The family can take up a civil case and sue the cop for wrongful death. But all that does is maybe gets him to pay them. That's not justice. He killed someone and he should be treated in the legal system the way people who kill others are treated. They are charged with murder and their case is taken seriously. Maybe the cop doesn't get convicted but that should be up to a jury that looks at evidence, not a federal prosecutor letting his political companions off the hook. If the government won't prosecute, the private citizen should have that right. Our legal theory is based on the idea that a crime is an offense against the state and thus by the state deciding not to prosecute, the state is not offended and thus there is no crime. The legal system needs to be rewritten such that the offense belongs to the offended party (Babbitt) and her family and that their ability to rectify that criminal offense is delegated to the state at their discretion.