Shot her because she was Black. And Decker.
Never bring a cordless drill to a gun fight.
Don’t drill me bro.
They usually do.
Dynamite goes “boom”. Guns go “pow”. Not a reliable witness and certainly not an expert on explosives.
Well, it had a 7.6mm bit.
A 19 year old girl with a drill? Really? If a cop can’t tell the difference between a dill and an Uzi, maybe he better find another occupation.
Who needs a tool box that holds 30 drill bits?
“In fear for her safety and the safety of the public, Officer Wakana Okuma fired at the subject striking her at least once,” police said in a press release.
They had to kill her for her own safety? If she was outside as reported and wasn’t within range of anyone to actually injure them with the drill, I would think there could have been another way to bring down a woman holding a screwdriver than to kill her.
Suicide by cop?
Ah hah, this evidence shows aggravating circumstances - the drill was modified, enhanced to make it clearly an assault tool. She obviously altered the metal finish. Did she modify the grip as well? Was the trigger modified for continuous drilling?
And an officer used his long distance cordless hole puncher to drill a woman...
Cops no longer have the ability to think and make rational judgment calls.
99% of the police need to be disarmed.
They do not protect; and they do not prevent crime.
What they do is document crimes and collect evidence.
They can’t and won’t stop you from becoming a crime victim; that is your job.
Ever wonder why British bobbies were not armed?
It’s because they investigated crimes, collected evidence and tracked down criminals. The common citizens were armed and took care of their own protection.
The only purpose for SWAT and heavily armed police is to apprehend dangerous criminals who have been identified and located.
If you deploy heavily armed police and SWAT for common crimes and crowd control then expect them to kill innocent citizens.
If the cops complain about not carrying lethal weapons, then give them a can of mace and a club. These normally non-lethal weapons will reduce the deaths of dogs and citizens alike.
If a cop encounters a dangerous situation, then he should call for armed backup; he should not start out by pulling his gun.
Ummmm.... Wouldn't her next of kin family members who were looking out the front window be able to identify her?
“Halt or I’ll drill ya.”
Seriously, 19 years old. Must have either been drugged out or mentally disturbed.
I like a good “assault drill” joke as much as the next guy but I would like to make a couple serious comments:
1. Suicide by cop is about the most selfish strategy for committing suicide I can think of. We like to think that at least some cops are decent people who don’t get a kick out shooting folks and this lady made them shoot her. They have to live with that now. The civilian disarmament people bitch about guns being used in suicides but shooting herself, or drilling herself, would have been much better than making somebody have to live with having shot you.
2. You can complain about the cops thinking a black drill was a gun, but the mind definitely fills things in and you see what you expect to see. I know a guy who arrested someone with his finger. He was in the backyard, couple officers banging on the front door,you know the drill. but the guy jumped out suddenly before my friend expected it and for some reason instead of doing a normal draw he just held out his hands as if he had drawn. The guy expected him to have actually drawn his gun and reacted as if he had.
Bring a drill to a gun fight, you’re screwed.
Judging by the name, he may have been an immigrant from the Black Continent and may therefore not know the difference between a gun and an electric drill.
If she had appeared with a hair blow drier or paint gun in her hand she would also have been shot.