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.
“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.”
people do that without being drunk. Stupid of her, yes. Deserving to be shot, no.
“And I have very little sympathy for drunk drivers, myself. “
Same here, however I don’t think police should start summary executions of suspected drunk drivers.
My “almost hit” was in reference to the near traffic accident before pulling into the parking lot. Statements indicated he pulled his gun BEFORE she sideswiped him. He shot her AFTER being sideswiped as she was attempting to drive away.
“Especially, and I’m going to say this again, drunk with a child in the car. In my mind, a hanging offense.”
Fine, let a court decide and go judge dredd on her.
Well conveniently enough, he (Officer White) was never tested for either alcohol or drugs in his system. And this at a shooting. Shouldn't that be standard operating procedure????? I worked for Weyerhaeuser a few careers ago, if you were so much as involved in any type of accident, you could rest assured that you would be peeing into a cup in the very near future. Why not here??? He discharged a firearm, and hit 2 people. WTF?????
A poster with a clue.
Since the entire story was not posted, the perp looks like the victim.
With the laundry list of her background, and her child endangerment which probably wasn’t the first time, the officer deserves commendation.
He didn’t see the boy through the tented windows but though the boy was shot in the leg, compared what the mother has been doing right along, the officer probably saved the boy’s life by getting her behind bars