What do you expect when cops are practically given a free hand in such situations?
“What do you expect when cops are practically given a free hand in such situations?”
Her defense will be that she acted in accordance with departmental guidelines and her training. Video training simulations are fairly common and routinely teach cops to act instantly when a threat is perceived.
Many cops, especially females, are so scared shitless of being shot or otherwise seriously hurt, shooting someone becomes a possibility in practically any civilian encounter.