Off her meds...armed with a knife.Because I wasn't there I will admit that the cop(s) involved might not have taken reasonable steps,short of firing,to address the particular circumstances of that incident.But because *you* weren't there will *you* admit that it's possible that cops were given no choice? Will *you* admit that mentally ill people armed with a deadly weapon sometime behave in potentially lethal ways?
Another article specifies that she had a knife:
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Woman-18-shot-dead-by-San-Mateo-sheriff-s-deputy-5527706.php
My beef with this incident is that her family called 911 for what was clearly a medical issue, and the responders sent armed police instead. If they clearly specified on the 911 call that this was a medical issue, there should not have been a need for an armed police response to a private residence.
I guess I would need to hear what was said on the 911 call.