WEBVTT <ANTHONYPIERCY IT HAS BEEN 3 AND A HALF YEARS THAT I HAVE WAITED TO TELLYOU FACE TO FACE THAT YOU'rtRE THEREASON WHY MY SON WAS DEAD.><I KNOW THATNOTHING I WILL SAY WILL EASE THEPAIN OF THE ELLINGSON FAMILY, AND I WILL NEVER FORGET THAT IrtAM THE CAUSE OF THAT PAIN.> Emotional moments in a Morgan County, Missouri courtroomTuesday ... As a 3 and half yearlegal battle came to an end withrtTrooper Anthony Piercy receivinga 10 day jail sentence forBrandon Ellingson's drowningdeath.<I GUESS IF YOU KILL SOMEBODY IN MISSOURI YOU rtGET 10 DAYS OF VACATION.> Craig Ellingson calls the sentence ajoke and says Piercy wascriminally negligent by not putting the proper life jacketon Ertllingson and speeding in theboat - causing Ellingson to beejected in the water. <HE SHOULDNOT BE A LAW OFFICER.> Piercy avoided an involuntarymanslaughtrter trial by pleadingguilty to a lesser charge ofnegligent operation of avessel....and for the first timeever Tuesday he apologized forrtcausing Brandon's death.<I AM TRULY SORRY FOR THAT. BRANDON SHOULDBE HERE WITH THEM TODAY.> For years the Ellingson familyrthas fought the Missouri law enforcement system - calling it corrupt to the core and onlywilling to protect one of its own.<THERE'S A LOTrtOF BAD PEOPLE IN HISORGANIZATION. THAT STARTS AT THETOP AND GOES TO THE BOTTOM. YOU DON'T START A CONSPIRACY AT THE BOTTOM.> The Ellingson's fightfor justice is now over ....rt<HE WAS A BIG PART OF OUR LIVES...SO).> But the pain of losing Brandonwill never be.<HE WAS A rtGREAT SON, AND ANYBODY WOULD BE