He'll get a raise and all of the conservatives in that community will say "We understand what you had to do. Gotta put these people in their place." Think I'm wrong? I guarantee the "back the blue" crowd will come out and terrorize this family for speaking up.

Why? It's not like they're gonna get in trouble for not firing them. In fact, now they know that the officer is willing and able to encourage violence, even against elderly women, and it's not like the victim was super rich or something.

Even if they did, the next town over would just hire them instead. There's not gonna be any justice for the victim unless the people are by and large willing to be violent and directly act against the police here.