Last December, Brian Gray, a UMD student, was driving along Belair Drive on his way to his final examinations when his Chevy Beretta was struck by a speeding police cruiser. The impact hurtled Gray's vehicle nearly 85 feet from the collision site, and the 20-year-old died on the scene.

Gray’s mother, who was driving behind her son and bared witness to the accident that claimed his life, was hoping to receive retribution last week at Officer Mario Chavez’s trial, but sadly, it was not meant to be.

Chavez, who admitted to driving 25 miles per hour faster than the speed limit and consuming alcohol the night before the accident, only received a speeding ticket.

The Diamondback Online reports:

Chavez's light punishment, due to the lack of sufficient evidence linking his actions to negligence, according to a report by The Washington Post, leaves friends and family angry and disconcerted.

"Someone's son, friend, boyfriend is never going to get him back because of [Chavez's] selfishness," said Kayla Brewster, Brian Gray's friend since the eighth grade. "It's extremely unfair. … It just goes to show you what the world has come to."

A speeding ticket? Why was there no involuntary manslaughter charge filed, especially when he admitted to driving too fast (without just cause; he wasn’t on the way to a crime scene) and drinking the night before?

To make matters worse, officers tested Gray for alcohol consumption but not Chavez.

There is no justice.