Illinois state trooper charged..Two teen sisters killed  

It's sad that this happened and he should be punished like anyone else. I don't see that his being a state trooper and 'supposed to protect' has anything to do with it.

I'm not defending him, I just don't see the difference whether he was a cop or Joe Blow. Those young girls died as a result of what he was doing, so his punishment should be no different.

police dont care they think because of the law they can do whatever i know someone who got his by a police car he was driving with no lights on very fast she was 14 no different charge him with the same charge of a regular person

It is very scary to hear of, obviously he was doing something he wasn't suppossed to and now has ruined this families lives. So sad, but even cops are human. They definately need to think before they act though since they represent an organization and because these families can't reclaim what they took from them.
Donna

I can only speculate what those other activities would be, but without clarification we should always assume the worst. It should not be better for public officials to fail to disclose information. I would assume he had picked up a lady of ill repute and was having her persuade him not to take her into lockup.

I can't really imagine what one would be doing that would cause such an event to transpire. If he had been drinking, the victims could have told us. I guess, if there had been someone else in the cruiser, we would have heard about that, too.

Perhaps he was relieving stress without anyone else present while driving and lost control. That is a bit of a gross suggestion, but we aren't provided any details so I guess we have to invent our own answers.