Drinking and driving is fucked up... no doubt about that, and it was the ROOT of what happened here, but there are other factors. Police chases are inheriently dangerous, but that doesn't mean that the suspect is responsible for ALL damages along the way ESPECIALLY if they police were being reckless. As the defense attourney said, we haven't heard the full story yet. I'm sorry for the loss of the police officer and I feel for his family. That doesn't mean that it wasn't his own, or another officers fault.

Sorry to hear about your friend as well.