I’m not a cop and the majority of time I TRY to lean in favor of the cop. That said, I’m glad to see I agree with a real cop. I have been shaking my head ever since this happened. How on earth can you just reach up and fire a round into a woman’s stomach?!!!
I can only guess and my answer is panic. Perhaps this officer just had a briefing reminding him of how the female NYPD officer was killed, a shadowing shape rushing to the car, a simultaneous loud noise, already had his gun out because of the nature of the call, pointed and shot. A perfect and tragic brew.
One of the strangest shootings I have read about.
But malice of forethought, I don’t think so.
He may do some prison time and the department is going to pay out a princely sum and certainly some policy change and retraining.