So because in your opinion someone did not have situational awareness of what was happening in her backyard at 2 am in the morning, they should not be armed for self defense? By the way, how do you know she pointed the gun at all? When I am inside my home with lights on and its dark outside, its pretty damn near impossible to see whats outside. I don’t know what she thought or saw anymore than you, but the officer gave no time from when he identified his ‘target’ to pulling the trigger for the victim to identify him as a cop.
It's on video. And the 8 year old said she did. From the get go - this has been a fact.
She had a gun for "self defense". My point is that no one ever told her that self defense begins with keeping your door and windows closed at 2:30 am when living in a bad neighborhood.