[TalonDJ]

For all we know that officer may have saved the lives of others in the future.

But we DON'T know. All we DO know is that he shot her and she is dead. I can't go randomly shoot people and then say 'Well maybe someday they would have been bad.' He should be hung.

[cuban leaf]

I can't go randomly shoot people and then say ‘Well maybe someday they would have been bad.’

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The nuances of this story make this one virtualy impossible to discuss rationally. I say that because I completely agree with that sentence. So we are in agreement.

But the devil is in the details and there are a LOT of them here. What many people are ignoring is how God wired human beings - how we think, how “fight or flight” works, what adrenalin does, etc. This applies to what the woman was thinking as well as what the cop was thinking.

[Mr Rogers]

I’d kind of like to shoot every driver who drives badly. If I wear a blue shirt, do you think that will be enough? Or would I need a badge as well...

Tennessee v. Garner, 471 U.S. 1 (1985)

“Held: The Tennessee statute is unconstitutional insofar as it authorizes the use of deadly force against, as in this case, an apparently unarmed, nondangerous fleeing suspect; such force may not be used unless necessary to prevent the escape and the officer has probable cause to believe that the suspect poses a significant threat of death or serious physical injury to the officer or others.”

http://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/471/1/

If the cop noted her license plate and they looked her up the next day, would she still have been a threat to the public?