“She didn’t open the door carelessly, she ran into him.”
She ran into the car attempting to get away from a man with a gun. My point was the speeds involved could not be expected to cause serious bodily injury. Plus the sideswiped had occurred, past tense. She was no longer a threat, however minor.
“No posters I’ve ever met on Free Republic promote the shooting of little children whether they are cops or not, blindly or otherwise. That was a stupid comment.”
Several posters here have expressed disregard for this woman and her kid. One poster advocated shooting her because she was ‘drunk’, although the cop had no way to know that.
“That was a danger to her, the child, and everyone else on the road and in the parking lot, no matter what.”
ok, so arrest her for suspected drunk driving, but don’t shoot her for suspected drunk driving. He didn’t know her or her record when he opened fire. All he knew was she almost hit him and was apparently angry at him.
To judge the shooting legit look at what happened before the trigger was pulled and not after.
She shouldn't have chased him. Then she would not have been in a position in which she had to run into a car and face a gun. She was drunk, that's why. So always a danger. And she had a child in the car.
"Several posters here have expressed disregard for this woman and her kid. One poster advocated shooting her because she was ‘drunk’, although the cop had no way to know that."
The poster didn't mention the woman, only the child. Re-read the comment. It was a mean and stupid comment. I stand by that. And I have very little sympathy for drunk drivers, myself. If you had ever lost a family member to one, you might see my point of view.
"ok, so arrest her for suspected drunk driving, but don’t shoot her for suspected drunk driving. He didn’t know her or her record when he opened fire. All he knew was she almost hit him and was apparently angry at him."
The press says she WAS arrested for drunk driving. And she didn't "almost" hit him. She DID hit him. Why she hit him is assumed. Why he pulled a gun is assumed.
But she did follow him. A very bad idea. No matter who he is. Especially, and I'm going to say this again, drunk with a child in the car. In my mind, a hanging offense.
She hits one of my kids drunk and she'll wish to God she had been shot.