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Cops Shoot Unarmed Woman

Mike

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Do you think the police were justified in shooting the crazy woman driver in D.C. the other day?

Some groups are screaming for charges against the policeman that shot her.

I wasn't there but how could she have appeared to be a threat when she exited the car with no weapon?
 

iwannabeacowboy

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I don't have the answer on this one.

I think it would have been more justifiable to shoot her while trying to use the vehicle as a weapon. Except the baby inside should have been considered a hostage, so not sure how they could have felt okay shooting at her as she sped away?

It is hard to say she couldn't have been armed until a pat down is performed.

I hate seeing someone lose their life, and pulling the trigger should require a lot of reasoning first.

But again, she already showed intent to run officers over. She was still acting erratic in a very sensitive area.

I hate the mentality of much of the law enforcement these days, it has changed. But I don't want to see a society where people feel they can flee from LE without consequences. Id just like to see that deadly force be absolutely justified.
 

Traveler

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Imagine the backlash if they'd killed an unarmed black woman if there'd been a white Republican in the White House.
 

Mike

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If these type incidents continue, law enforcement will lose all respect of the citizens. If they haven't already.

It's like every cop is out to shoot someone if another officer is nicked, scratched, shot, or killed. Sort of like a gang mentality.

I'll bet the woman's child will get some sort of settlement from this.
 

Steve

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Mike said:
I wasn't there but how could she have appeared to be a threat when she exited the car with no weapon?

by the latest accounts she was still in the car...

I believe the window was down..

as an officer on the scene, you only have the multiple reports of shots fired and her immediate actions to make the judgement in a split second..

one a gun is drawn the expectation is to use it for deadly force..
given her state, the multiple reports of shots fired, and not knowing what is going to happen each officer was at an elevated state of adrenalin,.. one that can't be duplicated in training..

once the first officer shoots it is like a domino effect.. and the other officers react and having already drawn their guns and aimed that reaction is often to shoot until something jars their attention..








we at least trained on that aspect a little in my training. initially without the warning that the other shots were "friendly" most fired as well,.. several emptied their entire clip on the target..

the second attempt ended with most of the trainees getting shot first..

lesson learned,.. damned if you do,.. dead if you don't

I do realize all the shots fired were from other police/Secret Service agents,.. but an officer at the final scene would not have that information.
 

Mike

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This woman says the police pulled the child from the car before they murdered the driver?

http://www.project.nsearch.com/video/police-pulled-child-from-car-then-executed-woman
 
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