officer. At the time I am making this video, he only handles non-emergency 3-1-1 calls. Now moving to my analysis, Carlos Baker was never charged with a crime, but he in the city of Chicago were named in a civil lawsuit for wrongful death, filed by family members of Crystal Rivera. Carlos maintains that he has done nothing wrong. His attorney said that Carlos did everything in his power and training to render aid to his fallen partner and placed himself in harm's way. The blame for Crystal's death rests with the person who decided to flee from Chicago police officers and the person who decided to point a rifle at those same officers. The president of the police union also defended Carlos, saying there was no nefarious intent. Carlos simply lost his balance, which caused him to accidentally pull the trigger of his pistol. The law firm representing the family of Crystal Rivera disagrees about the level of culpability that Carlos Baker has. Here are the accusations they made against him in the lawsuit. It is important to remember these are only allegations they have not been tested in court. In 2023, Crystal started a romantic relationship with Carlos, which was on again, off again, for two years. Carlos denied being romantically involved with anyone else. Crystal thought that they were exclusive. What she did not know was that Carlos had maintained a long-term relationship with another woman. He lived with this woman. In February 2025, Crystal learned about the other woman, but the other woman never learned about Crystal. In late May 2025, Crystal ended her romance with Carlos. She threatened to inform his long-term lover about their prior romantic relationship. Crystal reported that Carlos made attempts to contact her outside of work about personal matters. One of these contacts occurred during the early morning hours of June 4, 2025, when Carlos showed up at Crystal's home uninvited. This is the day before Crystal died. The lawsuit suggested that Carlos should not have been a police officer. He had at least 11 misconduct complaints in less than three years, a record that is worse than 95 percent of his fellow officers. A woman who he dated filed a complaint claiming that Carlos' brandish of firearm during a domestic dispute, the investigation into this incident closed without any determination, and Carlos was not disciplined. Crystal previously requested that Carlos was no longer her partner due to safety concerns about his alleged reckless conduct. Essentially, the lawsuit argues that the city of Chicago was reckless by allowing Carlos to remain in his position as an officer and to keep him and Crystal together as partners. It further implied that Carlos intentionally, without aid to Crystal during the incident, due to animosity over their failed romantic relationship. But this in mind, there are essentially two questions in this case. The first question is, was Carlos negligent when he killed Crystal or was the shooting accidental? The second question is, did Carlos intentionally withhold aid due to animosity? First, I will look at the question of negligence. Here are my thoughts on this. I'm looking at the body camera video frame by frame. It appears as though Carlos did not mount the trigger until he saw Adrian holding the rifle. It's difficult to tell because his thumb is blocking the view of part of the trigger guard. But I think his index finger was not on the trigger when he was running toward the door or when he was kicking the door in. It makes sense that Carlos would mount the trigger after seeing Adrian pointing a rifle at him. That wasn't appropriate time for Carlos to discharge his weapon, so his finger needed to be on the trigger. His decision to retreat was also appropriate. Carlos only had a split second to decide what to do. It's difficult to fault him for choosing to retreat rather than choosing to fire. So this was a situation where he changed his mind. The problem here is that Carlos retreated after already preparing to fire, which meant his finger was still on the trigger when he started to move backward. He combined two functions that under normal circumstances should not have been attempted simultaneously. When he tripped, he pulled the trigger by accident. Carlos had a little control over where the gun was pointed due to falling backward. This is how the gun ended up pointed at crystal. In almost every instance where a firearm is discharged unintentionally,