“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.
Assumed. Why she was shot has yet to be proven in court. More than stupid. She put her child in jeopardy following an unknown person in an unknown car to an unknown place alone and intoxicated. Child endangerment.
“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."
Neither do I. Nor do I believe that the actions of a drunk are rational or their testimony very trustworthy.
"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."
So she did hit him. Before he shot her. Which is the less of deadly force?
Here in California, you just don't follow some guy to a parking lot with a child in the car whilst angry and intoxicated. It could go bad. I'd also suggest to her: Don't piss into the wind. Don't walk down a dark alley in a bikini in Compton. Use a condom. Don't mess around with Jim. Don't drink the water in Mexico. If she had been sober and thinking straight, none of this would have happened. And we wouldn't have a little boy with a bullet in him.
Fine, let a court decide and go judge dredd on her.
I hope they do. Keep her drunken butt off the damn streets.
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/slideshow/news/15619943/detail.html
and since he shot from his vehicle into hers, he did not start shooting until she was passing him. Passengerside window then front windshield.
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/slideshow/news/15904630/detail.html
looks like some hole in the cops story to me