> Eighty MPH in a city packed with pedestrians? Cray-cray, big time.
Yet hundreds of cops did exactly that in responding to the incident, including one who totaled his own cruiser against a stationary barricade.
Also on the crazy list is discharging a dozen rounds in a city packed with pedestrians. Bystanders can and do get shot as just recently happened in New York.
Also, we still have the issue of after she crashed and got out of the car, the cops put several rounds into her to finish her off. That’s an execution any way you want to describe it, and the America I know doesn’t allow that kind of thing. We used to have trials and the like.
Until we see what went down at the White House - and video most certainly exists unless someone deliberately destroyed it - there is a distinct possibility that her actions were perfectly reasonable in context.
So why are they hiding the context? I can think of no good reason other than covering something up.
On the mental health stuff, it doesn’t matter if she’s a complete lunatic, police simply cannot execute someone. It’s not their call to make. Their job is to put the person in custody, so that the justice system can do its work - not in a grave.
I disagree. Her speeding car led the pack and put bystanders in immediate peril. The cars in pursuit had sirens and flashing lights or were marked “Police”. As the photos show, once the sirens and chase started, people heard the warnings and ran out of the way. Again, not knowing if she was a suicide bomber, they took her out. Too bad for her, who would never under any normal circumstance have subjected her child to a long, interstate journey with no legitimate destination.