I saw a man beat a homeless woman to death. He walked away and I found out he was a police officer in our town.

I really don't know where else to go it with this. I've lived in the same town my whole life. About a month ago I was walking down to the liquor store on my street. There is a big homeless population in this area. On the corner, just outside the liquor store is a small greasy spoon diner. I saw a man kicking a woman in the head and stomach. She had curled up into a ball to try and protect herself but he kept on kicking her. He grabbed her by the hair and dragged her into the alley. I saw a few people stop and look but no one did anything. I didn't do anything. A lot of times when you see homeless people fighting they aren't really fighting. They are just yelling at each other and maybe throwing some punches. I assumed this is what it was. She was already on the ground and he was just kicking her. I figured he was just trying to scare her and wouldn't actually hurt her that bad. I figured they were on meth or some other drug and just flipped out. I didn't even call the police. I went into the liquor store, bought my wine and went home. I didn't see the rest of the fight. I didn't see how bad it was or when it ended. A few hours later I saw a post on Facebook in a local group that a homeless woman was beaten to death. Her boyfriend had dragged her into an alley and beat her to death. I really didn't think too much of it. I assumed they were talking about the same thing I had just seen. A few days later I saw another post from a local news paper. The headline read "Officer Charged With Murder". They didn't say too much in the article. That he had been arrested and charged with murder. I went digging into it more and found out that he was the man who had dragged a homeless woman into an alley and beat her to death. I didn't know they were the same person until a few days had passed. I didn't find out who he was until a week had passed. I kept thinking about it because I just couldn't believe that a man would drag a woman into an alley and beat her to death like that. But when I found out it was a cop it really gave me a sick feeling in my stomach. I can't stop thinking about it. A man in a position of power would do something like that? What else has he done? How did he get to this point? That could have been anyone. It's not like she did anything wrong. She was homeless. But for some reason this cop thought it was okay to drag her into an alley and kick her until she was dead. I just don't understand how someone could do something like that and feel okay. He didn't even think he would get in trouble. He just did it. He has since been fired from the police department but he is still out. He hasn't gone to court yet and is still out on bond. I feel so bad even though I didn't do anything. It's not like I could have done anything. I'm a 5'2 woman and I saw how big he was. But the thought of it just gave me a sick feeling in my stomach. I keep thinking about the woman too. Someone's daughter. Someone's mother. I just can't let it go. The whole situation just seems so crazy.