In hindsight, that's easy to see -- if you discount driving 80 mph through the equivalent of a national park with tourists walking around.
But at that moment, the police didn't know any of this. And frankly, her erratic behavior looked like a failed car bombing in the absence of that information.
The multitude of shots was more of a threat then her car or driving. She wasn’t getting close to any buildings. Whats more limely in dc, a deranged person or a terrorist? History shows a deranged person is more likely. Heck the one time they have a terrorist at the navy yard they screw it up.
“her erratic behavior looked like a failed car bombing in the absence of that information.”
I would argue that the scores of high speed chases you watch on the 6PM news almost never end in a killing. The speedster almost always puts the general public in danger. They cause accidents at intersections, smash into other vehicles and even cop cars. If they are unarmed they are just finally apprehended, maybe a little street justice beatdown and then taken into custody.
I’m glad you are psychic enough to intuit that the lady looked like a failed bombing attempt. If we go by your logic everyone who flees from the cops should be shot dead. Its insane to buy into this crap.