I don’t think they should have opened fire. That was not the way to go with kids in the vehicle. The officers should answer for that. They should lose their jobs and perhaps face prosecution.
As for the mother, SHE put her children in danger when she refused to cooperate with the officers on scene. What the hell woman? You’ve got your family in the car. You are putting your kids in danger.
If the officers are catching you having done something you don’t want to get caught for, you have to put that aside and bite the bullet. Your kids are at risk you idiot.
I hope they throw the book at her as well. The son was put in a very awkward situation. I wouldn’t go after him tooth and nail.
The shots were fired by the backup cop, freshly arrived at the scene, who was unlikely to know about the kids.
Watch the video. The backup cop walks up to a scene where the first cop had his taser drawn pointing at the car, and then starts smashing the window. The car the peels off. The cop could reasonably assume that there was a criminal in the car. This still does not excuse blindly firing into the car.
Then again, I strongly suspect most of the kids in the car will have criminal records within a few years.